diff --git a/src/renderer/src/app.css b/src/renderer/src/app.css
index 7c719f8..dceaf46 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/app.css
+++ b/src/renderer/src/app.css
@@ -8945,11 +8945,6 @@ video.lightbox-media {
   background: var(--surface-container);
 }
 
-/* "Invite friends to event": over the events pane. */
-.share-event-backdrop {
-  z-index: var(--z-sheet);
-}
-
 .share-event {
   width: min(480px, 94vw);
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/DiscordEvents.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/DiscordEvents.tsx
index 6a5e06f..3036a6c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/DiscordEvents.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/DiscordEvents.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useMediaUrl } from '../lib/route'
-import { useEscapeLayer } from '../lib/layers'
+import { Modal } from './Modal'
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
-import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
 import { Icon, IconButton } from './Icon'
 import { Avatar } from './Avatar'
 import { ContextMenu, type MenuEntry } from './ContextMenu'
@@ -90,8 +89,6 @@ export function EventsPane(): JSX.Element | null {
     if (count !== undefined) load()
   }, [count, load])
 
-  useEscapeLayer(() => store.closeEvents(), !!pane && !menu && !sharing)
-
   if (!pane) return null
 
   const act = (event: DiscordEvent, method: string, params: Record<string, unknown>, failed: string): void => {
@@ -127,9 +124,8 @@ export function EventsPane(): JSX.Element | null {
   ]
 
   const n = events?.length ?? 0
-  return createPortal(
-    <div className="modal-scrim" onClick={() => store.closeEvents()}>
-      <div className="events-pane" onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()} role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-label="Events">
+  return (
+    <Modal title="Events" className="events-pane" onClose={() => store.closeEvents()} header={
         <div className="events-pane-head">
           <Icon name="calendar_month" size={22} />
           <span className="events-pane-count">
@@ -142,6 +138,7 @@ export function EventsPane(): JSX.Element | null {
           <span className="events-pane-spacer" />
           <IconButton name="close" title="Close" onClick={() => store.closeEvents()} />
         </div>
+    }>
 
         <div className="events-pane-list">
           {events === null && <p className="small muted">Loading…</p>}
@@ -204,11 +201,9 @@ export function EventsPane(): JSX.Element | null {
             </div>
           ))}
         </div>
-      </div>
       {menu && <ContextMenu x={menu.x} y={menu.y} entries={menuFor(menu.event)} onClose={() => setMenu(null)} />}
       {sharing && <ShareEvent accountId={pane.accountId} event={sharing} onClose={() => setSharing(null)} />}
-    </div>,
-    document.body
+    </Modal>
   )
 }
 
@@ -270,8 +265,6 @@ export function EventCreatePanel(): JSX.Element | null {
       .catch(() => setChannels([]))
   }, [target])
 
-  useEscapeLayer(() => store.closeEventCreate(), !!target)
-
   if (!target) return null
 
   const offered = channels.filter((c) => (kind === 'stage' ? c.stage : !c.stage))
@@ -336,15 +329,15 @@ export function EventCreatePanel(): JSX.Element | null {
     </label>
   )
 
-  return createPortal(
-    <div className="modal-scrim" onClick={() => store.closeEventCreate()}>
-      <div className="events-pane event-create" onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()} role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-label="Create an event">
+  return (
+    <Modal title="Create an event" className="events-pane event-create" onClose={() => store.closeEventCreate()} header={
         <div className="events-pane-head">
           <Icon name="calendar_add_on" size={22} />
           <span className="events-pane-count">Create an event</span>
           <span className="events-pane-spacer" />
           <IconButton name="close" title="Close" onClick={() => store.closeEventCreate()} />
         </div>
+    }>
 
         <div className="event-create-body">
           <div className="event-create-section">
@@ -429,9 +422,7 @@ export function EventCreatePanel(): JSX.Element | null {
             {sending ? 'Creating…' : 'Create Event'}
           </button>
         </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>,
-    document.body
+    </Modal>
   )
 }
 
@@ -476,7 +467,6 @@ function ShareEvent({
       .catch(() => setTargets([]))
   }, [accountId, event.guildId, event.id])
 
-  useEscapeLayer(onClose)
 
   const q = query.trim().toLowerCase()
   const shown = (targets ?? []).filter(
@@ -532,8 +522,7 @@ function ShareEvent({
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className="modal-scrim share-event-backdrop" onClick={onClose}>
-      <div className="events-pane share-event" onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()} role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-label="Invite friends to event">
+    <Modal title="Invite friends to event" className="events-pane share-event" onClose={onClose} header={
         <div className="share-event-head">
           <div>
             <div className="events-pane-count">Invite friends to event</div>
@@ -546,6 +535,7 @@ function ShareEvent({
           <span className="events-pane-spacer" />
           <IconButton name="close" title="Close" onClick={onClose} />
         </div>
+    }>
         <div className="emoji-search share-event-search">
           <Icon name="search" size={16} />
           <input autoFocus placeholder="Search for friends" value={query} onChange={(e) => setQuery(e.target.value)} />
@@ -576,7 +566,6 @@ function ShareEvent({
                 : ''}
           </div>
         </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
+    </Modal>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/Modal.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/Modal.tsx
index 16fbfa0..c5c5ffd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/Modal.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/Modal.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export function Modal({
   iconColor,
   onClose,
   className,
+  header,
   children
 }: {
   title: string
@@ -25,6 +26,12 @@ export function Modal({
   iconColor?: string
   onClose: () => void
   className?: string
+  /**
+   * A heading of the dialog's own, in place of the title row: for a dialog whose
+   * head is a person's face, or a search box. It brings its own way out; the
+   * title is still what a screen reader calls the dialog.
+   */
+  header?: React.ReactNode
   children: React.ReactNode
 }): JSX.Element {
   useEscapeLayer(onClose)
@@ -37,11 +44,13 @@ export function Modal({
         aria-label={title}
         onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
       >
-        <div className="dialog-head">
-          {icon && <Icon name={icon} size={18} color={iconColor} />}
-          <span className="dialog-title ellipsis">{title}</span>
-          <IconButton name="close" size={16} title="Close" onClick={onClose} />
-        </div>
+        {header ?? (
+          <div className="dialog-head">
+            {icon && <Icon name={icon} size={18} color={iconColor} />}
+            <span className="dialog-title ellipsis">{title}</span>
+            <IconButton name="close" size={16} title="Close" onClick={onClose} />
+          </div>
+        )}
         {children}
       </div>
     </div>,
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/ProfileCard.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/ProfileCard.tsx
index 4056db6..ac21533 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/ProfileCard.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/ProfileCard.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { useEscapeLayer } from '../lib/layers'
-import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
+import { Modal } from './Modal'
 import { Avatar } from './Avatar'
 import { Icon, IconButton } from './Icon'
 import { useChat, useStore } from '../state/hooks'
@@ -23,8 +22,6 @@ export function ProfileCard(): JSX.Element | null {
   const profile = useChat((s) => s.profile)
   const store = useStore()
 
-  useEscapeLayer(() => store.closeProfile(), !!profile)
-
   if (!profile) return null
 
   const rows: [string, string][] = []
@@ -36,9 +33,8 @@ export function ProfileCard(): JSX.Element | null {
   if (profile.idleSeconds !== undefined) rows.push(['Idle', describeIdle(profile.idleSeconds)])
   for (const extra of profile.extra ?? []) rows.push([extra.label, extra.value])
 
-  return createPortal(
-    <div className="modal-scrim" onClick={() => store.closeProfile()}>
-      <div className="profile-card" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}>
+  return (
+    <Modal title={profile.name} className="profile-card" onClose={() => store.closeProfile()} header={
         <div className="profile-head">
           <Avatar name={profile.name} url={profile.avatarUrl} size={40} status={profile.status} accountId={profile.accountId} />
           <div className="profile-title">
@@ -50,6 +46,7 @@ export function ProfileCard(): JSX.Element | null {
           </div>
           <IconButton name="close" title="Close" onClick={() => store.closeProfile()} />
         </div>
+    }>
 
         {/* Their standing, said plainly. A role list is the service's own
             words for it - "Operator in #channel", "Admin", a subscriber
@@ -129,9 +126,7 @@ export function ProfileCard(): JSX.Element | null {
             <Icon name="info" size={14} /> {profile.service} keeps nothing else about them.
           </p>
         )}
-      </div>
-    </div>,
-    document.body
+    </Modal>
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/RoomSearch.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/RoomSearch.tsx
index 8da8dbb..94a02e5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/RoomSearch.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/RoomSearch.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import { useEscapeLayer } from '../lib/layers'
 import { ReasonPrompt } from './ReasonPrompt'
-import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
+import { Modal } from './Modal'
 import { Avatar } from './Avatar'
 import { Icon, IconButton } from './Icon'
 import { usePref, useStore } from '../state/hooks'
@@ -124,7 +123,6 @@ export function RoomSearch({ account, onClose }: { account: Account; onClose: ()
   // for what they are actually looking at now.
   const generation = useRef(0)
 
-  useEscapeLayer(onClose)
 
   const servers = extraServers
 
@@ -287,15 +285,8 @@ export function RoomSearch({ account, onClose }: { account: Account; onClose: ()
   const rooms = (answer?.rooms ?? []).filter((room) => !disabled.has(room.via))
   const morePages = Object.keys(answer?.next ?? {}).length > 0
 
-  return createPortal(
-    <div className="modal-scrim" onClick={onClose}>
-      <div
-        className="room-search"
-        role="dialog"
-        aria-modal="true"
-        aria-label="Find a room"
-        onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
-      >
+  return (
+    <Modal title="Find a room" className="room-search" onClose={onClose} header={
         <div className="room-search-head">
           <Icon name="search" size={18} />
           <input
@@ -323,6 +314,7 @@ export function RoomSearch({ account, onClose }: { account: Account; onClose: ()
           />
           <IconButton name="close" title="Close" onClick={onClose} />
         </div>
+    }>
 
         {/* Which servers, by name, on their own row so a dozen of them fit -
             and each one a switch, because "search everywhere" and "search
@@ -545,8 +537,6 @@ export function RoomSearch({ account, onClose }: { account: Account; onClose: ()
             </p>
           )}
         </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>,
-    document.body
+    </Modal>
   )
 }