diff --git a/src/browser/tests/element/html/dialog.html b/src/browser/tests/element/html/dialog.html
index b4c26df5..e0e6fb45 100644
--- a/src/browser/tests/element/html/dialog.html
+++ b/src/browser/tests/element/html/dialog.html
@@ -76,3 +76,125 @@
     testing.expectTrue(dialog instanceof HTMLDialogElement)
   }
 </script>
+
+<script id="show_sets_open">
+  {
+    const dialog = document.createElement('dialog')
+    testing.expectEqual(false, dialog.open)
+
+    dialog.show()
+    testing.expectEqual(true, dialog.open)
+    testing.expectEqual('', dialog.getAttribute('open'))
+  }
+</script>
+
+<script id="show_noop_when_already_open">
+  {
+    const dialog = document.createElement('dialog')
+    dialog.setAttribute('open', '')
+    testing.expectEqual(true, dialog.open)
+
+    dialog.show()
+    testing.expectEqual(true, dialog.open)
+  }
+</script>
+
+<script id="showModal_sets_open">
+  {
+    const dialog = document.createElement('dialog')
+    testing.expectEqual(false, dialog.open)
+
+    dialog.showModal()
+    testing.expectEqual(true, dialog.open)
+    testing.expectEqual('', dialog.getAttribute('open'))
+  }
+</script>
+
+<script id="showModal_throws_when_already_open">
+  {
+    const dialog = document.createElement('dialog')
+    dialog.setAttribute('open', '')
+
+    testing.expectError('InvalidStateError', () => dialog.showModal())
+    testing.expectEqual(true, dialog.open)
+  }
+</script>
+
+<script id="close_removes_open">
+  {
+    const dialog = document.createElement('dialog')
+    dialog.show()
+    testing.expectEqual(true, dialog.open)
+
+    dialog.close()
+    testing.expectEqual(false, dialog.open)
+    testing.expectEqual(null, dialog.getAttribute('open'))
+  }
+</script>
+
+<script id="close_noop_when_not_open">
+  {
+    const dialog = document.createElement('dialog')
+    testing.expectEqual(false, dialog.open)
+
+    dialog.close()
+    testing.expectEqual(false, dialog.open)
+  }
+</script>
+
+<script id="close_sets_returnValue_when_arg_given">
+  {
+    const dialog = document.createElement('dialog')
+    dialog.show()
+
+    dialog.close('confirmed')
+    testing.expectEqual('confirmed', dialog.returnValue)
+    testing.expectEqual('confirmed', dialog.getAttribute('returnvalue'))
+  }
+</script>
+
+<script id="close_preserves_returnValue_when_no_arg">
+  {
+    const dialog = document.createElement('dialog')
+    dialog.returnValue = 'preset'
+    dialog.show()
+
+    dialog.close()
+    testing.expectEqual('preset', dialog.returnValue)
+  }
+</script>
+
+<script id="close_fires_close_event">
+  {
+    const dialog = document.createElement('dialog')
+    document.body.appendChild(dialog)
+    dialog.show()
+
+    let fired = 0
+    let bubbled = false
+    let cancelable = null
+    dialog.addEventListener('close', (e) => {
+      fired++
+      cancelable = e.cancelable
+    })
+    document.addEventListener('close', () => { bubbled = true })
+
+    dialog.close('done')
+    testing.expectEqual(1, fired)
+    testing.expectEqual(false, bubbled)
+    testing.expectEqual(false, cancelable)
+  }
+</script>
+
+<script id="close_does_not_fire_event_when_not_open">
+  {
+    const dialog = document.createElement('dialog')
+    document.body.appendChild(dialog)
+
+    let fired = 0
+    dialog.addEventListener('close', () => fired++)
+
+    dialog.close()
+    testing.expectEqual(0, fired)
+  }
+</script>
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/element/html/Dialog.zig b/src/browser/webapi/element/html/Dialog.zig
index c847af21..8bb3616f 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/element/html/Dialog.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/element/html/Dialog.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const js = @import("../../../js/js.zig");
 const Frame = @import("../../../Frame.zig");
 
+const Event = @import("../../Event.zig");
 const Node = @import("../../Node.zig");
 const Element = @import("../../Element.zig");
 const HtmlElement = @import("../Html.zig");
@@ -39,6 +40,37 @@ pub fn setReturnValue(self: *Dialog, value: []const u8, frame: *Frame) !void {
     try self.asElement().setAttributeSafe(comptime .wrap("returnvalue"), .wrap(value), frame);
 }
 
+/// https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/interactive-elements.html#dom-dialog-show
+/// If the open attribute is set, return; otherwise set it to the empty string.
+/// Focus / inert / top-layer steps are no-ops here — no rendering pipeline.
+pub fn show(self: *Dialog, frame: *Frame) !void {
+    if (self.getOpen()) return;
+    try self.asElement().setAttributeSafe(comptime .wrap("open"), .wrap(""), frame);
+}
+
+/// https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/interactive-elements.html#dom-dialog-showmodal
+/// Throws InvalidStateError if [open] is already set. Sets [open] otherwise.
+/// Focus trap, backdrop, and top-layer placement are no-ops — Lightpanda has
+/// no layout/compositor; [open] reflecting through to selectors is what
+/// downstream consumers rely on.
+pub fn showModal(self: *Dialog, frame: *Frame) !void {
+    if (self.getOpen()) return error.InvalidStateError;
+    try self.asElement().setAttributeSafe(comptime .wrap("open"), .wrap(""), frame);
+}
+
+/// https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/interactive-elements.html#dom-dialog-close
+/// If [open] is unset, return. Otherwise remove [open], optionally update
+/// returnValue, and fire a `close` event (non-bubbling, non-cancelable).
+pub fn close(self: *Dialog, return_value: ?[]const u8, frame: *Frame) !void {
+    if (!self.getOpen()) return;
+    try self.asElement().removeAttribute(comptime .wrap("open"), frame);
+    if (return_value) |v| {
+        try self.asElement().setAttributeSafe(comptime .wrap("returnvalue"), .wrap(v), frame);
+    }
+    const event = try Event.init("close", .{ .bubbles = false, .cancelable = false }, frame._page);
+    try frame._event_manager.dispatch(self.asElement().asEventTarget(), event);
+}
+
 pub const JsApi = struct {
     pub const bridge = js.Bridge(Dialog);
 
@@ -50,6 +82,10 @@ pub const JsApi = struct {
 
     pub const open = bridge.accessor(Dialog.getOpen, Dialog.setOpen, .{});
     pub const returnValue = bridge.accessor(Dialog.getReturnValue, Dialog.setReturnValue, .{});
+
+    pub const show = bridge.function(Dialog.show, .{});
+    pub const showModal = bridge.function(Dialog.showModal, .{ .dom_exception = true });
+    pub const close = bridge.function(Dialog.close, .{});
 };
 
 const testing = @import("../../../../testing.zig");