OpenClaw Dashboard Skill Modal Patch#

Use this skill when the OpenClaw dashboard Skills page becomes non-responsive and clicking a skill row fails to open the detail modal.

Trigger symptom#

DevTools shows:

text

InvalidStateError: Failed to execute 'showModal' on 'HTMLDialogElement': The element is not in a Document.

Fix procedure#

1. Open the live bundle: sh

   nano /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/openclaw/dist/control-ui/assets/skills-m2TVOQPH.js
   
   

2. Search for: text

   showModal()
   
   

3. Replace: js

   ${r(e=>{!(e instanceof HTMLDialogElement)||e.open||e.showModal()})}
   
   

   with: js

   ${r(e=>{if(!(e instanceof HTMLDialogElement)||e.open)return;let t=()=>{if(e.open)return;try{e.showModal()}catch{setTimeout(()=>{try{e.showModal()}catch{}},0)}};e.isConnected?t():setTimeout(t,0)})}
   
   

4. Save the file and exit.

5. Hard reload the dashboard:

   • Cmd+Shift+R

6. Click a skill row and confirm the modal opens.

Notes#

• This is a UI timing bug, not a skills backend failure.
• If the asset filename changes in a future OpenClaw build, apply the same patch to the current skills-*.js bundle referenced by DevTools.