---
title: Dialog element
category: apps, html
bugzilla: 840640
firefox_status: in-development
mdn_url: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dialog
spec_url: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/interactive-elements.html#the-dialog-element
spec_repo: https://github.com/whatwg/html
chrome_ref: 5770237022568448
ie_ref: dialogelementformodals
caniuse_ref: dialog
---

Provides semantics for marking up modal dialogs, along with access to useful related functionality.

---
title: Dialog element
category: apps, html
bugzilla: 840640
firefox_status: in-development
mdn_url: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dialog
spec_url: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/interactive-elements.html#the-dialog-element
spec_repo: https://github.com/whatwg/html
chrome_ref: 5770237022568448
ie_ref: <dialog> element for modals
caniuse_ref: dialog
---

Provides semantics for marking up modal dialogs, along with access to useful related functionality.

Fix the IE ref for dialogs
Fix the IE ref for dialogs

The IE ref must be the name in the JSON file, not the slug.