The content behind the dialog is always unclickable

[apprat]

I tried to call dialog.showModal() and set the style pointer-events: none to the dialog but it doesn't work, the content behind the dialog is still unclickable, is this a technical flaw or intentional?

[lukewarlow]

This is intentional the dialog inerts the rest of the page when it's a modal. If you don't want a modal then you should use popover instead (you can do <dialog popover>).

[apprat]

This is intentional the dialog inerts the rest of the page when it's a modal. If you don't want a modal then you should use popover instead (you can do ).

Thanks for your reply, I thought that dialog and popover are the same and can be substituted for each other, with dialog having better browser compatibility.

[scottaohara]

Im curious where this misunderstanding comes from.

Are there any particular resources you’ve come across where popover and dialog have been described as one and the same?