[4.x]: Overlay drop shadows don't disappear
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Description
What happened?
Description
looks like overlays won't get removed from the dom after they were closed.

Steps to reproduce
- open and close a bunch of overlays (for editing related entries)
Expected behavior
shadows should disappear
Actual behavior
see screenshot
Craft CMS version
4.4.5
PHP version
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Operating system and version
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Database type and version
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Image driver and version
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Installed plugins and versions
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in Craft CMS 4.4.5: open and close several overlays for editing related entries, then inspect the DOM and overlay lifecycle. Done means closed overlays are removed from the DOM and their drop shadows no longer remain visible.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100