Webflow Popups & Modals
Easily create and manage popups and modals in your Webflow projects.
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Easily create and manage popups and modals in your Webflow projects.
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In Webflow, building popups and modals has several challenges;
Editing them is not designer-friendly
There is no suppression feature to allow snoozing
Triggers are limited
They're very reliant on interactions
Behaviors are difficult to control, e.g. close only if terms are accepted
SA5's provides a Webflow-centric JS-based modal solution that resolves all of these issues.
Display a cancellation policy section on your page
Then invoke it in other places on your page as a scrollable modal
E.g. in your booking form at the bottom, a reminder about the cancellation policy
Invoke an external resource such as a booking form
Prevent progress without acceptance?
Form submission
All validation checks confirmed, but we want an I agree on the privacy policy or cancellation terms, etc.
Login / sign-up / password page
Automatic on site visitation? I am over 18?
I agree...
Content gating?
Login or email
Email / lead capture
Anti-Adblocker
A modal typically has 4 identifiable parts;
Modal frame. The outer frame of the modal, which dictates the frame styling ( corners, border, shadow ) sizing and padding. This is the center of the modal and defines most settings of the modal.
Modal content ( optional ). The content of the modal. Dictates any scrolling and scrollbar behavior of the content area itself.
Close button ( optional ). Will be auto-generated if unspecified
Overlay ( automatic ). The background that covers the page to make the modal more visible.
Sidebar ( optional ). Used to provide visual artwork that is distinct from the scrollable content area.
In your HTML DOM the structure is arranged like this;
The wfu-modal DIV is required, it defines and names the modal.
The wfu-modal-content is optional, but important to controlling content scrolling.
The wfu-modal-sidebar is optional. Does it need an attribute?
The wfu-modal-button is optional. It will be auto-created as an X if it does not exist
SA5 Modals are designed to be flexible, but there is a typical lifecycle;
Closed ( pending ). This is generally the initial state of a modal for a new user visiting the site, it is not suppressed, but it is also initially hidden.
Open. Some trigger has occurred like click, timer, scroll, exit intent, which open the modal.
When the user closes it, it can be configured to suppress so that it won't auto-open again for e.g. 3 days
Closed ( suppressed ). It's closed and a natural trigger such as a timer won't re-open it.
In some situations, you may also want to be able to re-open the modal even when it is suppressed. This scenario is common when you want a modal to automatically open ( e.g. on a timer ), but then allow the user to manually re-open it later by clicking a link. This is supported by SA5.
Here's a state diagram;
Create your DIV containing your modal content, and apply the attributes below, depending on the configuration and behavior you choose;
wfu-modal = ( name ) Required. Place this on the DIV you want to be a modal element.
Give your modal a unique name, like modal-1. This will be used in places like your modal trigger buttons.
Use standard identifier conventions, e.g. avoid spaces. We recommend names that use only lowercase letters, hyphens, and numbers.
You can use a CMS-bound value such as a slug for the name. Just ensure it is also unique from any other modals on the page to prevent naming conflicts.
There are many different ways to trigger a modal open. Depending on the type of trigger, these attributes will be placed either on a triggering element, or on the modal element itself.
On the button or element to be clicked, add this attribute;
wfu-modal-trigger-click = ( modal-name )
Specify the modal's name that you want to open.
Triggers the modal when a timer has elapsed, starting from page load.
Place this directly on the modal element.
wfu-modal-trigger-timer = ( time in milliseconds )
1 second = 1,000 ms, so if you want to wait 5 seconds, set the value to 5000.
Click
Direct
wfu-modal-trigger-click
Modal name
Place on the triggering button, link, or element
Timer
In-Direct
wfu-modal-trigger-timer
Time in milliseconds
Place on the modal element directly
This is being combined with SA5 Trigger. Event = open modal Action
GATED MODALS
SA5 has a special modal trigger configuration referred to as a "gate." In this setup, when the user attempts to follow a link or display a modal, another modal can be presented and must be completed before the user's action can proceed.
Learn more about Gated Modals here.
After a modal is closed, we will likely want to suppress it for some period of time.
wfu-modal-suppress = ( suppression setting )Optional. Place directly on the modal element.
forever - suppresses indefinitely
session - suppresses only for the duration of the webstorage session
FUTURE - we'll add specific durations
Note that the suppression is handled using a cookie-based or web-storage-based suppression key which includes the name of the modal. If you ever change the name of the modal, and republish your site, any existing suppression keys would be ignored.
The defined suppression state on the modal is applied immediately after the modal is opened. This ensures that it is honored regardless of how the modal is closed- including a CTA button navigation within the modal.
