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title: "Native popovers with smooth animations (no JS required)"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/native-popovers-with-smooth-animations-no-js-required--qjjw7vgpz
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh6nT6LK0kQ
type: video:youtube
source: "Kevin Powell"
published: 2026-07-01T13:11:48.354Z
updated: 2026-07-01T13:12:06.753Z
tags: ["css"]
reading_time: 16
upvotes: 4
comments: 0
language: en
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# Native popovers with smooth animations (no JS required)

**[Kevin Powell](https://daily.dev/sources/kevinpowell)** · 16 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A walkthrough of building native HTML popovers using the Popover API with no JavaScript. Covers the popover attribute, popovertarget wiring, CSS anchor positioning for smart placement with flip fallback, and smooth open/close animations using CSS transitions with @starting-style and transition-behavior: allow-discrete to animate between display:none and display:grid states.

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