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This article explains the key differences between the Popover API and Dialog API, focusing on accessibility and when to use each.
•Use Popover API for most popovers: it provides automatic focus management, ARIA connections, and light dismiss out of the box
•Use Dialog API only for modal dialogs, as its showModal() method automatically inerts other elements and prevents focus from escaping
•Dialogs are subsets of popovers; modal dialogs are subsets of dialogs — this is why popover attribute can be applied to a <dialog> element
•Dialog API requires manual JavaScript for aria-expanded, aria-controls, focus restoration, and a close button since it lacks built-in accessibility features
•A future invoker commands proposal may bring popovertarget-like simplicity to the Dialog API
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