[Feature request] MatDialog config option to disable scroll-blocking

[Tobbyte]

Bug, feature request, or proposal:

Feature request

What is the expected behavior?

A config option to disable the scroll-blocking behavior of a dialog
(so that the underlaying page could be used as without the dialog)

What is the current behavior?

There's an option to disable to backdrop hasBackdrop but the underlaying site still isn't scrollable (but clickable though)

What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?

With this feature it would be possible to "pin" a dialog like gmails compose-email window.

[Adrian1907]

Help me please to find some explanation how to set scroll strategy for MatDialog in configs.

[crisbeto]

You can pass it in as an option when you open the dialog @Adrian1907:

constructor(public dialog: MatDialog, overlay: Overlay) {
    dialog.open(JazzDialog, {
      scrollStrategy: overlay.scrollStrategies.noop()
    });
  }

[Adrian1907]

@crisbeto Does it require any imports? My editor tells me:

Cannot find name 'overlay'

[crisbeto]

You have to import {Overlay} from '@angular/cdk/overlay';.

[Adrian1907]

@crisbeto Thanks, now it works!