I was migrating my app’s modal from old <ui-modal> to new polaris web component’s <s-modal> and notice the weird positioning on the screen. Old via <ui-modal>: [Screenshot 2026-03-30 at 18.01.46] New via <s-modal> (shifted down a bit on a screen and no longer centered): [Screenshot 2026-03-30 …

Hey @andreas-x4149 - just following up from our other thread here. Thanks for the detailed screenshots and repro on this one, super helpful. The positioning difference between <s-modal> and <ui-modal> does sound potentially unexpected to me. I’ve flagged this internally on our end and will loop bac…

@Alan_G Please check this one also. it is also related to modal. Thanks! [image] S-modal not working properly in RTL (Hebrew/Arabic) layouts Polaris @Anthony_Frehner Any update regarding above issue ? Thanks!

Weird positioning of <s-modal> compared to old <ui-modal> on screen

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shat_Eng April 13, 2026, 5:40am 4

@Alan_G Please check this one also. it is also related to modal.
Thanks!

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Weird positioning of <s-modal> compared to old <ui-modal> on screen

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