Method _resolvePanel

src/material/menu/menu.ts:524–536

Gets the menu panel DOM node.

()

  /** Gets the menu panel DOM node. */
  private _resolvePanel(): HTMLElement | null {
    let menuPanel: HTMLElement | null = null;

    if (this._directDescendantItems.length) {
      // Because the `mat-menuPanel` is at the DOM insertion point, not inside the overlay, we don't
      // have a nice way of getting a hold of the menuPanel panel. We can't use a `ViewChild` either
      // because the panel is inside an `ng-template`. We work around it by starting from one of
      // the items and walking up the DOM.
      menuPanel = this._directDescendantItems.first!._getHostElement().closest('[role="menu"]');
    }

    return menuPanel;
  }
}