---
title: Alert Dialog
subtitle: A dialog that requires a user response to proceed.
description: A high-quality, unstyled React alert dialog component that requires a user response to proceed.
---
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# Alert Dialog
A high-quality, unstyled React alert dialog component that requires a user response to proceed.
## Demo
### Tailwind
This example shows how to implement the component using Tailwind CSS.
```tsx
/* index.tsx */
import { AlertDialog } from '@base-ui/react/alert-dialog';
const buttonClasses =
'flex h-8 items-center justify-center gap-2 border border-neutral-950 dark:border-white bg-white dark:bg-neutral-950 px-3 text-sm leading-none whitespace-nowrap font-normal text-neutral-950 dark:text-white select-none hover:not-data-disabled:bg-neutral-100 dark:hover:not-data-disabled:bg-neutral-800 active:not-data-disabled:bg-neutral-200 dark:active:not-data-disabled:bg-neutral-700 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-1 focus-visible:outline-neutral-950 dark:focus-visible:outline-white data-disabled:border-neutral-500 data-disabled:text-neutral-500 disabled:border-neutral-500 disabled:text-neutral-500 dark:data-disabled:border-neutral-400 dark:data-disabled:text-neutral-400';
const dangerButtonClasses = `${buttonClasses} text-red-700 dark:text-red-400`;
export default function ExampleAlertDialog() {
return (
Discard draft
);
}
```
## Anatomy
Import the component and assemble its parts:
```jsx title="Anatomy"
import { AlertDialog } from '@base-ui/react/alert-dialog';
;
```
## Examples
### Detached triggers
An alert dialog can be controlled by a trigger located either inside or outside the `` component.
For simple, one-off interactions, place the `` inside ``, as shown in the example at the top of this page.
However, if defining the alert dialog's content next to its trigger is not practical, you can use a detached trigger.
This involves placing the `` outside of `` and linking them with a `handle` created by the `AlertDialog.createHandle()` function.
The imperative methods on the handle, such as `open()` and `openWithPayload()`, require an `` using the same handle to be mounted.
Calls made while no root is attached to the handle — before one mounts, or after it unmounts — are ignored. Each time a root mounts, it starts from fresh state: a call made while no root was attached is not replayed, and no open state carries over from a previous mount.
```jsx title="Detached triggers"
const demoAlertDialog = AlertDialog.createHandle();
// @highlight
// @highlight-text "handle={demoAlertDialog}"
Open
// @highlight
// @highlight-text "handle={demoAlertDialog}"
...
```
## Demo
### Tailwind
This example shows how to implement the component using Tailwind CSS.
```tsx
/* index.tsx */
'use client';
import * as React from 'react';
import { AlertDialog } from '@base-ui/react/alert-dialog';
const demoAlertDialog = AlertDialog.createHandle();
const buttonClasses =
'flex h-8 items-center justify-center gap-2 border border-neutral-950 dark:border-white bg-white dark:bg-neutral-950 px-3 text-sm leading-none whitespace-nowrap font-normal text-neutral-950 dark:text-white select-none hover:not-data-disabled:bg-neutral-100 dark:hover:not-data-disabled:bg-neutral-800 active:not-data-disabled:bg-neutral-200 dark:active:not-data-disabled:bg-neutral-700 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-1 focus-visible:outline-neutral-950 dark:focus-visible:outline-white data-disabled:border-neutral-500 data-disabled:text-neutral-500 disabled:border-neutral-500 disabled:text-neutral-500 dark:data-disabled:border-neutral-400 dark:data-disabled:text-neutral-400';
const dangerButtonClasses = `${buttonClasses} text-red-700 dark:text-red-400`;
export default function AlertDialogDetachedTriggersSimpleDemo() {
return (
Discard draft
);
}
```
### Multiple triggers
A single alert dialog can be opened by multiple trigger elements.
You can achieve this by using the same `handle` for several detached triggers, or by placing multiple `` components inside a single ``.
```jsx title="Multiple triggers within the Root part"
Trigger 1Trigger 2
...
```
```jsx title="Multiple detached triggers"
const demoAlertDialog = AlertDialog.createHandle();
Trigger 1Trigger 2
...
```
The alert dialog can render different content depending on which trigger opened it.
This is achieved by passing a `payload` to the `` and using the function-as-a-child pattern in ``.
The payload can be strongly typed by providing a type argument to the `createHandle()` function:
```jsx title="Detached triggers with payload"
// @highlight
const demoAlertDialog = AlertDialog.createHandle<{ message: string }>();
// @highlight
// @highlight-text "payload"
Trigger 1
// @highlight
// @highlight-text "payload"
Trigger 2
{({ payload }) => ( // @highlight-text "payload"
Alert dialog
{payload !== undefined && ( // @highlight-text "payload"
Confirming {payload.message} {/* @highlight-text "payload" */}
)}
)}
```
### Controlled mode with multiple triggers
You can control the alert dialog's open state externally using the `open` and `onOpenChange` props on ``.
This allows you to manage the alert dialog's visibility based on your application's state.
When using multiple triggers, you have to manage which trigger is active with the `triggerId` prop on `` and the `id` prop on each ``.
Note that there is no separate `onTriggerIdChange` prop.
Instead, the `onOpenChange` callback receives an additional argument, `eventDetails`, which contains the trigger element that initiated the state change.
## Demo
### Tailwind
This example shows how to implement the component using Tailwind CSS.
```tsx
/* index.tsx */
'use client';
import * as React from 'react';
import { AlertDialog } from '@base-ui/react/alert-dialog';
type AlertPayload = { message: string };
const demoAlertDialog = AlertDialog.createHandle();
const buttonClasses =
'flex h-8 items-center justify-center gap-2 border border-neutral-950 dark:border-white bg-white dark:bg-neutral-950 px-3 text-sm leading-none whitespace-nowrap font-normal text-neutral-950 dark:text-white select-none hover:not-data-disabled:bg-neutral-100 dark:hover:not-data-disabled:bg-neutral-800 active:not-data-disabled:bg-neutral-200 dark:active:not-data-disabled:bg-neutral-700 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-1 focus-visible:outline-neutral-950 dark:focus-visible:outline-white data-disabled:border-neutral-500 data-disabled:text-neutral-500 disabled:border-neutral-500 disabled:text-neutral-500 dark:data-disabled:border-neutral-400 dark:data-disabled:text-neutral-400';
const dangerButtonClasses = `${buttonClasses} text-red-700 dark:text-red-400`;
export default function AlertDialogDetachedTriggersControlledDemo() {
const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);
const [triggerId, setTriggerId] = React.useState(null);
const handleOpenChange = (isOpen: boolean, eventDetails: AlertDialog.Root.ChangeEventDetails) => {
setOpen(isOpen);
setTriggerId(eventDetails.trigger?.id ?? null);
};
return (
{payload?.message ?? 'Are you sure?'}
This action cannot be undone.
Cancel
Confirm
)}
);
}
```
### Open from a menu
In order to open a dialog using a menu, control the dialog state and open it imperatively using the `onClick` handler on the menu item.
## Demo
### Tailwind
This example shows how to implement the component using Tailwind CSS.
```tsx
/* index.tsx */
'use client';
import * as React from 'react';
import { AlertDialog } from '@base-ui/react/alert-dialog';
import { Menu } from '@base-ui/react/menu';
export default function ExampleAlertDialog() {
const [dialogOpen, setDialogOpen] = React.useState(false);
return (
Playlist PlayShare
{/* Open the alert dialog when the menu item is clicked */}
setDialogOpen(true)}>
Delete…
{/* Control the alert dialog state */}
);
}
function CaretDownIcon(props: React.ComponentProps<'svg'>) {
return (
);
}
```
## API reference
### Root
Groups all parts of the alert dialog.
Doesn't render its own HTML element.
**Root Props:**
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| :------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| defaultOpen | `boolean` | `false` | Whether the dialog is initially open. To render a controlled dialog, use the `open` prop instead. |
| open | `boolean` | - | Whether the dialog is currently open. |
| onOpenChange | `((open: boolean, eventDetails: AlertDialog.Root.ChangeEventDetails) => void)` | - | Event handler called when the alert dialog is opened or closed. |
| actionsRef | `React.RefObject` | - | A ref to imperative actions. `unmount`: Ends the closing phase of the alert dialog after an externally controlled closing animation finishes.
Call `preventUnmountOnClose()` in `onOpenChange` first, otherwise the alert dialog completes closing on its own.
Whether it leaves the DOM is decided by `keepMounted` on the portal.`close`: Closes the alert dialog imperatively when called. |
| defaultTriggerId | `string \| null` | - | ID of the trigger that the dialog is associated with.
This is useful in conjunction with the `defaultOpen` prop to create an initially open dialog. |
| handle | `AlertDialog.Handle` | - | A handle to associate the alert dialog with a trigger.
If specified, allows external triggers to control the alert dialog's open state.
Can be created with the AlertDialog.createHandle() method. |
| onOpenChangeComplete | `((open: boolean) => void)` | - | Event handler called after any animations complete when the dialog is opened or closed. |
| triggerId | `string \| null` | - | ID of the trigger that the dialog is associated with.
This is useful in conjunction with the `open` prop to create a controlled dialog.
There's no need to specify this prop when the dialog is uncontrolled (that is, when the `open` prop is not set). |
| children | `React.ReactNode \| PayloadChildRenderFunction` | - | The content of the dialog.
This can be a regular React node or a render function that receives the `payload` of the active trigger. |
### Root.Props
Re-export of [Root](/react/components/alert-dialog.md) props.
### Root.State
```typescript
type AlertDialogRootState = {};
```
### Root.Actions
```typescript
type AlertDialogRootActions = { unmount: () => void; close: () => void };
```
### Root.ChangeEventReason
```typescript
type AlertDialogRootChangeEventReason =
| 'trigger-press'
| 'outside-press'
| 'escape-key'
| 'close-press'
| 'focus-out'
| 'imperative-action'
| 'none';
```
### Root.ChangeEventDetails
```typescript
type AlertDialogRootChangeEventDetails = (
| { reason: 'trigger-press'; event: MouseEvent | PointerEvent | TouchEvent | KeyboardEvent }
| { reason: 'outside-press'; event: MouseEvent | PointerEvent | TouchEvent }
| { reason: 'escape-key'; event: KeyboardEvent }
| { reason: 'close-press'; event: MouseEvent | PointerEvent | KeyboardEvent }
| { reason: 'focus-out'; event: KeyboardEvent | FocusEvent }
| { reason: 'imperative-action'; event: Event }
| { reason: 'none'; event: Event }
) & {
/** Cancels Base UI from handling the event. */
cancel: () => void;
/** Allows the event to propagate in cases where Base UI will stop the propagation. */
allowPropagation: () => void;
/** Indicates whether the event has been canceled. */
isCanceled: boolean;
/** Indicates whether the event is allowed to propagate. */
isPropagationAllowed: boolean;
/** The element that triggered the event, if applicable. */
trigger: Element | undefined;
/** Prevents the popup from unmounting until the `unmount` action is called. */
preventUnmountOnClose: () => void;
};
```
### Trigger
A button that opens the alert dialog.
Renders a `