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fix(desktop): allow browser annotations over native modal dialogs #16031

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fix(desktop): allow browser annotations over native modal dialogs
MagnusNorthtechDev Oct 5, 2026
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Merge branch 'main' into fix/preview-annotations-native-dialogs
GrannoDev Oct 5, 2026
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/preview-annotatio…
juliusmarminge Oct 19, 2026
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fix(desktop): recover annotation overlay across dialog changes
juliusmarminge Oct 19, 2026
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fix(desktop): isolate annotation popover styles from preview pages
juliusmarminge Oct 19, 2026
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fix(desktop): keep annotation clicks out of dialog handlers
juliusmarminge Oct 19, 2026
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/preview-annotatio…
juliusmarminge Oct 19, 2026
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50 changes: 47 additions & 3 deletions apps/desktop/src/preview/PickPreload.ts
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Expand Up @@ -541,7 +541,8 @@ function startAnnotation(sendEnabled: boolean): void {
const host = document.createElement("div");
host.setAttribute(OVERLAY_ATTRIBUTE, "");
host.setAttribute("dir", "ltr");
host.style.cssText = `position:fixed;inset:0;z-index:${Z_INDEX_OVERLAY};pointer-events:none`;
host.popover = "manual";
host.style.cssText = `all:initial;display:block;position:fixed;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;background:transparent;overflow:visible;z-index:${Z_INDEX_OVERLAY};pointer-events:none`;
applyAnnotationTheme(host, annotationTheme);
const shadowRoot = host.attachShadow({ mode: "closed" });
const themeStyle = document.createElement("style");
Expand All @@ -555,7 +556,7 @@ function startAnnotation(sendEnabled: boolean): void {
root.style.cssText = "pointer-events:none";
const cursorStyle = document.createElement("style");
cursorStyle.setAttribute(OVERLAY_ATTRIBUTE, "");
cursorStyle.textContent = `html[data-t3code-annotation-tool] body, html[data-t3code-annotation-tool] body * { cursor: crosshair !important; } [${OVERLAY_ATTRIBUTE}], [${OVERLAY_ATTRIBUTE}] * { cursor: default !important; } [${OVERLAY_ATTRIBUTE}] input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button, [${OVERLAY_ATTRIBUTE}] input[type=number]::-webkit-outer-spin-button { appearance:none; margin:0; }`;
cursorStyle.textContent = `[${OVERLAY_ATTRIBUTE}]::backdrop { opacity:0 !important; } html[data-t3code-annotation-tool] body, html[data-t3code-annotation-tool] body * { cursor: crosshair !important; } [${OVERLAY_ATTRIBUTE}], [${OVERLAY_ATTRIBUTE}] * { cursor: default !important; } [${OVERLAY_ATTRIBUTE}] input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button, [${OVERLAY_ATTRIBUTE}] input[type=number]::-webkit-outer-spin-button { appearance:none; margin:0; }`;
document.documentElement.appendChild(cursorStyle);
shadowRoot.appendChild(root);

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1354,6 +1355,7 @@ function startAnnotation(sendEnabled: boolean): void {
if (editorLayoutFrame !== null) window.cancelAnimationFrame(editorLayoutFrame);
ipcRenderer.off(CANCEL_PICK_CHANNEL, onCancel);
ipcRenderer.off(ANNOTATION_CAPTURED_CHANNEL, onCaptured);
modalObserver.disconnect();
document.documentElement.removeAttribute("data-t3code-annotation-tool");
cursorStyle.remove();
host.remove();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1456,6 +1458,20 @@ function startAnnotation(sendEnabled: boolean): void {
submitAnnotation(submission);
});

// Dialog backdrop-dismiss handlers must not receive annotation control clicks.
for (const type of [
"pointerdown",
"pointerup",
"mousedown",
"mouseup",
"click",
"dblclick",
"auxclick",
"contextmenu",
]) {
root.addEventListener(type, (event) => event.stopPropagation());
}

window.addEventListener("pointermove", onPointerMove, { capture: true, passive: false });
window.addEventListener("pointerdown", onPointerDown, { capture: true, passive: false });
window.addEventListener("pointerup", onPointerUp, { capture: true, passive: false });
Expand All @@ -1467,7 +1483,35 @@ function startAnnotation(sendEnabled: boolean): void {
window.addEventListener("resize", repaint, { passive: true });
ipcRenderer.on(CANCEL_PICK_CHANNEL, onCancel);
ipcRenderer.on(ANNOTATION_CAPTURED_CHANNEL, onCaptured);
document.documentElement.appendChild(host);
const syncOverlay = (): void => {
// A modal makes the rest of the document inert. Keep the top-layer overlay
// inside it so the editor stays interactive, including when dialogs change.
// Focus still identifies the modal when its backdrop ignores pointer events.
const modal =
document.activeElement?.closest("dialog:modal") ??
document.elementFromPoint(0, 0)?.closest("dialog:modal");
const parent = modal ?? document.documentElement;
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Find modal dialogs inside shadow roots.

If a page opens a native <dialog> inside a shadow root, document.activeElement and document.elementFromPoint() expose the shadow host, not the dialog. Both closest("dialog:modal") checks then miss it. The host stays outside the modal, so its controls remain inert. The document-level observer also misses open changes confined to that shadow root. Traverse accessible shadow roots for modal detection and observe their dialog changes. (developer.mozilla.org)

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Review comment at @apps/desktop/src/preview/PickPreload.ts around lines 1490 -
1493:
Update modal detection around the `modal` and `parent` assignments to traverse
accessible shadow roots when checking `document.activeElement` and
`document.elementFromPoint(0, 0)`, so a native modal dialog inside a shadow root
becomes the selected parent. Extend the dialog observer to observe relevant
shadow roots for `open` changes as well as the document.

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if (host.parentElement === parent && host.matches(":popover-open")) return;
parent.appendChild(host);
host.showPopover();
};
const modalObserver = new MutationObserver((records) => {
if (
// Removing and reinserting a dialog in one task also hides its popovers.
!host.matches(":popover-open") ||
records.some(
(record) => record.type === "attributes" && record.target instanceof HTMLDialogElement,
)
)
syncOverlay();
});
syncOverlay();
modalObserver.observe(document.documentElement, {
attributes: true,
attributeFilter: ["open"],
childList: true,
subtree: true,
});
rootResizeObserver.observe(document.documentElement);
refreshToolButtons();
updateStatus();
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