# dialog.reader

Shows one piece of content over the whole screen: reading an article

Component: [`<Dialog>`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/components/dialog.md) · Renders: `<dialog>` · Profile: [UI](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md)

## Example

```tsx
<Dialog intent="dialog.reader" open={open} onClose={() => setOpen(false)} label="Title">
  …
</Dialog>
```

## Choosing between neighbours

Find the row that describes your element, and use the intent on the right.

| If it is for… | Use |
|---|---|
| Shows one piece of content over the whole screen: reading an article | `dialog.reader` (this page) |
| Editing or deciding something | [`dialog.task`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/dialog/task.md) |
| Reading an article (rather than [`dialog.media`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/dialog/media.md)) | `dialog.reader` (this page) |
| One piece of content over the whole screen (rather than [`dialog.drawer`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/dialog/drawer.md)) | `dialog.reader` (this page) |

## Connections

Declared in the registry, both directions. Where an intent is used in your own code is something check and the gallery see; this site has no app code.

- Built from: [`surface.overlay`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#surface-overlay)

## For registry authors

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What this intent is built from and its entry in `components/prongs/registry.ts`. You only need this to change how it looks or to add an intent like it.

How dialog.reader resolves, and its definition

Each layer adds to the one before it; a later class wins over an earlier one that sets the same thing.

- [`surface.overlay`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#surface-overlay) — Floats over a dimmed page and starts its own stack of surfaces

  ```
  surface-overlay m-auto rounded-lg border border-surface-border
  shadow-xl backdrop:bg-black/50
  ```

- `dialog.reader` (this page) — Shows one piece of content over the whole screen: reading an article

  ```
  m-0 h-full max-h-none w-full max-w-none rounded-none border-0
  p-0
  ```

Final classes

```
surface-overlay border-surface-border shadow-xl
backdrop:bg-black/50 m-0 h-full max-h-none w-full max-w-none
rounded-none border-0 p-0
```

Definition

```ts
'dialog.reader': {
  kind: 'semantic',
  description: 'Shows one piece of content over the whole screen: reading an article',
  refs: ['surface.overlay'],
  binding: {
    classes: 'm-0 h-full max-h-none w-full max-w-none rounded-none border-0 p-0',
  },
  notFor: [{ context: 'editing or deciding something', instead: 'dialog.task' }],
},
```