Async, Promise-based Alert/Confirm/Prompt Dialogs – Prompts.js

Web developers often struggle with browser-native alert(), confirm(), and prompt() functions, which block code execution and provide limited customization.

Prompts.js emerges as a robust solution that provides an asynchronous, promise-based approach to creating accessible, customizable modal dialogs for alerts, confirmations, and prompts. It works with modern browsers supporting <dialog> elements and Promise APIs.

Instead of relying on blocking browser dialogs, which can halt script execution, Prompts allows you to handle user interaction in a non-blocking way. This approach enhances the user experience, as your application can continue to perform other tasks while awaiting user input.

For instance, you might need to ask for user confirmation before deleting data or get input before submitting a form. With Prompts, these actions can now be more easily integrated with your asynchronous JavaScript workflows, resulting in cleaner, more maintainable code.

How to use it:

1. Install the Prompts package with NPM.

# NPM
$ npm install prompts-js

2. Load the Prompts library into your HTML document.

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3. Display a basic alert dialog on the screen and print a message in your console log after the dialog is closed.

await Prompts.alert("This is an alert dialog");
console.log("Closed");

4. Create a confirmation dialog. If you press “OK”, the confirmed variable will be true, and “Confirmed” will show up in the console. Otherwise, if you press “Cancel” or the Escape key, it will be false and print “Canceled”.

const confirmed = await Prompts.confirm("Are you sure you to delete it?");
  if (confirmed) {
    console.log("Confirmed");
  } else {
    console.log("Canceled");
  }

5. Create a prompt dialog that prompts you to enter your username. When you click “OK”, the value you enter will be stored in the userInput variable, then printed in your console. If you click “Cancel” or press the Esc key, userInput will be null, and “Canceled or Entered nothing” will be printed.

const userInput = await Prompts.prompt("Please enter your username:");
  if (userInput) {
    console.log("You entered:", userInput);
  } else {
    console.log("Canceled or Entered nothing");
  }

6. You can override the default CSS styles to match your app’s design. For example:

const dialogStyle = {
  border: "none",
  borderRadius: "6px",
  padding: "20px",
  minWidth: "300px",
  maxWidth: "80%",
  boxSizing: "border-box",
  fontFamily: "sans-serif",
  boxShadow: "0 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.2)",
  background: "#fff",
};
const messageStyle = {
  marginBottom: "20px",
  fontSize: "16px",
  color: "#333",
  whiteSpace: "pre-wrap",
  wordWrap: "break-word",
};
const buttonRowStyle = {
  textAlign: "right",
  marginTop: "20px",
};
const buttonStyle = {
  backgroundColor: "#007bff",
  color: "#fff",
  border: "none",
  borderRadius: "4px",
  padding: "8px 12px",
  fontSize: "14px",
  cursor: "pointer",
  marginLeft: "8px",
};
const cancelButtonStyle = {
  backgroundColor: "#6c757d",
};
const inputStyle = {
  width: "100%",
  boxSizing: "border-box",
  padding: "8px",
  fontSize: "16px",
  marginBottom: "20px",
  borderRadius: "4px",
  border: "1px solid #ccc",
};