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Practical Web Design

You're reading from   Practical Web Design Learn the fundamentals of web design with HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, and Vue.js

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788395038
Length 368 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Philippe Hong Philippe Hong
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Title Page
PacktPub.com
Contributers
Preface
1. Evolution of Web Design FREE CHAPTER 2. Web Design and its Components 3. Website-Designing Workflow 4. Responsive Versus Adaptive Design 5. Learning HTML5 6. Learning CSS3 7. Building Your Own Website 8. Making Our Website Responsive 9. Adding Interaction and Dynamic Content 10. Optimizing and Launching Our Website 11. What is Bootstrap? 12. Building a Website with Bootstrap 13. Introduction to Client-Side Rendering 14. Tools to Help Your Workflow 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Modal


Modal boxes are generally pop-up windows that appear on the screen rather than opening a new tab/window. They usually darken the background to bring attention to the popup. In short, modal boxes are used to show information to the user on the same page without reloading the page and by that, improving the usability.

Modal boxes found their origins from Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux, but they quickly spread out to web applications and other usages.

There are five common usages when using a modal box:

  • Error: To alert users of an error
  • Warning: To warn users of potentially harmful situations
  • Collect information: To collect information from users
  • Confirm or Prompt: To ask users to confirm an action
  • Helper: To help users when using the interface

Modal boxes are not to be confounded with modeless components such as sidebars, accordion menus, toolbars, and so on, as they allow users to interact with the parent windows.

The following are some examples of Modal boxes:

Modal boxes used when composing a...

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