From 359d87440bcfde0ef37887e72afd684b2a6a8d35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gazook89 <John.W.Jones89@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:06:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add oddbird polyfill - not quite working

Not quite working yet.  polyfill is loaded, but positioned elements are spanning whole viewport.  Parking this for now.
---
 client/admin/main.jsx                         |  2 +
 client/components/Anchored.jsx                | 15 ++++--
 .../components/anchorPositioningPolyfill.js   | 29 ++++++++++++
 .../components/anchorPositioningPolyfill.less | 15 ++++++
 client/components/dropdown/dropdown.jsx       | 16 +++++--
 client/homebrew/main.jsx                      |  2 +
 package-lock.json                             | 46 ++++++++++++++++++-
 package.json                                  |  1 +
 8 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 client/components/anchorPositioningPolyfill.js
 create mode 100644 client/components/anchorPositioningPolyfill.less

diff --git a/client/admin/main.jsx b/client/admin/main.jsx
index a5b7c84ad..3726391ec 100644
--- a/client/admin/main.jsx
+++ b/client/admin/main.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
 import Admin from './admin.jsx';
+import { bootstrapAnchorPositioningPolyfill } from '../components/anchorPositioningPolyfill.js';
 
 const props = window.__INITIAL_PROPS__ || {};
 
 createRoot(document.getElementById('reactRoot')).render(<Admin {...props} />);
+bootstrapAnchorPositioningPolyfill();
diff --git a/client/components/Anchored.jsx b/client/components/Anchored.jsx
index 87af5a6e1..2e7189a16 100644
--- a/client/components/Anchored.jsx
+++ b/client/components/Anchored.jsx
@@ -71,10 +71,14 @@ const Anchored = ({ children })=>{
 // forward ref for AnchoredTrigger
 const AnchoredTrigger = forwardRef(({ toggleVisibility, visible, children, className, ...props }, ref)=>(
 	<button
-		ref={ref}
+		ref={(el)=>{
+			// setAttribute bypasses React's style sanitization so the anchor polyfill can read it
+			el?.setAttribute('style', `anchor-name: --${props.id}`);
+			if(typeof ref === 'function') ref(el);
+			else if(ref) ref.current = el;
+		}}
 		className={`anchored-trigger${visible ? ' active' : ''} ${className}`}
 		onClick={toggleVisibility}
-		style={{ anchorName: `--${props.id}` }}   // setting anchor properties here allows greater recyclability.
 		{...props}
 	>
 		{children}
@@ -84,9 +88,12 @@ const AnchoredTrigger = forwardRef(({ toggleVisibility, visible, children, class
 // forward ref for AnchoredBox
 const AnchoredBox = forwardRef(({ visible, children, className, anchorId, ...props }, ref)=>(
 	<div
-		ref={ref}
+		ref={(el)=>{
+			el?.setAttribute('style', `position-anchor: --${anchorId}`);
+			if(typeof ref === 'function') ref(el);
+			else if(ref) ref.current = el;
+		}}
 		className={`anchored-box${visible ? ' active' : ''} ${className}`}
-		style={{ positionAnchor: `--${anchorId}` }}   // setting anchor properties here allows greater recyclability.
 		{...props}
 	>
 		{children}
diff --git a/client/components/anchorPositioningPolyfill.js b/client/components/anchorPositioningPolyfill.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd0ffd59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/components/anchorPositioningPolyfill.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import './anchorPositioningPolyfill.less';
+
+let polyfillPromise;
+
+const supportsAnchorPositioning = ()=>'anchorName' in document.documentElement.style;
+
+const afterInitialRender = ()=>new Promise((resolve)=>{
+	requestAnimationFrame(()=>{
+		requestAnimationFrame(resolve);
+	});
+});
+
+export const bootstrapAnchorPositioningPolyfill = ()=>{
+	if(supportsAnchorPositioning()) return Promise.resolve(false);
+	if(polyfillPromise) return polyfillPromise;
+
+	polyfillPromise = afterInitialRender()
+		.then(async ()=>{
+			const { default: polyfill } = await import('@oddbird/css-anchor-positioning/fn');
+			await polyfill();
+			return true;
+		})
+		.catch((error)=>{
+			polyfillPromise = undefined;
+			throw error;
+		});
+
+	return polyfillPromise;
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/components/anchorPositioningPolyfill.less b/client/components/anchorPositioningPolyfill.less
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93cb1df55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/components/anchorPositioningPolyfill.less
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.hb-anchor-source {
+	anchor-name: var(--hb-anchor-name);
+}
+
+.hb-anchor-target {
+	position-anchor: var(--hb-position-anchor);
+}
+
+.hb-position-area {
+	position-area: var(--hb-position-area);
+}
+
+.hb-position-try-fallbacks {
+	position-try-fallbacks: var(--hb-position-try-fallbacks);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/components/dropdown/dropdown.jsx b/client/components/dropdown/dropdown.jsx
index 0520b996d..bff8efec1 100644
--- a/client/components/dropdown/dropdown.jsx
+++ b/client/components/dropdown/dropdown.jsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  */
 
 import './dropdown.less';
-import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
 // use react context to keep track of the menu depth (menus in menus)
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ const Dropdown = ({ groupName, className = null, icon, children, color = null, c
 	// A menu is a submenu if depth > 0
 	const isSubMenu = depth > 0;
 
+	const wrapperRef = useRef(null);
+	const menuRef = useRef(null);
+
+	// Use setAttribute instead of the React style prop because React silently strips unknown CSS
+	// properties (like anchor-name) from inline styles in browsers that don't support them.
+	// setAttribute writes raw CSS text that the anchor positioning polyfill can read.
+	useEffect(()=>{
+		wrapperRef.current?.setAttribute('style', `anchor-name: ${anchorName}`);
+		menuRef.current?.setAttribute('style', `position-anchor: ${anchorName}`);
+	}, [anchorName]);
 
 	// hide popover with click inside iframe (not supported by light dismiss)
 	useEffect(()=>{
@@ -59,7 +69,7 @@ const Dropdown = ({ groupName, className = null, icon, children, color = null, c
 	};
 
 	return (
-		<div className={['menu-wrapper', className].join(' ')} style={{ anchorName }} role='none' >
+		<div ref={wrapperRef} className={['menu-wrapper', className].join(' ')} role='none' >
 			<button
 				id={groupName.replace(' ', '-')}
 				className={['menu-item', color].join(' ')}
@@ -73,10 +83,10 @@ const Dropdown = ({ groupName, className = null, icon, children, color = null, c
 			</button>
 			<MenuDepthContext.Provider value={depth + 1}>
 				<div
+					ref={menuRef}
 					id={menuId}
 					className='menu-list'
 					popover='auto'
-					style={{ positionAnchor: anchorName }}
 					role='menu'
 				>
 					{children}
diff --git a/client/homebrew/main.jsx b/client/homebrew/main.jsx
index 635729d49..83db1c634 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/main.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/main.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
 import Homebrew from './homebrew.jsx';
+import { bootstrapAnchorPositioningPolyfill } from '../components/anchorPositioningPolyfill.js';
 
 const props = window.__INITIAL_PROPS__ || {};
 
 createRoot(document.getElementById('reactRoot')).render(<Homebrew {...props} />);
+bootstrapAnchorPositioningPolyfill();
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7a8910d76..5a3026ef9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         "@dmsnell/diff-match-patch": "^1.1.0",
         "@googleapis/drive": "^20.1.0",
         "@lezer/highlight": "^1.2.3",
+        "@oddbird/css-anchor-positioning": "^0.9.0",
         "@sanity/diff-match-patch": "^3.2.0",
         "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^5.1.2",
         "body-parser": "^2.2.0",
@@ -3337,6 +3338,31 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@floating-ui/core": {
+      "version": "1.7.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@floating-ui/core/-/core-1.7.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1Ih4WTWyw0+lKyFMcBHGbb5U5FtuHJuujoyyr5zTaWS5EYMeT6Jb2AuDeftsCsEuchO+mM2ij5+q9crhydzLhQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@floating-ui/utils": "^0.2.11"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@floating-ui/dom": {
+      "version": "1.7.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@floating-ui/dom/-/dom-1.7.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9gZSAI5XM36880PPMm//9dfiEngYoC6Am2izES1FF406YFsjvyBMmeJ2g4SAju3xWwtuynNRFL2s9hgxpLI5SQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@floating-ui/core": "^1.7.5",
+        "@floating-ui/utils": "^0.2.11"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@floating-ui/utils": {
+      "version": "0.2.11",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@floating-ui/utils/-/utils-0.2.11.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RiB/yIh78pcIxl6lLMG0CgBXAZ2Y0eVHqMPYugu+9U0AeT6YBeiJpf7lbdJNIugFP5SIjwNRgo4DhR1Qxi26Gg==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/@googleapis/drive": {
       "version": "20.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@googleapis/drive/-/drive-20.1.0.tgz",
@@ -4122,6 +4148,18 @@
         "node": ">= 8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@oddbird/css-anchor-positioning": {
+      "version": "0.9.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@oddbird/css-anchor-positioning/-/css-anchor-positioning-0.9.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-G5nfb4sU0auxJH7VHafPwVJjr1GhH5uPSkmytGqhNftCpT3QEh8pFtMd4YHt1dRwb4o9qVZxlGSKUIc4TIrysQ==",
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@floating-ui/dom": "^1.7.5",
+        "@types/css-tree": "^2.3.11",
+        "css-tree": "^3.1.0",
+        "nanoid": "^5.1.6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@paralleldrive/cuid2": {
       "version": "2.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@paralleldrive/cuid2/-/cuid2-2.3.1.tgz",
@@ -4609,6 +4647,12 @@
         "@babel/types": "^7.28.2"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/css-tree": {
+      "version": "2.3.11",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/css-tree/-/css-tree-2.3.11.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-aEokibJOI77uIlqoBOkVbaQGC9zII0A+JH1kcTNKW2CwyYWD8KM6qdo+4c77wD3wZOQfJuNWAr9M4hdk+YhDIg==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/estree": {
       "version": "1.0.8",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/estree/-/estree-1.0.8.tgz",
@@ -6344,7 +6388,6 @@
       "version": "3.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/css-tree/-/css-tree-3.2.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-X7sjQzceUhu1u7Y/ylrRZFU2FS6LRiFVp6rKLPg23y3x3c3DOKAwuXGDp+PAGjh6CSnCjYeAul8pcT8bAl+lSA==",
-      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "mdn-data": "2.27.1",
@@ -10366,7 +10409,6 @@
       "version": "2.27.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mdn-data/-/mdn-data-2.27.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-9Yubnt3e8A0OKwxYSXyhLymGW4sCufcLG6VdiDdUGVkPhpqLxlvP5vl1983gQjJl3tqbrM731mjaZaP68AgosQ==",
-      "dev": true,
       "license": "CC0-1.0"
     },
     "node_modules/media-typer": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b25885497..76948134c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     "@dmsnell/diff-match-patch": "^1.1.0",
     "@googleapis/drive": "^20.1.0",
     "@lezer/highlight": "^1.2.3",
+    "@oddbird/css-anchor-positioning": "^0.9.0",
     "@sanity/diff-match-patch": "^3.2.0",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^5.1.2",
     "body-parser": "^2.2.0",