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Datepicker Component does not work inside modal that uses dialog tag
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Description
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Attempting to use Datepicker inside of a modal which uses <dialog> tags, shows datepicker options underneath modal as they are appended to the body tag.
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Expected behavior
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Prior to 2.x this worked as one could pass the container option and specify the id of the <dialog> element.
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Desktop (please complete the following information):
- OS: [e.g. iOS]
- Browser [e.g. chrome, safari]
- Version [e.g. 22]
Smartphone (please complete the following information):
- Device: [e.g. iPhone6]
- OS: [e.g. iOS8.1]
- Browser [e.g. stock browser, safari]
- Version [e.g. 22]
Additional context
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Temporarily I have monkey patched the code within my application to enable use of the Datepicker within a dialog.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the Datepicker component's handling of the container and compare its behavior with the monkey patch described in the issue and linked pull request. Reproduce it inside a
element, then verify that the datepicker options render within the dialog rather than underneath it when the issue is fixed.Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, tailwindcss
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100