diff --git a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/index.ts b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/index.ts
index a242896d05..9c6f6a3010 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export * from './useApi'
+export * from './useDialog'
 export * from './useGlobal'
 export * from './useInjectionState'
 export * from './useSidebar'
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useDialog/index.ts b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useDialog/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b3b299fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useDialog/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { render } from '@vue/runtime-dom'
+import type { ComponentPublicInstance } from '@vue/runtime-core'
+import { createEventHook, h, toReactive, tryOnScopeDispose, useNuxtApp, watch } from '#imports'
+
+/**
+ * Programmatically create a component and attach it to the body (or a specific mount target), like a dialog or modal.
+ */
+export function useDialog(
+  component: any,
+  props: NonNullable<Parameters<typeof h>[1]> = {},
+  mountTarget?: Element | ComponentPublicInstance,
+) {
+  const closeHook = createEventHook<void>()
+  const mountedHook = createEventHook<void>()
+
+  const isMounted = $ref(false)
+
+  const domNode = document.createElement('div')
+
+  /** if specified, append vnode to mount target instead of document.body */
+  if (mountTarget) {
+    if ('$el' in mountTarget) {
+      mountTarget.$el.appendChild(domNode)
+    } else {
+      mountTarget.appendChild(domNode)
+    }
+  } else {
+    document.body.appendChild(domNode)
+  }
+
+  /** When props change, we want to re-render the element with the new prop values */
+  watch(
+    toReactive(props),
+    (reactiveProps) => {
+      const vNode = h(component, reactiveProps)
+
+      vNode.appContext = useNuxtApp().vueApp._context
+
+      render(vNode, domNode)
+
+      if (!isMounted) mountedHook.trigger()
+    },
+    { deep: true, immediate: true },
+  )
+
+  /** When calling scope is disposed, destroy component */
+  tryOnScopeDispose(close)
+
+  /** destroy component, can be debounced */
+  function close(debounce = 0) {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      render(null, domNode)
+
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        document.body.removeChild(domNode)
+      }, 100)
+
+      closeHook.trigger()
+    }, debounce)
+  }
+
+  return {
+    close,
+    onClose: closeHook.on,
+    onMounted: mountedHook.on,
+  }
+}