diff --git a/packages/malloy-render/src/component/chart/chart.tsx b/packages/malloy-render/src/component/chart/chart.tsx
index ef00e0663..6868c7765 100644
--- a/packages/malloy-render/src/component/chart/chart.tsx
+++ b/packages/malloy-render/src/component/chart/chart.tsx
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ import {Explore, ExploreField, QueryData} from '@malloydata/malloy';
 import {VegaChart, ViewInterface} from '../vega/vega-chart';
 import {ChartTooltipEntry, RenderResultMetadata} from '../types';
 import {Tooltip} from '../tooltip/tooltip';
-import {createEffect, createSignal, createMemo, lazy, Show} from 'solid-js';
+import {createEffect, createSignal, createMemo, Show} from 'solid-js';
 import {DefaultChartTooltip} from './default-chart-tooltip';
 import {EventListenerHandler, Runtime, View} from 'vega';
 import {useResultStore, VegaBrushOutput} from '../result-store/result-store';
 import css from './chart.css?raw';
 import {useConfig} from '../render';
 import {DebugIcon} from './debug_icon';
-
-const ChartDevTool = lazy(() => import('./chart-dev-tool'));
+import ChartDevTool from './chart-dev-tool';
 
 let IS_STORYBOOK = false;
 try {
diff --git a/packages/malloy-render/src/component/malloy-modal/malloy-modal-wc.tsx b/packages/malloy-render/src/component/malloy-modal/malloy-modal-wc.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b25beef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/malloy-render/src/component/malloy-modal/malloy-modal-wc.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import {ComponentOptions} from 'component-register';
+
+export type MalloyModalWCProps = {
+  stylesheet?: CSSStyleSheet;
+};
+
+export function MalloyModalWC(
+  props: MalloyModalWCProps,
+  {element}: ComponentOptions
+) {
+  const root = element.renderRoot;
+  if (root instanceof ShadowRoot && props.stylesheet) {
+    root.adoptedStyleSheets.push(props.stylesheet);
+  }
+
+  /*
+    Move child nodes into ShadowDOM. This probably only works if modal root elements stay consistent.
+  */
+  const allChildren = [...element['childNodes']];
+  return <div>{...allChildren}</div>;
+}
diff --git a/packages/malloy-render/src/component/malloy-modal/malloy-modal.tsx b/packages/malloy-render/src/component/malloy-modal/malloy-modal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fa51b28d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/malloy-render/src/component/malloy-modal/malloy-modal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import {Portal} from 'solid-js/web';
+import {JSX, JSXElement} from 'solid-js';
+import {useConfig} from '../render';
+
+export function MalloyModal(props: {
+  style?: string | JSX.CSSProperties;
+  children?: JSXElement;
+  ref?: HTMLDivElement | ((el: HTMLDivElement) => void);
+}) {
+  const config = useConfig();
+  return (
+    <Portal mount={config.modalElement}>
+      <div ref={props.ref} style={props.style}>
+        <div>
+          <malloy-modal stylesheet={config.stylesheet}>
+            <div>{props.children}</div>
+          </malloy-modal>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </Portal>
+  );
+}
+
+declare module 'solid-js' {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-namespace
+  namespace JSX {
+    interface IntrinsicElements {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      'malloy-modal': any;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/malloy-render/src/component/register-webcomponent.ts b/packages/malloy-render/src/component/register-webcomponent.ts
index 9cbb3dbf3..77a17ff2b 100644
--- a/packages/malloy-render/src/component/register-webcomponent.ts
+++ b/packages/malloy-render/src/component/register-webcomponent.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import {compose, register} from 'component-register';
 import {withSolid} from 'solid-element';
 import {MalloyRender, MalloyRenderProps} from './render';
+import {
+  MalloyModalWC,
+  MalloyModalWCProps,
+} from './malloy-modal/malloy-modal-wc';
 
 export default function registerWebComponent({
   customElements = window.customElements,
@@ -19,6 +23,7 @@ export default function registerWebComponent({
           vegaConfigOverride: undefined,
           tableConfig: undefined,
           dashboardConfig: undefined,
+          modalElement: undefined,
         },
         {customElements, BaseElement: HTMLElement}
       ),
@@ -30,10 +35,24 @@ export default function registerWebComponent({
       "The custom element 'malloy-render' has already been defined. Make sure you are not loading multiple versions of the malloy-render package as they could conflict."
     );
   }
+
+  if (!customElements.get('malloy-modal')) {
+    compose(
+      register(
+        'malloy-modal',
+        {
+          stylesheet: undefined,
+        },
+        {customElements, BaseElement: HTMLElement}
+      ),
+      withSolid
+    )(MalloyModalWC);
+  }
 }
 
 declare global {
   interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
     'malloy-render': HTMLElement & MalloyRenderProps;
+    'malloy-modal': HTMLElement & MalloyModalWCProps;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/malloy-render/src/component/render.tsx b/packages/malloy-render/src/component/render.tsx
index 1a8fa603a..cc174588a 100644
--- a/packages/malloy-render/src/component/render.tsx
+++ b/packages/malloy-render/src/component/render.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export type MalloyRenderProps = {
   queryResult?: QueryResult;
   modelDef?: ModelDef;
   scrollEl?: HTMLElement;
+  modalElement?: HTMLElement;
   onClick?: (payload: MalloyClickEventPayload) => void;
   vegaConfigOverride?: VegaConfigHandler;
   tableConfig?: Partial<TableConfig>;
@@ -48,10 +49,12 @@ const ConfigContext = createContext<{
   tableConfig: Accessor<TableConfig>;
   dashboardConfig: Accessor<DashboardConfig>;
   element: ICustomElement;
+  stylesheet: CSSStyleSheet;
   addCSSToShadowRoot: (css: string) => void;
   addCSSToDocument: (id: string, css: string) => void;
   onClick?: (payload: MalloyClickEventPayload) => void;
   vegaConfigOverride?: VegaConfigHandler;
+  modalElement?: HTMLElement;
 }>();
 
 export const useConfig = () => {
@@ -74,6 +77,12 @@ export function MalloyRender(
     else return null;
   });
 
+  // Create one stylesheet for web component to use for all styles
+  // This is so we can pass the stylesheet to other components to share, like <malloy-modal>
+  const stylesheet = new CSSStyleSheet();
+  if (element.renderRoot instanceof ShadowRoot)
+    element.renderRoot.adoptedStyleSheets.push(stylesheet);
+
   const addedStylesheets = new Set();
   function addCSSToShadowRoot(css: string) {
     const root = element.renderRoot;
@@ -85,9 +94,13 @@ export function MalloyRender(
       return;
     }
     if (!addedStylesheets.has(css)) {
-      const stylesheet = new CSSStyleSheet();
-      stylesheet.replaceSync(css);
-      root.adoptedStyleSheets.push(stylesheet);
+      const newStyleSheetTexts: string[] = [];
+      for (let i = 0; i < stylesheet.cssRules.length; i++) {
+        const cssText = stylesheet.cssRules.item(i)?.cssText;
+        if (cssText) newStyleSheetTexts.push(cssText);
+      }
+      newStyleSheetTexts.push(css);
+      stylesheet.replaceSync(newStyleSheetTexts.join('\n'));
       addedStylesheets.add(css);
     }
   }
@@ -100,6 +113,7 @@ export function MalloyRender(
       document.head.appendChild(style);
     }
   }
+
   addCSSToShadowRoot(css);
 
   const tableConfig: Accessor<TableConfig> = () =>
@@ -127,10 +141,12 @@ export function MalloyRender(
           onClick: props.onClick,
           vegaConfigOverride: props.vegaConfigOverride,
           element,
+          stylesheet,
           addCSSToShadowRoot,
           addCSSToDocument,
           tableConfig,
           dashboardConfig,
+          modalElement: props.modalElement,
         }}
       >
         <MalloyRenderInner
@@ -168,12 +184,12 @@ export function MalloyRenderInner(props: {
     };
   };
 
+  const config = useConfig();
+
   createEffect(() => {
     if (props.element) {
       const style = generateThemeStyle(tags().modelTheme, tags().localTheme);
-      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(style)) {
-        props.element['style'].setProperty(key, value);
-      }
+      config.addCSSToShadowRoot(style);
     }
   });
 
@@ -219,8 +235,6 @@ function getThemeValue(prop: string, ...themes: Array<Tag | undefined>) {
 }
 
 function generateThemeStyle(modelTheme?: Tag, localTheme?: Tag) {
-  const style: Record<string, string> = {};
-
   const tableRowHeight = getThemeValue(
     'tableRowHeight',
     localTheme,
@@ -270,17 +284,21 @@ function generateThemeStyle(modelTheme?: Tag, localTheme?: Tag) {
   );
   const fontFamily = getThemeValue('fontFamily', localTheme, modelTheme);
 
-  style['--malloy-render--table-row-height'] = tableRowHeight;
-  style['--malloy-render--table-body-color'] = tableBodyColor;
-  style['--malloy-render--table-font-size'] = tableFontSize;
-  style['--malloy-render--font-family'] = fontFamily;
-  style['--malloy-render--table-header-color'] = tableHeaderColor;
-  style['--malloy-render--table-header-weight'] = tableHeaderWeight;
-  style['--malloy-render--table-body-weight'] = tableBodyWeight;
-  style['--malloy-render--table-border'] = tableBorder;
-  style['--malloy-render--table-background'] = tableBackground;
-  style['--malloy-render--table-gutter-size'] = tableGutterSize;
-  style['--malloy-render--table-pinned-background'] = tablePinnedBackground;
-  style['--malloy-render--table-pinned-border'] = tablePinnedBorder;
-  return style;
+  const css = `
+  :host {
+    --malloy-render--table-row-height: ${tableRowHeight};
+    --malloy-render--table-body-color: ${tableBodyColor};
+    --malloy-render--table-font-size: ${tableFontSize};
+    --malloy-render--font-family: ${fontFamily};
+    --malloy-render--table-header-color: ${tableHeaderColor};
+    --malloy-render--table-header-weight: ${tableHeaderWeight};
+    --malloy-render--table-body-weight: ${tableBodyWeight};
+    --malloy-render--table-border: ${tableBorder};
+    --malloy-render--table-background: ${tableBackground};
+    --malloy-render--table-gutter-size: ${tableGutterSize};
+    --malloy-render--table-pinned-background: ${tablePinnedBackground};
+    --malloy-render--table-pinned-border: ${tablePinnedBorder};
+  }
+`;
+  return css;
 }
diff --git a/packages/malloy-render/src/component/tooltip/tooltip.tsx b/packages/malloy-render/src/component/tooltip/tooltip.tsx
index f9f453db2..ffdde91b0 100644
--- a/packages/malloy-render/src/component/tooltip/tooltip.tsx
+++ b/packages/malloy-render/src/component/tooltip/tooltip.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from 'solid-js';
 import tooltipCss from './tooltip.css?raw';
 import {useConfig} from '../render';
+import {MalloyModal} from '../malloy-modal/malloy-modal';
 
 export function Tooltip(props: {show: boolean; children: JSXElement}) {
   const [pos, setPos] = createSignal<[number, number]>([0, 0]);
@@ -57,17 +58,16 @@ export function Tooltip(props: {show: boolean; children: JSXElement}) {
       });
     }
   });
-
   return (
     <Show when={props.show}>
-      <div
+      <MalloyModal
         ref={tip}
         style={`position: fixed; top: ${pos()[1] + yOffset()}px; left: ${
           pos()[0] + xOffset()
         }px; pointer-events: none; z-index: 1000`}
       >
         <div class="malloy-tooltip">{props.children}</div>
-      </div>
+      </MalloyModal>
     </Show>
   );
 }