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Im not sure how elegant I think the CSS hack is compared to just making a simplistic script for it. Would a user really notice the parsing time for such a simple javascript application?

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I object to considering the techniques in the article "hacks". They all employ minimal markup, without extra boxes or complicated classes, and the CSS side is very simple.

I give you that its not a verbose or complicated hack. but I still would say that a hidden checkbox acting as the middle man for modals etc is pretty hacky :). A hack doesn't need to be complicated, most times its not. But after all I can't imagine anyone thinking about this as a feature when they implemented checkbox inputs back in the days.

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I agree that it's a hack and I can't say that I like it. Blame the W3C and browser vendors for providing incomplete/barely functional standards like <dialog>.

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