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Summary
The problems solved by portals can also be solved by the dialog element, popover API and anchor positioning.
I think it is worth mentioning that on the page less people think the only approach is to use portals.
Page
https://react.dev/reference/react-dom/createPortal
Details
I wrote about it here: https://fullystacked.net/portal/
I don’t think native popovers are perfect. There will probably always be a need for this portal API, but I think the main example shouldn’t be a modal. That genuinely is better solved with the native HTML element.
I’m not suggesting a large new section, just a brief note to say there are other approaches.