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[MatDialog] Expose OverlayRef

See original GitHub issue

Please describe the feature you would like to request.

Expose the variable _overlayRef or provide a getter

What is the use-case or motivation for this proposal?

I’m currenty using the following in order to access the backdrop of the current overlay: this.dialog.openDialogs.slice().shift()._overlayRef.backdropElement

Is there anything else we should know?

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Created 4 years ago
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Comments:9 (6 by maintainers)

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HeathJaredcommented, Jun 17, 2021

We also have a use case where we need to change the maxWidth of the overlay (which is initially passed in through the dialog configuration) after the dialog has been opened. This is currently not exposed through the dialog ref.

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angular-robot[bot]commented, Mar 13, 2022

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