feat(overlay) use popover in overlay service

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ All notable changes for each version of this project will be documented in this
         <span #tooltipRef="tooltip" igxTooltip>Hello there, I am a tooltip!</span>
         ```
 
+- `IgxOverlayService`
+    - Integrated HTML Popover API into the overlay service for improved z-index management and layering control.
+    - The overlay service now uses the Popover API to place overlay elements in the top layer, eliminating z-index stacking issues.
+    - Improved positioning accuracy for container-based overlays with fixed container bounds.
+
 ### General
 
 - `IgxGrid`, `IgxTreeGrid`, `IgxHierarchicalGrid`, `IgxPivotGrid`

projects/igniteui-angular/combo/src/combo/combo.component.spec.ts

@@ -1016,13 +1016,14 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 fixture.detectChanges();
                 verifyDropdownItemHeight();
             }));
-            it('should render grouped items properly', (done) => {
+            it('should render grouped items properly', async () => {
                 let dropdownContainer;
                 let dropdownItems;
-                let scrollIndex = 0;
                 const headers: Array<string> = Array.from(new Set(combo.data.map(item => item.region)));
                 combo.toggle();
+                await wait();
                 fixture.detectChanges();
+
                 const checkGroupedItemsClass = () => {
                     fixture.detectChanges();
                     dropdownContainer = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(`.${CSS_CLASS_CONTAINER}`)).nativeElement;
@@ -1033,18 +1034,18 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                         const expectedClass: string = headers.includes(itemText) ? CSS_CLASS_HEADERITEM : CSS_CLASS_DROPDOWNLISTITEM;
                         expect(itemElement.classList.contains(expectedClass)).toBeTruthy();
                     });
-                    scrollIndex += 10;
-                    if (scrollIndex < combo.data.length) {
-                        combo.virtualScrollContainer.scrollTo(scrollIndex);
-                        combo.virtualScrollContainer.chunkLoad.pipe(take(1)).subscribe(async () => {
-                            await wait(30);
-                            checkGroupedItemsClass();
-                        });
-                    } else {
-                        done();
-                    }
                 };
+
+                // Check initial state
                 checkGroupedItemsClass();
+
+                // Scroll through the list in chunks and verify items
+                for (let scrollIndex = 10; scrollIndex < combo.data.length; scrollIndex += 10) {
+                    combo.virtualScrollContainer.scrollTo(scrollIndex);
+                    await firstValueFrom(combo.virtualScrollContainer.chunkLoad);
+                    await wait(30);
+                    checkGroupedItemsClass();
+                }
             });
             it('should render selected items properly', () => {
                 combo.toggle();
@@ -1195,8 +1196,8 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 const comboWrapper = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(CSS_CLASS_COMBO)).nativeElement;
                 let containerElementWidth = containerElement.getBoundingClientRect().width;
                 let wrapperWidth = comboWrapper.getBoundingClientRect().width;
-                expect(containerElementWidth).toEqual(containerWidth);
-                expect(containerElementWidth).toEqual(wrapperWidth);
+                expect(containerElementWidth).toBeCloseTo(containerWidth, 1);
+                expect(containerElementWidth).toBeCloseTo(wrapperWidth, 1);
 
                 combo.toggle();
                 tick();
@@ -1764,6 +1765,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 it('should properly navigate using HOME/END key', (async () => {
                     let firstVisibleItem: Element;
                     combo.toggle();
+                    await wait();
                     fixture.detectChanges();
                     const dropdownContent = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(`.${CSS_CLASS_CONTENT}`));
                     const scrollbar = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(`.${CSS_CLASS_SCROLLBAR_VERTICAL}`)).nativeElement as HTMLElement;
@@ -1773,7 +1775,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                     await firstValueFrom(combo.virtualScrollContainer.chunkLoad);
                     fixture.detectChanges();
                     // Content was scrolled to bottom
-                    expect(scrollbar.scrollHeight - scrollbar.scrollTop).toEqual(scrollbar.clientHeight);
+                    expect(scrollbar.scrollHeight - scrollbar.scrollTop - scrollbar.clientHeight).toBeLessThan(1);
 
                     // Scroll to top
                     UIInteractions.triggerEventHandlerKeyDown('Home', dropdownContent);
@@ -1782,7 +1784,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                     const dropdownContainer: HTMLElement = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(`.${CSS_CLASS_CONTAINER}`)).nativeElement;
                     firstVisibleItem = dropdownContainer.querySelector(`.${CSS_CLASS_DROPDOWNLISTITEM}` + ':first-child');
                     // Container is scrolled to top
-                    expect(scrollbar.scrollTop).toEqual(32);
+                    expect(scrollbar.scrollTop - 32).toBeLessThan(1);
 
                     // First item is focused
                     expect(firstVisibleItem.classList.contains(CSS_CLASS_FOCUSED)).toBeTruthy();
@@ -1791,7 +1793,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                     firstVisibleItem = dropdownContainer.querySelector(`.${CSS_CLASS_DROPDOWNLISTITEM}` + ':first-child');
 
                     // Scroll has not change
-                    expect(scrollbar.scrollTop).toEqual(32);
+                    expect(scrollbar.scrollTop - 32).toBeLessThan(1);
                     // First item is no longer focused
                     expect(firstVisibleItem.classList.contains(CSS_CLASS_FOCUSED)).toBeFalsy();
                     UIInteractions.triggerEventHandlerKeyDown('Home', dropdownContent);
@@ -1895,6 +1897,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                     input = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(`.${CSS_CLASS_INPUTGROUP}`));
                     let firstVisibleItem: Element;
                     combo.toggle();
+                    await wait();
                     fixture.detectChanges();
                     const dropdownContent = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(`.${CSS_CLASS_CONTENT}`));
                     const scrollbar = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(`.${CSS_CLASS_SCROLLBAR_VERTICAL}`))
@@ -1905,7 +1908,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                     await firstValueFrom(combo.virtualScrollContainer.chunkLoad);
                     fixture.detectChanges();
                     // Content was scrolled to bottom
-                    expect(scrollbar.scrollHeight - scrollbar.scrollTop).toEqual(scrollbar.clientHeight);
+                    expect(scrollbar.scrollHeight - scrollbar.scrollTop - scrollbar.clientHeight).toBeLessThan(1);
 
                     // Scroll to top
                     UIInteractions.triggerEventHandlerKeyDown('Home', dropdownContent);
@@ -1983,8 +1986,9 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 vContainerScrollHeight = virtDir.getScroll().scrollHeight;
                 expect(virtDir.getScroll().scrollTop).toEqual(vContainerScrollHeight / 2);
             });
-            it('should display vertical scrollbar properly', () => {
+            it('should display vertical scrollbar properly', async () => {
                 combo.toggle();
+                await wait();
                 fixture.detectChanges();
                 const scrollbarContainer = fixture.debugElement
                     .query(By.css(`.${CSS_CLASS_SCROLLBAR_VERTICAL}`))
@@ -1995,12 +1999,14 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 combo.data = [{ field: 'Mid-Atlantic', region: 'New Jersey' }, { field: 'Mid-Atlantic', region: 'New York' }];
                 fixture.detectChanges();
                 combo.toggle();
+                await wait();
                 fixture.detectChanges();
                 hasScrollbar = scrollbarContainer.scrollHeight > scrollbarContainer.clientHeight;
                 expect(hasScrollbar).toBeFalsy();
             });
             it('should preserve selection on scrolling', async () => {
                 combo.toggle();
+                await wait();
                 fixture.detectChanges();
                 const scrollbar = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(`.${CSS_CLASS_SCROLLBAR_VERTICAL}`)).nativeElement as HTMLElement;
                 expect(scrollbar.scrollTop).toEqual(0);
@@ -2019,7 +2025,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 await firstValueFrom(combo.virtualScrollContainer.chunkLoad);
                 fixture.detectChanges();
                 // Content was scrolled to bottom
-                expect(scrollbar.scrollHeight - scrollbar.scrollTop).toEqual(scrollbar.clientHeight);
+                expect(scrollbar.scrollHeight - scrollbar.scrollTop - scrollbar.clientHeight).toBeLessThan(1);
 
                 combo.virtualScrollContainer.scrollTo(4);
                 await firstValueFrom(combo.virtualScrollContainer.chunkLoad);
@@ -2577,7 +2583,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 fixture.detectChanges();
                 expect(combo.dropdown.headers[0].element.nativeElement.innerText).toEqual('New England')
             });
-            it('should sort groups with diacritics correctly', () => {
+            it('should sort groups with diacritics correctly', async() => {
                 combo.data = [
                     { field: "Alaska", region: "Méxícó" },
                     { field: "California", region: "Méxícó" },
@@ -2589,6 +2595,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 ];
                 combo.groupSortingDirection = SortingDirection.Asc;
                 combo.toggle();
+                await wait();
                 fixture.detectChanges();
                 let headers = combo.dropdown.headers.map(header => header.element.nativeElement.innerText);
                 expect(headers).toEqual(['Ángel', 'Boris', 'México']);
@@ -2745,9 +2752,11 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 combo.filterFunction = comboIgnoreDiacriticsFilter;
                 combo.displayKey = null;
                 combo.valueKey = null;
+                combo.groupKey = null;
                 combo.filteringOptions = { caseSensitive: false, filteringKey: undefined };
                 combo.data = ['José', 'Óscar', 'Ángel', 'Germán', 'Niño', 'México', 'Méxícó', 'Mexico', 'Köln', 'München'];
                 combo.toggle();
+                tick();
                 fixture.detectChanges();
 
                 const searchInput = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(`input[name="searchInput"]`));
@@ -2762,8 +2771,8 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
 
                 verifyFilteredItems('jose', 1);
                 verifyFilteredItems('mexico', 3);
-                verifyFilteredItems('o', 6);
-                verifyFilteredItems('é', 6);
+                verifyFilteredItems('o', 7);
+                verifyFilteredItems('é', 7);
             }));
 
             it('should filter the dropdown items when typing in the search input', fakeAsync(() => {
@@ -2779,6 +2788,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 };
 
                 combo.toggle();
+                tick();
                 fixture.detectChanges();
                 const searchInput = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('input[name=\'searchInput\']'));
                 const verifyFilteredItems = (inputValue: string, expectedItemsNumber) => {
@@ -2842,10 +2852,11 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 verifyOnSearchInputEventIsFired('Miss');
                 verifyOnSearchInputEventIsFired('Misso');
             });
-            it('should restore the initial combo dropdown list after clearing the search input', () => {
+            it('should restore the initial combo dropdown list after clearing the search input', fakeAsync(() => {
                 let dropdownList;
                 let dropdownItems;
                 combo.toggle();
+                tick();
                 fixture.detectChanges();
                 const searchInput = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(CSS_CLASS_SEARCHINPUT));
 
@@ -2864,7 +2875,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 verifyFilteredItems('Mi', 3, 5);
                 verifyFilteredItems('M', 4, 15);
                 combo.filteredData.forEach((item) => expect(combo.data).toContain(item));
-            });
+            }));
             it('should clear the search input and close the dropdown list on pressing ESC key', fakeAsync(() => {
                 combo.toggle();
                 fixture.detectChanges();

projects/igniteui-angular/core/src/core/styles/components/overlay/_overlay-theme.scss

@@ -20,8 +20,23 @@
         background: transparent;
         transition: background .25s $in-out-quad;
         pointer-events: none;
-        z-index: 10005;
         box-sizing: content-box;
+
+        // Override browser's default popover styles to maintain our custom positioning
+        &[popover] {
+            // Reset popover defaults to use our positioning with !important to override UA styles
+            position: fixed !important;
+            margin: 0 !important;
+            border: 0 !important;
+            padding: 0 !important;
+            width: auto;
+            height: auto;
+            overflow: visible !important;
+
+            &:not(:popover-open) {
+                display: initial !important;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     %overlay-wrapper--modal {
@@ -79,6 +94,5 @@
         pointer-events: none;
         overflow: hidden;
         appearance: none;
-        z-index: -1;
     }
 }

projects/igniteui-angular/core/src/services/overlay/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 The overlay service allows users to show components on overlay div above all other elements in the page.
 A walk through of how to get started can be found [here](https://www.infragistics.com/products/ignite-ui-angular/angular/components/overlay-main)
 
+## Key Features
+
+- **Popover API Integration**: Uses the HTML Popover API for improved z-index management and automatic top-layer placement
+- **Flexible Positioning**: Multiple position strategies (global, connected, auto, elastic, container)
+- **Scroll Strategies**: Handle scroll behavior with NoOp, Block, Close, and Absolute strategies
+- **Modal Support**: Optional modal backdrop with configurable close-on-outside-click behavior
+- **Animation Support**: Built-in support for open/close animations
+
 ## Usage
 
 ### With igxToggleDirective