Alert Dialog

Confirmation/destructive modal built on the Dialog kernel; a backdrop press or Escape never closes it.

Distribution status

BeeUI 0.86.2-rc.3 is public on npm under the opt-in next dist-tag (observed 2026-09-25T06:25:18.371Z). latest currently resolves to 0.86.2-rc.3 and lags next until the owner moves it for all four packages. See Start for the full install commands. The import shape below works against the published package; the repository-local Registry command remains available as a no-registry-required alternative from a BeeUI checkout. Pin @0.86.2-rc.3 instead of @next for an immutable version in CI.

Identity

• Category: Overlays & feedback
• Status: stable public Registry/export-map component family
• Targets: iOS · Android · Web, subject to the compatibility contract
• Prerequisites: @beemvp/beeui-ui installed (or this component’s source copied via the Registry CLI below) and, on Web, the BeeUI Tailwind/Uniwind theme CSS loaded — see Start for full platform setup.
• Source: packages/ui/src/components/alert-dialog.tsx

Import

import { AlertDialog, AlertDialogAction, AlertDialogCancel, AlertDialogContent, AlertDialogDescription, AlertDialogFooter, AlertDialogTitle, AlertDialogTrigger } from '@beemvp/beeui-ui';

There is no documented deep/private source import. For source ownership from a BeeUI checkout:

pnpm beeui add alert-dialog

Registry (used throughout this page) is BeeUI’s source-ownership manifest — registry/registry.json — that the pnpm beeui/@beemvp/beeui-cli CLI reads to copy a component’s real source into your app and rewrite its internal imports; it is not an npm package index. This component’s own Registry entry: registry/registry.json.

Composition and public API

• Family exports: AlertDialog AlertDialogAction AlertDialogCancel AlertDialogContent AlertDialogDescription AlertDialogFooter AlertDialogTitle AlertDialogTrigger
  • Also routed here, outside the Registry family:
    • alert-dialog
  • Package export subpath: @beemvp/beeui-ui/alert-dialog

Exported types: AlertDialogActionProps, AlertDialogCancelProps, AlertDialogContentProps, AlertDialogDescriptionProps, AlertDialogFooterProps, AlertDialogProps, AlertDialogTitleProps, AlertDialogTriggerProps

The generated API inventory is mechanically joined to packages/ui/src/index.ts, Registry metadata, and the component reference contract. Each type’s field table below is parsed directly from that source, not a second hand-maintained copy; for the fuller behavior narrative see the canonical component behavior catalog.

State and behavior contract

Confirmation/destructive modal sharing Dialog’s controlled (open+onOpenChange, both required together) or uncontrolled (defaultOpen) contract; unlike Dialog it never closes from a backdrop press or an Escape keypress. It does still close on a native request-close — Android’s hardware back button, and iOS accessibility escape — because cancelOnRequestClose defaults to true; set it to false when only an explicit AlertDialogCancel/AlertDialogAction may dismiss the dialog.

Props

AlertDialogActionProps

AlertDialogActionProps is exactly DialogCloseProps.

Prop	Type	Default	Description
children	React.ReactNode	—	Content rendered inside this element. The family’s composition section states which children it expects.
className	string	—	Extra utility classes, merged after the component’s own via cn(...), so they win on conflict. An escape hatch for source-owned and application work, not a cross-engine portability guarantee.
labelClassName	string	—	Extra utility classes for the label text specifically, merged after the component’s own.
loading	boolean	false	Shows a spinner in place of the label, sets aria-busy, and disables presses. Defaults to false.
size	'sm' | 'md' | 'lg' | 'icon'	'md'	Chooses this element’s size from buttonVariants’s presets, declared in packages/ui/src/components/button.tsx — the classes each value applies are there.
variant	'primary' | 'secondary' | 'outline' | 'ghost' | 'destructive'	'destructive'	Chooses this element’s variant from buttonVariants’s presets, declared in packages/ui/src/components/button.tsx — the classes each value applies are there.

Also carries every prop of Omit<PressableProps, 'accessibilityRole' | 'role' | 'children'> — that upstream contract is not reproduced here.

AlertDialogCancelProps

AlertDialogCancelProps is exactly DialogCloseProps.

Prop	Type	Default	Description
children	React.ReactNode	—	Content rendered inside this element. The family’s composition section states which children it expects.
className	string	—	Extra utility classes, merged after the component’s own via cn(...), so they win on conflict. An escape hatch for source-owned and application work, not a cross-engine portability guarantee.
labelClassName	string	—	Extra utility classes for the label text specifically, merged after the component’s own.
loading	boolean	false	Shows a spinner in place of the label, sets aria-busy, and disables presses. Defaults to false.
size	'sm' | 'md' | 'lg' | 'icon'	'md'	Chooses this element’s size from buttonVariants’s presets, declared in packages/ui/src/components/button.tsx — the classes each value applies are there.
variant	'primary' | 'secondary' | 'outline' | 'ghost' | 'destructive'	'outline'	Chooses this element’s variant from buttonVariants’s presets, declared in packages/ui/src/components/button.tsx — the classes each value applies are there.

Also carries every prop of Omit<PressableProps, 'accessibilityRole' | 'role' | 'children'> — that upstream contract is not reproduced here.

AlertDialogContentProps

Prop	Type	Default	Description
cancelOnRequestClose	boolean	true	Whether native request-close paths (Android hardware back and accessibility escape) should behave like cancellation. Backdrop presses never dismiss an AlertDialog.

Also carries every prop of Omit<DialogContentProps, 'closeOnBackdropPress' | 'dismissOnEscape' | 'dismissOnRequestClose' | 'role'> — documented on the Dialog page, not reproduced here.

AlertDialogDescriptionProps

AlertDialogDescriptionProps is exactly DialogDescriptionProps.

No own fields; this type is exactly the base(s) below.

Also carries every prop of Omit<TextProps, 'tone' | 'variant'> — documented on the Text page, not reproduced here.

AlertDialogFooterProps

AlertDialogFooterProps is exactly DialogFooterProps.

Prop	Type	Default	Description
className	string	—	Extra utility classes, merged after the component’s own via cn(...), so they win on conflict. An escape hatch for source-owned and application work, not a cross-engine portability guarantee.

Also carries every prop of ViewProps — that upstream contract is not reproduced here.

AlertDialogProps

AlertDialogProps is exactly DialogProps, one of the following mutually exclusive variants:

Variant DialogControlledProps:

Prop	Type	Default	Description
children	React.ReactNode	—	Content rendered inside this element. The family’s composition section states which children it expects.
defaultOpen	never	false	Not accepted in the controlled variant, where open already owns the state. Pass defaultOpen on its own, without open, to use the uncontrolled variant.
onOpenChange (required)	(open: boolean) => void	—	Applies a requested open state, and is required here because the controlled variant never updates its own visibility. If this does not change open, nothing does.
open (required)	boolean	—	Current open state, owned by the caller; supplying a defined value alongside onOpenChange is what selects the controlled variant. Passing open without an onOpenChange function warns in development and falls back to uncontrolled behavior.

Variant DialogUncontrolledProps:

Prop	Type	Default	Description
children	React.ReactNode	—	Content rendered inside this element. The family’s composition section states which children it expects.
defaultOpen	boolean	false	Open state to start from, read once when the component mounts, so later changes to it are ignored. Defaults to false; drive visibility with open + onOpenChange instead when it needs to change.
onOpenChange	(open: boolean) => void	—	Notified after the open state changes, and optional here because the uncontrolled variant updates its own state either way.
open	undefined	—	Must be left undefined in the uncontrolled variant, because a defined open together with onOpenChange selects the controlled variant instead.

AlertDialogTitleProps

AlertDialogTitleProps is exactly DialogTitleProps.

No own fields; this type is exactly the base(s) below.

Also carries every prop of Omit<TextProps, 'accessibilityRole' | 'role' | 'variant'> — documented on the Text page, not reproduced here.

AlertDialogTriggerProps

AlertDialogTriggerProps is exactly DialogTriggerProps.

Prop	Type	Default	Description
children	React.ReactNode	—	Content rendered inside this element. The family’s composition section states which children it expects.
className	string	—	Extra utility classes, merged after the component’s own via cn(...), so they win on conflict. An escape hatch for source-owned and application work, not a cross-engine portability guarantee.
labelClassName	string	—	Extra utility classes for the label text specifically, merged after the component’s own.
loading	boolean	false	Shows a spinner in place of the label, sets aria-busy, and disables presses. Defaults to false.
size	'sm' | 'md' | 'lg' | 'icon'	'md'	Chooses this element’s size from buttonVariants’s presets, declared in packages/ui/src/components/button.tsx — the classes each value applies are there.
variant	'primary' | 'secondary' | 'outline' | 'ghost' | 'destructive'	'primary'	Chooses this element’s variant from buttonVariants’s presets, declared in packages/ui/src/components/button.tsx — the classes each value applies are there.

Also carries every prop of Omit<PressableProps, 'accessibilityRole' | 'role' | 'children'> — that upstream contract is not reproduced here.

This is the pressable itself — the same variant/size/press API as Button — so icon/label children go directly inside it. Do not nest a second pressable (an icon button, or an avatar wrapped for press) inside a *Trigger: on Web that renders one interactive element inside another, which React flags as invalid DOM nesting. For an icon-only or avatar trigger, set variant="ghost" (and size/className as needed) on the trigger itself instead of wrapping a second pressable.

The executable fixtures below are the source-grounded usage examples; consumers should not infer state ownership from DOM structure or another UI library.

Provider and dependencies

• BeeUIProvider is required above this family because it participates in shared overlay/toast runtime infrastructure.
• Peer/native dependencies visible to this Registry item: react, react-native
• Registry dependency closure: dialog, theme
• Safe-area ownership remains explicit: shell surfaces touching system edges opt into SafeArea; components do not silently invent app-shell insets.
• Web consumers load the BeeUI semantic theme CSS as documented in Web onboarding.

Platform behavior

This family ships no platform-specific file, and its own source takes no Platform branch.

The same public family is exposed across the supported target matrix; meaningful platform differences remain governed by the compatibility contract.

Evidence classes are not equal and this page does not blur them: Web behavior is exercised in a real browser, while iOS and Android carry package/export and native-compile evidence, which is not device-runtime proof. The compatibility contract records which class each claim rests on.

Accessibility

• Roles this family assigns: alertdialog — set in alert-dialog.tsx by the components themselves, not by the caller.
• Accessibility states and properties it sets: none set in alert-dialog.tsx.

Keyboard/focus behavior, announcements, Dynamic Type/Web zoom, RTL and reduced-motion expectations are not derived here — see Accessibility overview, Keyboard & focus, RTL/localization and Large text & zoom. BeeUI does not claim universal accessibility certification from automated tests.

Styling and theming

• Style axes: size (4 values), variant (5 values), tone (8 values, inherited from TextProps).
• Class-name surfaces: className, containerClassName, labelClassName, overlayClassName.

Colors, spacing and typography come from semantic tokens rather than from values written here — see Theming and Density. A className is an escape hatch for source-owned and application work, not a cross-engine portability guarantee.

Executable examples

• Primary executable fixture: apps/showcase/__tests__/dialog-web-modal-owner.test.tsx
• Additional fixture: apps/showcase/__tests__/issue-15-alert-dialog-form-group.test.tsx
• Additional fixture: apps/showcase/__tests__/overlay-scope.test.tsx
• Additional fixture: apps/showcase/__tests__/overlay-transport.test.tsx

Addressable examples

Each link below opens the Showcase at that exact example, not at the top of the gallery:

• basic — smallest meaningful complete usage

The Showcase links demonstrate Web behavior; use the native-preview guide for real simulator/emulator/device paths.

Live Web preview

This frame loads the real BeeUI Web Showcase on demand; it is not a second docs-only implementation. It proves browser behavior only. Use native preview for iOS/Android simulator, emulator or device paths.

Composition anatomy

• Family root / primary export: AlertDialog
  • Public composition parts / helpers:
    • AlertDialogAction
    • AlertDialogCancel
    • AlertDialogContent
    • AlertDialogDescription
    • AlertDialogFooter
    • AlertDialogTitle
    • AlertDialogTrigger
  • Exported type surface:
    • AlertDialogActionProps
    • AlertDialogCancelProps
    • AlertDialogContentProps
    • AlertDialogDescriptionProps
    • AlertDialogFooterProps
    • AlertDialogProps
    • AlertDialogTitleProps
    • AlertDialogTriggerProps

The tree above is ordinary document structure so it remains readable with keyboard and assistive technology; it is derived from the real public export family rather than a canvas-only diagram.

Verified example source

These are the parts of the typechecked runtime Showcase fixture behind this live preview — apps/showcase/component-gallery/component-gallery.tsx, 1103 lines — where Alert Dialog is actually used: 13 lines in 1 place. Each block is copied verbatim from the line range named above it, so it is the same executable source, not a retelling of it. The rest of that file exercises other families and is not reproduced here.

Imports the examples below need (a filtered subset of the fixture’s own top-level imports):

import { AlertDialog, AlertDialogAction, AlertDialogCancel, AlertDialogContent, AlertDialogDescription, AlertDialogFooter, AlertDialogTitle, AlertDialogTrigger } from '@beemvp/beeui-ui';

lines 732–744:

                  <AlertDialog>
                    <AlertDialogTrigger variant="destructive">Delete project</AlertDialogTrigger>
                    <AlertDialogContent>
                      <AlertDialogTitle>Delete this project?</AlertDialogTitle>
                      <AlertDialogDescription>
                        The backdrop cannot dismiss this confirmation. Choose an explicit action instead.
                      </AlertDialogDescription>
                      <AlertDialogFooter>
                        <AlertDialogCancel>Cancel</AlertDialogCancel>
                        <AlertDialogAction>Delete permanently</AlertDialogAction>
                      </AlertDialogFooter>
                    </AlertDialogContent>
                  </AlertDialog>

Open the fixture itself for the full surrounding component. For a smaller app-specific example, start from the imports and fixture-state blocks above and keep only the state your screen owns.

Limitations

Never dismisses from backdrop press or Escape, but native request-close — Android hardware back and accessibility escape — does dismiss it unless cancelOnRequestClose is false; not a general-purpose modal (use Dialog).

Related

• All components
• Production patterns
• Showcase
• CLI & source ownership
• Source