Dialog API

The API documentation of the Dialog React component. Learn more about the properties and the CSS customization points.

import Dialog from '@material-ui/core/Dialog';

Dialogs are overlaid modal paper based components with a backdrop.

Props

Name	Type	Default	Description
children *	node		Dialog children, usually the included sub-components.
classes	object		Override or extend the styles applied to the component. See CSS API below for more details.
disableBackdropClick	bool	false	If true, clicking the backdrop will not fire the onClose callback.
disableEscapeKeyDown	bool	false	If true, hitting escape will not fire the onClose callback.
fullScreen	bool	false	If true, the dialog will be full-screen
fullWidth	bool	false	If true, the dialog stretches to maxWidth.
maxWidth	enum: 'xs', 'sm', 'md', 'lg', 'xl', false	'sm'	Determine the max width of the dialog. The dialog width grows with the size of the screen, this property is useful on the desktop where you might need some coherent different width size across your application. Set to false to disable maxWidth.
onBackdropClick	func		Callback fired when the backdrop is clicked.
onClose	func		Callback fired when the component requests to be closed. Signature: function(event: object, reason: string) => void event: The event source of the callback reason: Can be:"escapeKeyDown", "backdropClick"
onEnter	func		Callback fired before the dialog enters.
onEntered	func		Callback fired when the dialog has entered.
onEntering	func		Callback fired when the dialog is entering.
onEscapeKeyDown	func		Callback fired when the escape key is pressed, disableKeyboard is false and the modal is in focus.
onExit	func		Callback fired before the dialog exits.
onExited	func		Callback fired when the dialog has exited.
onExiting	func		Callback fired when the dialog is exiting.
open *	bool		If true, the Dialog is open.
PaperComponent	componentPropType	Paper	The component used to render the body of the dialog.
PaperProps	object		Properties applied to the Paper element.
scroll	enum: 'body' |  'paper'	'paper'	Determine the container for scrolling the dialog.
TransitionComponent	componentPropType	Fade	The component used for the transition.
transitionDuration	union: number |  { enter?: number, exit?: number }	{ enter: duration.enteringScreen, exit: duration.leavingScreen }	The duration for the transition, in milliseconds. You may specify a single timeout for all transitions, or individually with an object.
TransitionProps	object		Properties applied to the Transition element.

Any other properties supplied will be spread to the root element (Modal).

CSS

You can override all the class names injected by Material-UI thanks to the classes property. This property accepts the following keys:

Name	Description
root	Styles applied to the root element.
scrollPaper	Styles applied to the root element if scroll="paper".
scrollBody	Styles applied to the root element if scroll="body".
container	Styles applied to the container element.
paper	Styles applied to the Paper component.
paperScrollPaper	Styles applied to the Paper component if scroll="paper".
paperScrollBody	Styles applied to the Paper component if scroll="body".
paperWidthXs	Styles applied to the Paper component if maxWidth="xs".
paperWidthSm	Styles applied to the Paper component if maxWidth="sm".
paperWidthMd	Styles applied to the Paper component if maxWidth="md".
paperWidthLg	Styles applied to the Paper component if maxWidth="lg".
paperWidthXl	Styles applied to the Paper component if maxWidth="xl".
paperFullWidth	Styles applied to the Paper component if fullWidth={true}.
paperFullScreen	Styles applied to the Paper component if fullScreen={true}.

Have a look at overriding with classes section and the implementation of the component for more detail.

If using the overrides key of the theme, you need to use the following style sheet name: MuiDialog.

Inheritance

The properties of the Modal component are also available. You can take advantage of this behavior to target nested components.

Demos

• Dialogs