Non-animated driver to use shadows

src/common/constants.js

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const CLASS_DRIVER_HIGHLIGHTED_ELEMENT = 'driver-highlighted-element';
 export const CLASS_POSITION_RELATIVE = 'driver-position-relative';
 export const CLASS_FIX_STACKING_CONTEXT = 'driver-fix-stacking';
 
-export const CLASS_NO_ANIMATION = 'driver-no-animation';
+export const CLASS_STAGE_NO_ANIMATION = 'driver-stage-no-animation';
 export const CLASS_POPOVER_TIP = 'driver-popover-tip';
 export const CLASS_POPOVER_TITLE = 'driver-popover-title';
 export const CLASS_POPOVER_DESCRIPTION = 'driver-popover-description';

src/core/overlay.js

-import { ANIMATION_DURATION_MS, CLASS_NO_ANIMATION, ID_OVERLAY, OVERLAY_HTML } from '../common/constants';
+import { ANIMATION_DURATION_MS, ID_OVERLAY, OVERLAY_HTML } from '../common/constants';
 import { createNodeFromString } from '../common/utils';
 
 /**
@@ -39,9 +39,15 @@ export default class Overlay {
     this.node.style.opacity = '0';
 
     if (!this.options.animate) {
-      this.node.classList.add(CLASS_NO_ANIMATION);
-    } else {
-      this.node.classList.remove(CLASS_NO_ANIMATION);
+      // For non-animation cases remove the overlay because we achieve this overlay by having
+      // a higher box-shadow on the stage. Why are we doing it that way? Because the stage that
+      // is shown "behind" the highlighted element to make it pop out of the screen, it introduces
+      // some stacking contexts issues. To avoid those issues we just make the stage background
+      // transparent and achieve the overlay using the shadow so to make the element below it visible
+      // through the stage even if there are stacking issues.
+      if (this.node.parentElement) {
+        this.node.parentElement.removeChild(this.node);
+      }
     }
   }
 

src/core/stage.js

-import { CLASS_NO_ANIMATION, ID_STAGE, STAGE_HTML } from '../common/constants';
+import { CLASS_STAGE_NO_ANIMATION, ID_STAGE, STAGE_HTML } from '../common/constants';
 import { createNodeFromString } from '../common/utils';
 import Element from './element';
 
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ export default class Stage extends Element {
     this.node = stage;
 
     if (!this.options.animate) {
-      this.node.classList.add(CLASS_NO_ANIMATION);
+      this.node.classList.add(CLASS_STAGE_NO_ANIMATION);
     } else {
-      this.node.classList.remove(CLASS_NO_ANIMATION);
+      this.node.classList.remove(CLASS_STAGE_NO_ANIMATION);
     }
   }
 

src/driver.scss

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ $stage-bg: #ffffff;
 $button-bg: #f1f1f1;
 $disabled-btn-color: #808080;
 
-$popover-zindex: 1000000000;
-$overlay-zindex: 100002;
-$stage-zindex: 100003;
-$highlighted-element-zindex: 100004;
+$popover-z-index: 1000000000;
+$overlay-z-index: 100002;
+$stage-z-index: 100003;
+$highlighted-element-z-index: 100004;
 
 // If you update this duration, make sure to
 // update `ANIMATION_DURATION_MS` constant
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ div#driver-popover-item {
   min-width: 250px;
   max-width: 300px;
   box-shadow: 0 1px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
-  z-index: $popover-zindex;
+  z-index: $popover-z-index;
 
   .driver-popover-tip {
     border: 5px solid $popover-bg;
@@ -124,12 +124,17 @@ div#driver-popover-item {
   }
 }
 
-.driver-no-animation {
+.driver-stage-no-animation {
   -webkit-transition: none !important;
   -moz-transition: none !important;
   -ms-transition: none !important;
   -o-transition: none !important;
   transition: none !important;
+
+  background: transparent !important;
+  -webkit-appearance: none;
+  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75);
 }
 
 div#driver-page-overlay {
@@ -145,7 +150,7 @@ div#driver-page-overlay {
   zoom: 1;
   filter: alpha(opacity=75);
   opacity: 0.75;
-  z-index: $overlay-zindex !important;
+  z-index: $overlay-z-index !important;
 
   -webkit-transition: all $animation-sec;
   -moz-transition: all $animation-sec;
@@ -161,8 +166,9 @@ div#driver-highlighted-element-stage {
   height: 50px;
   width: 300px;
   background: $stage-bg;
-  z-index: $stage-zindex !important;
+  z-index: $stage-z-index !important;
   display: none;
+  border-radius: 2px;
 
   -webkit-transition: all $animation-sec;
   -moz-transition: all $animation-sec;
@@ -172,7 +178,7 @@ div#driver-highlighted-element-stage {
 }
 
 .driver-highlighted-element {
-  z-index: $highlighted-element-zindex !important;
+  z-index: $highlighted-element-z-index !important;
 }
 
 .driver-position-relative {