How to close a mat dialog without a backdrop on clicking outside?

Question

How Can I close the dialog in this stackblitz example (Minimal, Reproducible Example.) by clicking outside ?

This works fine if I remove the property hasBackdrop: false -> Working Stackblitz Example

Answer 1

In a nutshell, you need to do your own click handling - listen to clicks and determine whether or not they are outside the dialog. This allows you to not trap the click event the way that the backdrop does. Here's a StackBlitz example based on yours:

@Component({
  selector: 'dialog-overview-example',
  templateUrl: 'dialog-overview-example.html',
  styleUrls: ['dialog-overview-example.css'],
})
export class DialogOverviewExample {

  @HostListener('document:click', ['$event'])
  clickout(event) {
    if (this.clickoutHandler) {
      this.clickoutHandler(event);
    }
  }

  animal: string;
  name: string;

  clickoutHandler: Function;

  dialogRef: MatDialogRef<DialogOverviewExampleDialog>;

  constructor(public dialog: MatDialog) {}

  openDialog(): void {
    setTimeout(() => {
      this.dialogRef = this.dialog.open(DialogOverviewExampleDialog, {
        width: '250px',
        hasBackdrop: false
      });

      this.dialogRef.afterOpened().subscribe(() => {
        this.clickoutHandler = this.closeDialogFromClickout;
      });

      this.dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe(() => {
        this.clickoutHandler = null;
      });
    });
  }

  closeDialogFromClickout(event: MouseEvent) {
    const matDialogContainerEl = this.dialogRef.componentInstance.hostElement.nativeElement.parentElement;
    const rect = matDialogContainerEl.getBoundingClientRect()
    if(event.clientX <= rect.left || event.clientX >= rect.right || 
        event.clientY <= rect.top || event.clientY >= rect.bottom) {
      this.dialogRef.close();
    }
  }
}

@Component({
  selector: 'dialog-overview-example-dialog',
  templateUrl: 'dialog-overview-example-dialog.html',
})
export class DialogOverviewExampleDialog {

  constructor(
    public hostElement: ElementRef,
    public dialogRef: MatDialogRef<DialogOverviewExampleDialog>,
    @Inject(MAT_DIALOG_DATA) public data: DialogData) {
  }

  onNoClick(): void {
    this.dialogRef.close();
  }
}