In my Angular Material website, a context menu pops up with an md-backdrop whenever the md-menu is shown. Clicking outside the md-menu closes it by triggering the md-backdrop click event.
However, I would like to capture that ng-click event. For instance, if a md-button on the webpage triggers a md-menu to pop up, clicking the button does not work because it activates the md-backdrop instead. This results in having to click twice - once to close the md-menu and then again to actually click the button.
I am looking for a way to propagate the click event beyond the md-backdrop to reach the md-button. Alternatively, I want to understand how to completely disable the md-backdrop feature.