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+import {MenuSurfaceBase} from '@material/mwc-menu/mwc-menu-surface-base.js';
+import {styles} from '@material/mwc-menu/mwc-menu-surface.css.js';
+import {html, css} from 'lit';
+import {customElement, query} from 'lit/decorators.js';
+import {classMap} from 'lit/directives/class-map.js';
+import {styleMap} from 'lit/directives/style-map.js';
+
+/** */
+@customElement('mushroom-select-menu-surface')
+export class MenuSurface extends MenuSurfaceBase {
+  static override styles = [
+    styles,
+    css`
+      dialog {
+        border: 0px;
+      }
+    
+      dialog::backdrop {
+        /* must still be clickable */
+        opacity: 0;
+      }
+    
+      slot {
+        /* Makes slot clickable */
+        display: block;
+      }`
+  ];
+
+  @query('dialog') dialogEl!: HTMLDialogElement | null;
+
+  override renderSurface() {
+    const classes = this.getRootClasses();
+    const styles = this.getRootStyles();
+
+    // swap out div for dialog
+    return html`
+      <dialog
+          class=${classMap(classes)}
+          style="${styleMap(styles)}"
+          @click=${this.onScrimClick}
+          @keydown=${this.onKeydown}
+          @opened=${this.registerBodyClick}
+          @closed=${this.deregisterBodyClick}>
+        ${this.renderContent()}
+      </dialog>`;
+  }
+
+  protected onScrimClick(e: Event) {
+    // This would be false if the contents of the dialog were clicked rather
+    // than the transparent scrim
+    if (e.target === this.dialogEl) {
+      this.open = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  override onOpenChanged(isOpen: boolean, wasOpen: boolean) {
+    super.onOpenChanged(isOpen, wasOpen);
+    if (this.dialogEl) {
+      if (isOpen) {
+        // MUST use showModal over `open` because this is the only thing that
+        // will trigger the browser's super special hoisting mechanism
+        this.dialogEl.showModal();
+      } else {
+        this.dialogEl.close();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    'mushroom-select-menu-surface': MenuSurface;
+  }
+}