The alert box is a system object, and not subject to CSS. To do this style of thing you would need to create an HTML element and mimic the alert() functionality. The jQuery UI Dialogue does a lot of the work for you, working basically as I have described: Link.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>jQuery UI Dialog - Default functionality</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css">
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
  <script>
  $( function() {
    $( "#dialog" ).dialog();
  } );
  </script>
</head>
<body>
 
<div id="dialog" title="Basic dialog">
  <p>This is the default dialog which is useful for displaying information. The dialog window can be moved, resized and closed with the 'x' icon.</p>
</div>
 
 
</body>
</html>

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How to change the style of alert box?
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The alert box is a system object, and not subject to CSS. To do this style of thing you would need to create an HTML element and mimic the alert() functionality. The jQuery UI Dialogue does a lot of the work for you, working basically as I have described: Link.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>jQuery UI Dialog - Default functionality</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css">
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
  <script>
  $( function() {
    $( "#dialog" ).dialog();
  } );
  </script>
</head>
<body>
 
<div id="dialog" title="Basic dialog">
  <p>This is the default dialog which is useful for displaying information. The dialog window can be moved, resized and closed with the 'x' icon.</p>
</div>
 
 
</body>
</html>

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I use SweetAlert, It's Awesome, You will get lots of customization option as well as all callbacks

swal("Here's a message!", "It's pretty, isn't it?");

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How To Create an Alert Message Box
<div class="alert"> <span class="closebtn" onclick="this.parentElement.style.display='none';">&times;</span> This is an alert box.
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How to design a custom alert box using JavaScript?
Now will style the button present inside the alert box by providing it color, margin, radius, border, and width. Also align the text to the centre. At last, provide the styling to the text present in the alert box by aligning the text. We can use the below code to create a custom alert box ?
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How to change the style of alert box using CSS ? - GeeksforGeeks
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How I can change the style of alert box using JavaScript?
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Window Alert with CSS Style
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stackoverflow.com › questions › 52902344 › alert-box-with-css
Alert Box with CSS
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The problem is you're using the alert function:

alert("Please Fill Up Required Field");

You can't style this - it's a browser-generated box. You need to use a modal box, and then you can style it.

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In the W3schools example, they are not adding the CSS attributes to the alert element, but to a class on a div:

<div class="alert">

I'd recommend going their route and just making a Div appear to be an alert by changing the CSS.

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Using JavaScript to Show an Alert
After you have added the button, add a new <style> element to the head section of your page, and add a new style for the button element. Use CSS pseudo-classes (:hover, :focus, and :active) to make the button change its appearance when users hover over it with a mouse or tab to it with keyboard.
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jquery - How do I style the alert box with CSS? - Stack Overflow
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Try jQuery UI located here: http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/

They have a theme roller where you can style the dialog and modal boxes.

-- EDIT --

Answering your second question.

Check out the jsFiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/8cypx/12/

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.8.21/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" type="text/css" media="all" />

<div onclick="check_domain_input()">Click</div>

<div id="dialog" title="Attention!" style="display:none">
    Please enter a domain name to search for.
</div>

<script>
    function check_domain_input()
    {        
        $( "#dialog" ).dialog(); // Shows the new alert box.

        var domain_val = document.getElementsByName('domain');

        if (domain_val[0].value.length > 0)
        {
            return true;
        }

        $( "#dialog" ).dialog();

        return false;
    }
</script>

​

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Instead of built-in Javascript dialog box popups - that are ugly and impossible to customize with CSS - I would recommend using jQuery dialog box controls. Those can be styled easily, and jQuery ships with many built-in themes for it, too.

http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Dialog

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stackoverflow.com › questions › 68598678 › javascript-html-custom-alert-box
JavaScript & HTML Custom Alert Box - Stack Overflow
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There were two main problems:

  1. You were creating the dialog <div /> but you weren't actually appending it to the document
  2. You were defining alert but you weren't actually calling it anywhere

I've fixed these two things in the below snippet:

function alert(title, content) {
  var alertContent = `
    <div class="modal__overlay verdana">
      <div class="modal__window">
        <div class="modal__titlebar">
          <span class="modal__title">${title}</span>                        
          <button class="modal__close">X</button>                    
        </div>                     
        <div class="modal__content">${content}</div>
      </div>
    </div>`
  var dialogBox = document.createElement("div");
  dialogBox.innerHTML = alertContent;
  document.body.appendChild(dialogBox); // actually append it
}

alert('hello', 'hello world'); // call it here
.verdana {
  font-family: Verdana;
}

.modal__overlay {
  position: fixed;
  width: 100vw;
  height: 100vh;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  z-index: 1000000000000000000;
}

.modal__window {
  max-width: 500px;
  background: #ffffff;
  border: 1px solid #ffffff;
  font-size: 16px;
  box-shadow: 0 0 15px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
}

.modal__titlebar {
  height: 40px;
  background: #333333;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
}

.modal__title {
  margin-left: 15px;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #eeeeee;
}

.modal__close {
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
  outline: none;
  border: none;
  background: transparent;
  color: #eeeeee;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.modal__close:active {
  transform: scale(0.9);
}

.modal__content {
  padding: 15px;
  font-size: 0.9em;
}

Two other things to consider:

  1. You don't need to use string concatenation when using template literals; you can simply embed the expression
  2. Window.alert is a predefined function which you are potentially shadowing with your own function; I'd recommend giving it a different name.
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How to Create Customized Alert Box in JavaScript | Delft Stack
February 2, 2024 - ... Get the HTML body element. Get the alert container. Use the removeChild method to remove the alert container from the HTML body element. Finally, create CSS styles to style the custom alert function.