Root Child

Root Child is a React component which will render its children as descendants of the root <body> element. This is handy in cases where you want to fix an element to the bounds of the page, without worrying that an ancestor positioning may impact the child's style.

Usage

import { RootChild } from '@automattic/components';

export default function MyComponent() {
    return (
        <div className="my-component">
            <span>This text will be a child of MyComponent</span>
            <RootChild>
                <span>This text will be a child of the root element, not of MyComponent</span>
            </RootChild>
        </div>
    );
}

Notes

The <RootChild /> children are wrapped in a single <div /> element, so they are not truly direct descendants of the <body> element.