themesberg / themesberg/flowbite-react
Dropdown header not accounted for in placement
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Description
- I have searched the Issues to see if this bug has already been reported
- I have tested the latest version
Steps to reproduce
- Add a
Dropdown.Headerto aDropdowncomponent. - On a screen where auto placement needs to be calculated, open the dropdown.
- Note that the main
Dropdown.Itemlist is correctly calculated for, however theDropdown.Headeris not.
Current behavior
The Dropdown.Header component is being rendered outside the visible area.
Expected behavior
The entire Dropdown component should be controlled by the FloatingUI placement, ensuring the whole component is visible.
Context
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with a Dropdown.Header on a screen where auto placement is recalculated, then trace the Dropdown component's FloatingUI placement handling. Done means the placement accounts for the entire Dropdown, including the header, so the component remains visible.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100