diff --git a/frontend/app/element/modal.less b/frontend/app/element/modal.less
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..246dcf382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/app/element/modal.less
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+.modal-container {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    width: 100vw;
+    height: 100vh;
+    z-index: 100;
+    background-color: rgba(21, 23, 21, 0.7);
+
+    .modal {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        border-radius: 10px;
+        padding: 0;
+        width: 450px;
+        max-height: 80vh;
+        margin-top: 25vh;
+        margin-left: auto;
+        margin-right: auto;
+        background: var(--modal-bg-color);
+        border: 1px solid var(--app-border-color);
+
+        .modal-header {
+            display: flex;
+            flex-direction: column;
+            padding: 20px 20px 10px;
+            border-bottom: 1px solid var(--modal-header-bottom-border-color);
+
+            .modal-title {
+                margin: 0 0 5px;
+                color: var(--app-text-primary-color);
+                font-size: var(--title-font-size);
+            }
+
+            p {
+                margin: 0;
+                font-size: 0.8rem;
+                color: var(--app-text-secondary-color);
+            }
+        }
+
+        .modal-content {
+            padding: 20px;
+            overflow: auto;
+        }
+
+        .modal-footer {
+            display: flex;
+            flex-direction: row;
+            justify-content: flex-end;
+            padding: 15px 20px;
+            gap: 20px;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/app/element/modal.tsx b/frontend/app/element/modal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0a7a2268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/app/element/modal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { Button } from "@/element/button";
+
+import "./modal.less";
+
+interface ModalProps {
+    id?: string;
+    children: React.ReactNode;
+    onClickOut: () => void;
+}
+
+function Modal({ children, onClickOut, id = "modal", ...otherProps }: ModalProps) {
+    const handleOutsideClick = (e: React.SyntheticEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+        if (typeof onClickOut === "function" && (e.target as Element).className === "modal-container") {
+            onClickOut();
+        }
+    };
+
+    return (
+        <div className="modal-container" onClick={handleOutsideClick}>
+            <dialog {...otherProps} id={id} className="modal">
+                {children}
+            </dialog>
+        </div>
+    );
+}
+
+interface ModalContentProps {
+    children: React.ReactNode;
+}
+
+function ModalContent({ children }: ModalContentProps) {
+    return <div className="modal-content">{children}</div>;
+}
+
+interface ModalHeaderProps {
+    title: React.ReactNode;
+    description?: string;
+}
+
+function ModalHeader({ title, description }: ModalHeaderProps) {
+    return (
+        <header className="modal-header">
+            {typeof title === "string" ? <h3 className="modal-title">{title}</h3> : title}
+            {description && <p>{description}</p>}
+        </header>
+    );
+}
+
+interface ModalFooterProps {
+    children: React.ReactNode;
+}
+
+function ModalFooter({ children }: ModalFooterProps) {
+    return <footer className="modal-footer">{children}</footer>;
+}
+
+interface WaveModalProps {
+    title: string;
+    description?: string;
+    id?: string;
+    onSubmit: () => void;
+    onCancel: () => void;
+    buttonLabel?: string;
+    children: React.ReactNode;
+}
+
+function WaveModal({ title, description, onSubmit, onCancel, buttonLabel = "Ok", children }: WaveModalProps) {
+    return (
+        <Modal id="text-box-modal" onClickOut={onCancel}>
+            <ModalHeader title={title} description={description} />
+            <ModalContent>{children}</ModalContent>
+            <ModalFooter>
+                <Button onClick={onSubmit}>{buttonLabel}</Button>
+            </ModalFooter>
+        </Modal>
+    );
+}
+
+export { WaveModal };
diff --git a/frontend/app/view/plotview.less b/frontend/app/view/plotview.less
index a1e0e161a..96801a3c8 100644
--- a/frontend/app/view/plotview.less
+++ b/frontend/app/view/plotview.less
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
         margin: 0;
         padding: 0;
         resize: none;
-        max-height: 40%;
         height: auto;
         background-color: var(--panel-bg-color);
         color: var(--main-text-color);
diff --git a/frontend/app/view/plotview.tsx b/frontend/app/view/plotview.tsx
index 32f758df4..06ad2ff5f 100644
--- a/frontend/app/view/plotview.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/view/plotview.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 import * as Plot from "@observablehq/plot";
 import * as d3 from "d3";
+import { Button } from "@/element/button";
+import { WaveModal } from "@/element/modal";
 
 import "./plotview.less";
 
@@ -29,6 +31,9 @@ function evalAsync(Plot: any, d3: any, funcText: string): Promise<unknown> {
 function PlotView() {
     const containerRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>();
     const [plotDef, setPlotDef] = React.useState<string>();
+    const [tempDef, setTempDef] = React.useState<string>();
+    const [savedDef, setSavedDef] = React.useState<string>();
+    const [modalUp, setModalUp] = React.useState(false);
     /*
     const [data, setData] = React.useState();
 
@@ -94,13 +99,23 @@ function PlotView() {
 
     return (
         <div className="plot-view">
+            <Button onClick={() => setModalUp(true)}>Edit</Button>
             <div className="plot-window" ref={containerRef} />
-            <textarea
-                className="plot-config"
-                rows={5}
-                onChange={(e) => setPlotDef(e.target.value)}
-                spellCheck={false}
-            />
+            {modalUp && (
+                <WaveModal
+                    title="Plot Definition"
+                    onCancel={() => setModalUp(false)}
+                    onSubmit={() => setModalUp(false)}
+                >
+                    <textarea
+                        className="plot-config"
+                        rows={5}
+                        onChange={(e) => setPlotDef(e.target.value)}
+                        spellCheck={false}
+                        defaultValue={plotDef}
+                    />
+                </WaveModal>
+            )}
         </div>
     );
 }
diff --git a/public/theme.less b/public/theme.less
index 682cf8128..f3e5f8410 100644
--- a/public/theme.less
+++ b/public/theme.less
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 :root {
     --main-text-color: #f7f7f7;
+    --title-font-size: 18px;
     --secondary-text-color: rgb(195, 200, 194);
     --main-bg-color: #000000;
     --border-color: #333333;
@@ -16,4 +17,27 @@
     --error-color: rgb(229, 77, 46);
     --warning-color: rgb(224, 185, 86);
     --success-color: rgb(78, 154, 6);
+
+    /* global colors */
+    --app-bg-color: black;
+    --app-accent-color: rgb(88, 193, 66);
+    --app-accent-bg-color: rgba(88, 193, 66, 0.25);
+    --app-accent-bg-darker-color: rgba(88, 193, 66, 0.5);
+    --app-text-color: rgb(211, 215, 207);
+    --app-text-primary-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
+    --app-text-secondary-color: rgb(195, 200, 194);
+    --app-text-disabled-color: rgb(173, 173, 173);
+    --app-text-bg-color: rgb(23, 23, 23);
+    --app-text-bg-disabled-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
+    --app-border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
+    --app-maincontent-bg-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
+    --app-panel-bg-color: rgba(21, 23, 21, 1);
+    --app-panel-bg-color-dev: rgb(21, 23, 48);
+    --app-icon-color: rgb(139, 145, 138);
+    --app-icon-hover-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
+    --app-selected-mask-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
+
+    /* modals colors */
+    --modal-bg-color: var(--app-bg-color);
+    --modal-header-bottom-border-color: rgba(241, 246, 243, 0.15);
 }