fix(menu): update to use overlay backdrop

e2e/components/menu/menu.e2e.ts

@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ describe('menu', () => {
     expect(page.menu().getText()).toEqual("One\nTwo\nThree\nFour");
   });
 
-  it('should close menu when area outside menu is clicked', () => {
-    page.trigger().click();
-    page.body().click();
-    page.expectMenuPresent(false);
-  });
-
   it('should close menu when menu item is clicked', () => {
     page.trigger().click();
     page.items(0).click();

src/lib/menu/menu-directive.ts

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import {UP_ARROW, DOWN_ARROW, TAB} from '../core';
   exportAs: 'mdMenu'
 })
 export class MdMenu {
-  _showClickCatcher: boolean = false;
   private _focusedItemIndex: number = 0;
 
   // config object to be passed into the menu's ngClass
@@ -61,15 +60,6 @@ export class MdMenu {
 
   @Output() close = new EventEmitter;
 
-  /**
-   * This function toggles the display of the menu's click catcher element.
-   * This element covers the viewport when the menu is open to detect clicks outside the menu.
-   * TODO: internal
-   */
-  _setClickCatcher(bool: boolean): void {
-    this._showClickCatcher = bool;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Focus the first item in the menu. This method is used by the menu trigger
    * to focus the first item when the menu is opened by the ENTER key.

src/lib/menu/menu-trigger.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
     HorizontalConnectionPos,
     VerticalConnectionPos
 } from '../core';
+import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/Subscription';
 
 /**
  * This directive is intended to be used in conjunction with an md-menu tag.  It is
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export class MdMenuTrigger implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
   private _portal: TemplatePortal;
   private _overlayRef: OverlayRef;
   private _menuOpen: boolean = false;
+  private _backdropSubscription: Subscription;
 
   // tracking input type is necessary so it's possible to only auto-focus
   // the first item of the list when the menu is opened via the keyboard
@@ -70,13 +72,15 @@ export class MdMenuTrigger implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
     if (!this._menuOpen) {
       this._createOverlay();
       this._overlayRef.attach(this._portal);
+      this._subscribeToBackdrop();
       this._initMenu();
     }
   }
 
   closeMenu(): void {
     if (this._overlayRef) {
       this._overlayRef.detach();
+      this._backdropSubscription.unsubscribe();
       this._resetMenu();
     }
   }
@@ -85,13 +89,29 @@ export class MdMenuTrigger implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
     if (this._overlayRef) {
       this._overlayRef.dispose();
       this._overlayRef = null;
+
+      if (this._backdropSubscription) {
+        this._backdropSubscription.unsubscribe();
+      }
     }
   }
 
   focus() {
     this._renderer.invokeElementMethod(this._element.nativeElement, 'focus');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This method ensures that the menu closes when the overlay backdrop is clicked.
+   * We do not use first() here because doing so would not catch clicks from within
+   * the menu, and it would fail to unsubscribe properly. Instead, we unsubscribe
+   * explicitly when the menu is closed or destroyed.
+   */
+  private _subscribeToBackdrop(): void {
+    this._backdropSubscription = this._overlayRef.backdropClick().subscribe(() => {
+      this.closeMenu();
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * This method sets the menu state to open and focuses the first item if
    * the menu was opened via the keyboard.
@@ -120,7 +140,6 @@ export class MdMenuTrigger implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
   // set state rather than toggle to support triggers sharing a menu
   private _setIsMenuOpen(isOpen: boolean): void {
     this._menuOpen = isOpen;
-    this.menu._setClickCatcher(isOpen);
     this._menuOpen ? this.onMenuOpen.emit(null) : this.onMenuClose.emit(null);
   }
 
@@ -152,6 +171,8 @@ export class MdMenuTrigger implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
   private _getOverlayConfig(): OverlayState {
     const overlayState = new OverlayState();
     overlayState.positionStrategy = this._getPosition();
+    overlayState.hasBackdrop = true;
+    overlayState.backdropClass = 'md-overlay-transparent-backdrop';
     return overlayState;
   }
 

src/lib/menu/menu.html

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
     <ng-content></ng-content>
   </div>
 </template>
-<div class="md-menu-click-catcher" *ngIf="_showClickCatcher" (click)="_emitCloseEvent()"></div>
+

src/lib/menu/menu.scss

@@ -52,8 +52,4 @@ $md-menu-vertical-padding: 8px !default;
 
 button[md-menu-item] {
   width: 100%;
-}
-
-.md-menu-click-catcher {
-  @include md-fullscreen();
-}
+}

src/lib/menu/menu.spec.ts

@@ -1,40 +1,58 @@
 import {TestBed, async} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {Component, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
-import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {MdMenuModule, MdMenuTrigger} from './menu';
+import {OverlayContainer} from '../core/overlay/overlay-container';
 
 
 describe('MdMenu', () => {
+  let overlayContainerElement: HTMLElement;
 
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [MdMenuModule.forRoot()],
       declarations: [SimpleMenu],
+      providers: [
+        {provide: OverlayContainer, useFactory: () => {
+          overlayContainerElement = document.createElement('div');
+          return {getContainerElement: () => overlayContainerElement};
+        }}
+      ]
     });
 
     TestBed.compileComponents();
   }));
 
   it('should open the menu as an idempotent operation', () => {
-    let fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SimpleMenu);
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SimpleMenu);
     fixture.detectChanges();
-    let menu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.md-menu-panel'));
-    expect(menu).toBe(null);
+    expect(overlayContainerElement.textContent).toBe('');
     expect(() => {
       fixture.componentInstance.trigger.openMenu();
       fixture.componentInstance.trigger.openMenu();
 
-      menu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.md-menu-panel'));
-      expect(menu.nativeElement.innerHTML.trim()).toEqual('Content');
+      expect(overlayContainerElement.textContent.trim()).toBe('Content');
     }).not.toThrowError();
   });
+
+  it('should close the menu when a click occurs outside the menu', () => {
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SimpleMenu);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    fixture.componentInstance.trigger.openMenu();
+
+    const backdrop = <HTMLElement>overlayContainerElement.querySelector('.md-overlay-backdrop');
+    backdrop.click();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    expect(overlayContainerElement.textContent).toBe('');
+  });
+
 });
 
 @Component({
   template: `
     <button [md-menu-trigger-for]="menu">Toggle menu</button>
     <md-menu #menu="mdMenu">
-      Content
+      <button md-menu-item> Content </button>
     </md-menu>
   `
 })