Native browser APIs for layered UI patterns — the `<dialog>` element and `popover` attribute — offer built-in alternatives to custom JavaScript or third-party libraries for modals, popovers, and similar overlays. The tutorial walks through a practical example of a login-required modal triggered when a user tries to save an image to favorites, covering how to open and close dialogs, autofocus behavior, styling the `::backdrop` pseudo-element, and animating entrance/exit transitions with `@starting-style`.

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