A Portal web component for Elm

elm-portal.js

window.customElements.define("elm-portal", class extends HTMLElement {
  // Base custom element stuff
  constructor() {
    super();
    this._targetNode = document.createElement('div');
  }

  connectedCallback() {
    document.querySelector(this.getAttribute("data-target-selector")).appendChild(this._targetNode);
  }
  
  disconnectedCallback() {
    document.querySelector(this.getAttribute("data-target-selector")).removeChild(this._targetNode);
  }

  // Re-implementations of HTMLElement functions
  get childNodes() {
    return this._targetNode.childNodes;
  }

  replaceData(...args) {
    return this._targetNode.replaceData(...args);
  }

  removeChild(...args) {
    return this._targetNode.removeChild(...args);
  }

  insertBefore(...args) {
    return this._targetNode.insertBefore(...args);
  }
  appendChild(...args) {
    // To cooperate with the Elm runtime
    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
      return this._targetNode.appendChild(...args);
    });
  }
});