Algolia autocomplete not visible with material input field - css

Question

I am using material web components in my project, as well as an algolia autocomplete.js. I have made a search input field where I would like to show the results in an autocomplete dropdown menu. This is the html:
<form action="/search" method="get">
<div class="mdc-text-field mdc-text-field--box mdc-text-field--with-leading-icon">
<i class="material-icons mdc-text-field__icon" tabindex="0">search</i>
<input name="q"
type="text"
class="mdc-text-field__input search-input-js aa-input-search"
placeholder="Search for players and videos ..."
aria-label="Full-Width Text Field">
</div>
</form>
And this is the css:
.algolia-autocomplete {
display: flex!important;
flex: auto!important;
height: 100%;
}
.aa-dropdown-menu {
position: relative;
top: -6px;
border-radius: 3px;
margin: 6px 0 0;
padding: 0;
text-align: left;
height: auto;
position: relative;
background: $white;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
width: 100%;
left: 0 !important;
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 2px 3px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
.aa-dropdown-menu:before {
position: absolute;
content: '';
width: 14px;
height: 14px;
background: #fff;
z-index: 0;
top: -7px;
border-top: 1px solid #D9D9D9;
border-right: 1px solid #D9D9D9;
transform: rotate(-45deg);
border-radius: 2px;
z-index: 999;
display: block;
left: 24px;
}
.aa-dropdown-menu .aa-suggestions {
position: relative;
z-index: 1000;
}
.aa-dropdown-menu [class^="aa-dataset-"] {
position: relative;
border: 0;
border-radius: 3px;
overflow: auto;
padding: 8px 8px 8px;
color: #3c3e42;
font-weight: 500;
}
.aa-dropdown-menu * {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.aa-suggestion {
padding: 0 4px 0;
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 38px;
clear: both;
}
.aa-suggestion span {
white-space: nowrap !important;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
overflow: hidden;
display: block;
float: left;
line-height: 1em;
width: calc(100% - 30px);
}
.aa-suggestion.aa-cursor {
background-color: transparent;
}
.aa-suggestion em {
color: #00bcd4;
font-weight: 700;
}
.aa-suggestion img {
float: left;
height: 44px;
width: 44px;
margin-right: 6px;
}
.aa-suggestion a {
color: #3c3e42;
}
.aa-suggestions-category {
font-weight: 700;
color: #3c3e42;
border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(102, 105, 105, 0.17);
}
.powered-by-algolia {
padding-left: 15px;
border-top: 1px solid rgba(102, 105, 105, 0.17);
display: flex;
align-items: center;
height: 30px;
}
.aa-input-container {
display: inline-block;
position: relative; }
.aa-input-search {
width: 100%;
height: 30px;
padding: 12px 28px 12px 12px;
box-sizing: border-box;
-webkit-appearance: none;
-moz-appearance: none;
appearance: none; }
.aa-input-search::-webkit-search-decoration, .aa-input-search::-webkit-search-cancel-button, .aa-input-search::-webkit-search-results-button, .aa-input-search::-webkit-search-results-decoration {
display: none;
}
.media {
margin: 10px 0;
}
.media-body {
p {
margin: 0;
}
}
The problem I have is that the dropdown menu is not visible with the mdc-text-field--box if I am not using the box field and I am instead using the normal field then the dropdown menu is visible. How can I fix this so that the dropdown menu is also visible with the mdc-text-field--box?

Answer 1

You should update the CSS in order to override the overflow on .mdc-text-field--box and update the pseudo elements.
.mdc-text-field--box {
overflow: visible;
}
.mdc-text-field--box:after,
.mdc-text-field--box:before {
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
You can find an example on the jsFiddle also.