From e5a6b9cb25f16430d9aecc5e6cc7f45b84ba36eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ella=20van=C2=A0Durpe?= <ella@vandurpe.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:06:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Only set position if static

---
 packages/dom/src/dom.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/dom/src/dom.js b/packages/dom/src/dom.js
index 04b90d9be4e82f..7e7d9d76001228 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/dom.js
+++ b/packages/dom/src/dom.js
@@ -381,9 +381,14 @@ function hiddenCaretRangeFromPoint( doc, x, y, container ) {
 	const originalZIndex = container.style.zIndex;
 	const originalPosition = container.style.position;
 
+	const { position = 'static' } = getComputedStyle( container );
+
 	// A z-index only works if the element position is not static.
+	if ( position === 'static' ) {
+		container.style.position = 'relative';
+	}
+
 	container.style.zIndex = '10000';
-	container.style.position = 'relative';
 
 	const range = caretRangeFromPoint( doc, x, y );