WebPopupMenu options list cut off by parent WebRectangle

Targets Web
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My WebPopupMenu list is being cut off by its parent WebRectangle object. How can I get the drop-down list to extend its parent’s boundaries?

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This was reported nearly two years ago and was closed as By Design. You can probably unparent it, but I’d argue that the “By Design” designation means that it’s a poor design.

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Does the desktop equivalent do the same?

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I think Ricardo just fixed the issue for the next release. Issue #68601

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Thanks for providing that link. Before the next release, it looks like I can use the following in Opening event of WebRectangle which seems to working fine:

Me.Style.Value("Overflow") = ""

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Uhm, sorry but #62491 looks similar but different from #68601. That workaround will still be necessary in 2022r3.

Can somebody please raise an Issue and nominate it?

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I requested #62491 be reopened and nominated for the Bug Bash

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I’ve just reopened the case @Tom_Dixon, can you please add the special [BugBash2022Nominee] comment so the bot can do its magic?

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Added!

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I created an extends function to handle this

Public Sub OverflowParents(extends Source as WebControl, assigns value as Boolean)
  
  If Source <> Nil Then
    
    Var parentRoots() As WebControl
    Var Current As WebControl = source.Parent
    
    While ( Current IsA WebControl ) And ( Not Current IsA WebPage )
      
      parentRoots.add Current
      Current = current.Parent
      
    Wend
    
    Var set As String
    Var id As String
    Var s As String
    
    For Each Item As WebControl In parentRoots
      
      set = If( value , "visible" , "Hidden" )
      id = item.ControlID
      s = "document.getElementById('" + id + "').style.overflow='" + set + "';"
      item.ExecuteJavaScript(s)
      
    Next Item 
    
  End If
End Sub

I call it in the Opening event of the WebPopupMenu

Me.OverflowParents = True
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