<div class="container">

  <h1>
    Making the <code>&lt;details&gt;</code> element look and behave like a modal<sup>(kinda..)</sup>
  </h1>

  <p>By nesting a modal inside a details element it is automaticly shown when the details is opened. And by nesting the overlay inside the summary element, we can use that to trigger a close.</p>

  <details>
    <summary>
      <div class="button">
        Show me the modal
      </div>
      <div class="details-modal-overlay"></div>
    </summary>
    <div class="details-modal">
      <div class="details-modal-close">
        <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 14 14" fill="none">
          <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M13.7071 1.70711C14.0976 1.31658 14.0976 0.683417 13.7071 0.292893C13.3166 -0.0976311 12.6834 -0.0976311 12.2929 0.292893L7 5.58579L1.70711 0.292893C1.31658 -0.0976311 0.683417 -0.0976311 0.292893 0.292893C-0.0976311 0.683417 -0.0976311 1.31658 0.292893 1.70711L5.58579 7L0.292893 12.2929C-0.0976311 12.6834 -0.0976311 13.3166 0.292893 13.7071C0.683417 14.0976 1.31658 14.0976 1.70711 13.7071L7 8.41421L12.2929 13.7071C12.6834 14.0976 13.3166 14.0976 13.7071 13.7071C14.0976 13.3166 14.0976 12.6834 13.7071 12.2929L8.41421 7L13.7071 1.70711Z" fill="black" />
        </svg>
      </div>
      <div class="details-modal-title">
        <h1>My details modal</h1>
      </div>
      <div class="details-modal-content">
        <p>
          You can click the X in the corner or click the overlay to close this modal.
          Something like this could be useful as a nice way to show additional information,
          but that's about as far as I would take it. It's just a nice way of styling the details element.
        </p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </details>
</div>
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap");

html {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

*,
*:before,
*:after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
  background-color: #f9fafb;
  font-size: 70%;
  line-height: 1.4;
  font-family: "Inter", sans-serif;
  color: #6b7280;
  font-weight: 400;

  @media only screen and (min-width: 600px) {
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    height: 100vh;
    font-size: 100%;
  }
}

// -------------- BUTTON

.button {
  appearance: none;
  background: #16a34a;
  border-radius: 0.25em;
  color: white;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: inline-block;
  font-weight: 500;
  height: 3em;
  line-height: 3em;
  padding: 0 1em;

  &:hover {
    background-color: lighten(#16a34a, 2%);
  }
}

// -------------- DETAILS MODAL

.details-modal {
  background: #ffffff;
  border-radius: 0.5em;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(black, 0.2);
  left: 50%;
  max-width: 90%;
  pointer-events: none;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  width: 30em;
  text-align: left;
  max-height: 90vh;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;

  // -------------- CLOSE

  .details-modal-close {
    align-items: center;
    color: #111827;
    display: flex;
    height: 4.5em;
    justify-content: center;
    pointer-events: none;
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    top: 0;
    width: 4.5em;

    svg {
      display: block;
    }
  }

  // -------------- TITLE

  .details-modal-title {
    color: #111827;
    padding: 1.5em 2em;
    pointer-events: all;
    position: relative;
    width: calc(100% - 4.5em);

    h1 {
      font-size: 1.25rem;
      font-weight: 600;
      line-height: normal;
    }
  }

  // -------------- CONTENT

  .details-modal-content {
    border-top: 1px solid #e0e0e0;
    padding: 2em;
    pointer-events: all;
    overflow: auto;
  }
}

// -------------- OVERLAY

.details-modal-overlay {
  transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: rgba(#0f172a, 0.8);
  position: fixed;
  opacity: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  right: 0;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;

  details[open] & {
    pointer-events: all;
    opacity: 0.5;
  }
}

// -------------- DETAILS

details {
  summary {
    list-style: none;
      
    &:focus {
      outline: none;
    }
    &::-webkit-details-marker {
      display: none;
    }
  }
}

// -------------- OTHER

code {
  font-family: Monaco, monospace;
  line-height: 100%;
  background-color: #2d2d2c;
  padding: 0.1em 0.4em;
  letter-spacing: -0.05em;
  word-break: normal;
  border-radius: 7px;
  color: white;
  font-weight: normal;
  font-size: 1.75rem;
  position: relative;
  top: -2px;
}

.container {
  text-align: center;
  max-width: 40em;
  padding: 2em;

  > h1 {
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 2rem;
    line-height: normal;
    color: #111827;
  }

  > p {
    margin-top: 2em;
    margin-bottom: 2em;
  }

  sup {
    font-size: 1rem;
    margin-left: 0.25em;
    opacity: 0.5;
    position: relative;
  }
}
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