Angular2 Material Dialog css, dialog size

There are two ways which we can use to change size of your MatDialog component in angular material

1) From Outside Component Which Call Dialog Component

import { MatDialog, MatDialogConfig, MatDialogRef } from '@angular/material';


dialogRef: MatDialogRef <any> ;

constructor(public dialog: MatDialog) { }

openDialog() {
        this.dialogRef = this.dialog.open(TestTemplateComponent, {
            height: '40%',
            width: '60%'
        });
        this.dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe(result => {
            this.dialogRef = null;
        });
    }

2) From Inside Dialog Component. dynamically change its size

import { MatDialog, MatDialogConfig, MatDialogRef } from '@angular/material';

constructor(public dialogRef: MatDialogRef<any>) { }

 ngOnInit() {
        this.dialogRef.updateSize('80%', '80%');
    }

use updateSize() in any function in dialog component. it will change dialog size automatically.

for more information check this link https://material.angular.io/components/component/dialog


You can inspect the dialog element with dev tools and see what classes are applied on mdDialog.

For example, .md-dialog-container is the main classe of the MDDialog and has padding: 24px

you can create a custom CSS to overwrite whatever you want

.md-dialog-container {
      background-color: #000;
      width: 250px;
      height: 250px
}

In my opinion this is not a good option and probably goes against Material guide but since it doesn't have all features it has in its previous version, you should do what you think is best for you.


Content in md-dialog-content is automatically scrollable.

You can manually set the size in the call to MdDialog.open

let dialogRef = dialog.open(MyComponent, {
  height: '400px',
  width: '600px',
});

Further documentation / examples for scrolling and sizing: https://material.angular.io/components/dialog/overview

Some colors should be determined by your theme. See here for theming docs: https://material.angular.io/guide/theming

If you want to override colors and such, use Elmer's technique of just adding the appropriate css.

Note that you must have the HTML 5 <!DOCTYPE html> on your page for the size of your dialog to fit the contents correctly ( https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/2351 )


With current version of Angular Material (6.4.7) you can use a custom class:

let dialogRef = dialog.open(UserProfileComponent, {
  panelClass: 'my-class'
});

Now put your class somewhere global (haven't been able to make this work elsewhere), e.g. in styles.css:

.my-class .mat-dialog-container{
  height: 400px;
  width: 600px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  background: lightcyan;
  color: #039be5;
}

Done!