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 Accessible modal dialog component for React.JS
 
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 ## Active Development
 The modal is currently undergoing significant development for a v2 release.  The `master` branch contains that development work.
 If you'd like to see the latest stable version please use the release tags (https://github.com/reactjs/react-modal/releases)