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Use 'absolute' positioning for menu instead of 'fixed' #70
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The 'fixed' referential may not be the document when a parent node has CSS transforms. But getBoundedClientRect() remains relative to the viewport no matter what. Calculating a fixed position from it is difficult. Using 'absolute' positioning makes things a lot easier. It is how bootstrap dropdown menu works for example.
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Also, on pages that have enough content to have a scroll, position: fixed fails horribly. |
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@cdevienne There's no need for that maxWidth hack now, having position relative on the parent makes |
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Just a heads-up (in case you're waiting for this PR to land): You can fully customize the dropdown menu by using We'll probably be removing most of the default menu styles for 2.0, possibly only keeping the absolute coordinates which are passed to |
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The 'fixed' approach has a major downside:
The 'fixed' referential may not be the document when a parent node has CSS transforms.
But getBoundedClientRect() remains relative to the document no matter what.
Calculating a fixed position from it is difficult.
Using 'absolute' positioning makes things a lot easier. It is how bootstrap
dropdown menu works for example.