diff --git a/internal/server/web/static/app.css b/internal/server/web/static/app.css
index a4d74f1..d8e1df3 100644
--- a/internal/server/web/static/app.css
+++ b/internal/server/web/static/app.css
@@ -145,6 +145,18 @@ dialog { background: var(--panel); color: var(--text); border: 1px solid var(--b
   border-radius: 12px; padding: 0; max-width: 900px; width: 92vw; }
 dialog::backdrop { background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .6); }
 dialog:focus { outline: none; }
+/* Dialogs come and go smoothly: rise and fade in, sink and fade out, the
+   backdrop with them. Browsers without the exit transition just close. */
+dialog { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(10px) scale(.97);
+  transition: opacity .2s ease, transform .2s ease, overlay .2s ease allow-discrete, display .2s ease allow-discrete; }
+dialog[open] { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
+dialog::backdrop { opacity: 0; transition: opacity .2s ease, overlay .2s ease allow-discrete, display .2s ease allow-discrete; }
+dialog[open]::backdrop { opacity: 1; }
+@starting-style {
+  dialog[open] { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(10px) scale(.97); }
+  dialog[open]::backdrop { opacity: 0; }
+}
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { dialog, dialog::backdrop { transition: none; } }
 .dlg-h { padding: 14px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border); display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; }
 .dlg-b { padding: 16px 18px; }
 /* The account button in the top bar, and its dialog. */
diff --git a/internal/server/web/static/terminal.js b/internal/server/web/static/terminal.js
index 50f17e0..6b465f8 100644
--- a/internal/server/web/static/terminal.js
+++ b/internal/server/web/static/terminal.js
@@ -732,8 +732,8 @@
     // then runs once the dialog is shut and focus is back where it was, so
     // what it focuses stays focused.
     function close(then) {
-      d.classList.add('closing');
-      setTimeout(() => { d.classList.remove('closing'); d.close(); if (then) then(); }, 160);
+      d.close();
+      if (then) then();
     }
     d.addEventListener('cancel', ev => { ev.preventDefault(); close(); });
     d.addEventListener('click', ev => { if (ev.target === d) close(); });
diff --git a/internal/server/web/templates/files.html b/internal/server/web/templates/files.html
index 3d79792..f43485e 100644
--- a/internal/server/web/templates/files.html
+++ b/internal/server/web/templates/files.html
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
   }
   dialog { background:var(--panel); color:var(--text); border:1px solid var(--border);
            border-radius:12px; padding:0; max-width:900px; width:92vw; }
-  dialog::backdrop { background:rgba(0,0,0,.6); }
   /* A dialog takes the focus itself when it opens, rather than its first
      button, which would light up as if tabbed to. */
   dialog:focus { outline:none; }
diff --git a/internal/server/web/templates/terminal.html b/internal/server/web/templates/terminal.html
index b84bd31..37636f6 100644
--- a/internal/server/web/templates/terminal.html
+++ b/internal/server/web/templates/terminal.html
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
   .badge-ssh { flex:none; font-size:10px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:.04em; padding:1px 5px; border-radius:4px;
                background:#12202f; color:var(--accent); border:1px solid #1f3a57; }
   dialog.sshdlg { max-width:460px; }
-  dialog.sshdlg[open] { animation:dlg-in .2s ease; }
-  dialog.sshdlg[open]::backdrop { animation:dlg-fade .2s ease; }
-  dialog.sshdlg.closing { animation:dlg-out .16s ease forwards; }
-  dialog.sshdlg.closing::backdrop { animation:dlg-fade .16s ease reverse forwards; }
-  @keyframes dlg-in { from { opacity:0; transform:translateY(10px) scale(.97); } }
-  @keyframes dlg-out { to { opacity:0; transform:translateY(6px) scale(.98); } }
-  @keyframes dlg-fade { from { opacity:0; } }
   .sshdlg .dlg-h .ico { color:var(--accent); display:inline-flex; }
   .sshdlg .dlg-b { display:grid; gap:12px; }
   .sshdlg .f { display:grid; gap:5px; margin:0; }