Enable the blur effect (shift focus to other elements - such as an input field outside the paper-dialog) for Polymer paper-dialog

Question

Enable the blur effect (shift focus to other elements - such as an input field outside the paper-dialog) for Polymer paper-dialog

I have an element with absolute positioning that is placed outside of a paper-dialog, specifically within a body > div structure. Inside this div, I have several input fields where I need to input text. However, the paper-dialog prevents the input fields from receiving focus as described in this link.

If you visit this codepen demo, you can see the issue for yourself. Try entering text in the input field (#my_div) both before and after opening the paper-dialog using one of the buttons provided.

Whenever the paper-dialog is open, the document.activeElement always points to the paper-dialog itself. This means I am unable to enter text into the input field located outside of it. (You can check this by clicking anywhere and viewing the console log of document.activeElement)

As a result, I am facing difficulty interacting with the input elements within my div when the paper-dialog is active. Is there a workaround for this situation without making changes to the Polymer code (such as event handling or modifying configurations via DOM properties)? Let's assume that I am running a custom JavaScript script locally on the main site.

javascript polymer

Answer 1

Answer №1

To achieve the desired functionality without altering the Polymer code, attempt to listen for a click event on the input field and then trigger a programmatic click on the open dialog button using the following script:

  <div id="my_div">
    <input type="text" placeholder="Enter text" />
  </div>
  <script>
          document.getElementById('my_div').onclick = function()       {
            document.querySelectorAll('x-dialog paper-dialog:not([aria-hidden="true"]) paper-button')[0].click();
            document.getElementById("my_div").firstElementChild.focus();
      }      
  </script>

Visit the codepen link to confirm that it is functioning correctly.

Answer 2

To achieve the desired functionality without altering the Polymer code, attempt to listen for a click event on the input field and then trigger a programmatic click on the open dialog button using the following script:

  <div id="my_div">
    <input type="text" placeholder="Enter text" />
  </div>
  <script>
          document.getElementById('my_div').onclick = function()       {
            document.querySelectorAll('x-dialog paper-dialog:not([aria-hidden="true"]) paper-button')[0].click();
            document.getElementById("my_div").firstElementChild.focus();
      }      
  </script>

Visit the codepen link to confirm that it is functioning correctly.

Answer 3

Answer №2

It seems I had no choice but to get creative, I found a solution by placing the textbox inside a paper-dialog with fixed positioning, and then moving it back to its original position when the dialog closes

Answer 4

It seems I had no choice but to get creative, I found a solution by placing the textbox inside a paper-dialog with fixed positioning, and then moving it back to its original position when the dialog closes

Answer 5

Answer №3

We were able to resolve our issue with the following solution. We believe this could be beneficial for you too.

const myTool = new paper.Tool();

  let startPoint;

  myTool.onMouseDown = (event) => {
    document.getElementById('elementID').blur();
    startPoint = event.point;
  };

Answer 6

We were able to resolve our issue with the following solution. We believe this could be beneficial for you too.

const myTool = new paper.Tool();

  let startPoint;

  myTool.onMouseDown = (event) => {
    document.getElementById('elementID').blur();
    startPoint = event.point;
  };

Enable the blur effect (shift focus to other elements - such as an input field outside the paper-dialog) for Polymer paper-dialog

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