Hello again, Yesterday we shipped Elements 0.7.1 , and today we’re demoing a new component that has been on the request list for quite a while. It’s the humble Modal. As with all our components, we’ve made sure it’s really flexible and able to cover a lot of use cases. Watch today’s video to learn …

@dan Is the dropdown component I spied in the background mean that dropdown menus are on the horizon?? :partying_face: Modal component looks great, and I even have a place for it in my website!!

[image] sbchasin: @dan Is the dropdown component I spied in the background mean that dropdown menus are on the horizon?? :partying_face: Maybe… :wink: [image] sbchasin: Modal component looks great, and I even have a place for it in my website!! Awesome!

I like function of Modal Component we can use it for many purposes, and looks great :clap:t2:

So I love this! Perfect for navigation. Can I enter the built in navigation to this, I suspect yes. Can I allow it to scroll overflow? This may be a great way to build the vertical navigation that I have been waiting for!

Yes to all of the above, and that’s… The Power of Elements™ :laughing:

oh sorry, not just yet with the built in navigation component. You could “easily” build a custom component to list out all your pages… You could build it manually, like this example, but it’s not ideal for a large site. [CleanShot 2025-04-02 at 4 .22.35@2x] We probably need to build another navi…

[image] dan: We probably need to build another navigation component, one that can be used vertically… Yes please. I pretty much need this!

@dan Way back in the day—think RapidWeaver versions 1, 2, and 3—the navigation had the ability to hide all tier 3 pages that weren’t related to the currently active tier 2 page. This wasn’t just CSS wizardry; it was hardcoded into the HTML. The advantage of this approach was that search engines onl…

This looks really great. Early in the video you mention creating a gallery, but you didn’t show that. Can I create a modal like the left-hand dog photo that has pulls up a whole gallery of photos? With clickable next/prev. symbols? With automatic scolling? Or is there another way (element) to set t…

Dev Diary Ep72 - New Modal Component

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dan (Dan) April 3, 2025, 9:46pm 20

Awww, thanks! I’m glad to hear you like it!

It’s on the list

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