Basic CSS-Only Modal

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Basic CSS-Only Modal

A Pen by Timothy Long on CodePen.

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index.html

<div class="container">
  <div class="interior">
    <a class="btn" href="#open-modal">👋 Basic CSS-Only Modal</a>
  </div>
</div>
<div id="open-modal" class="modal-window">
  <div>
    <a href="#" title="Close" class="modal-close">Close</a>
    <h1>Voilà!</h1>
    <div>A CSS-only modal based on the :target pseudo-class. Hope you find it helpful.</div>
    <div><small>Check out</small></div>
    <a href="https://aminoeditor.com" target="_blank">👉 Amino: Live CSS Editor for Chrome</div>
    </div>
</div>

style.scss

.modal-window {
  position: fixed;
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 999;
  visibility: hidden;
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  transition: all 0.3s;
  &:target {
    visibility: visible;
    opacity: 1;
    pointer-events: auto;
  }
  & > div {
    width: 400px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    padding: 2em;
    background: white;
  }
  header {
    font-weight: bold;
  }
  h1 {
    font-size: 150%;
    margin: 0 0 15px;
  }
}

.modal-close {
  color: #aaa;
  line-height: 50px;
  font-size: 80%;
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  text-align: center;
  top: 0;
  width: 70px;
  text-decoration: none;
  &:hover {
    color: black;
  }
}

/* Demo Styles */

html,
body {
  height: 100%;
}

html {
  font-size: 18px;
  line-height: 1.4;
}

body {
  font-family: apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto,
    Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 600;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #7f53ac 0, #657ced 100%);
  color: black;
}

a {
  color: inherit;
}

.container {
  display: grid;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  height: 100vh;
}

.modal-window {
  & > div {
    border-radius: 1rem;
  }
}

.modal-window div:not(:last-of-type) {
  margin-bottom: 15px;
}

small {
  color: lightgray;
}

.btn {
  background-color: white;
  padding: 1em 1.5em;
  border-radius: 1rem;
  text-decoration: none;
  i {
    padding-right: 0.3em;
  }
}