From a7c786987d0bf112b4341a95c1365bbe8333e469 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cory LaViska <cory@abeautifulsite.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:08:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] backport fix for 1548

---
 docs/pages/resources/changelog.md       | 1 +
 src/components/popup/popup.component.ts | 9 +++------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/pages/resources/changelog.md b/docs/pages/resources/changelog.md
index deb67d792..9f87be4f7 100644
--- a/docs/pages/resources/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/pages/resources/changelog.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ New versions of Web Awesome are released as-needed and generally occur when a cr
 
 - Fixed a bug in the autoloader causing it to register non-Shoelace elements [#1563]
 - Fixed a bug in `<wa-switch>` that resulted in improper spacing between the label and the required asterisk [#1540]
+- Removed error when a missing popup anchor is provided [#1548]
 - Updated `@ctrl/tinycolor` to 4.0.1 [#1542]
 - Updated Bootstrap Icons to 1.11.0
 
diff --git a/src/components/popup/popup.component.ts b/src/components/popup/popup.component.ts
index e339215f2..d98a489f9 100644
--- a/src/components/popup/popup.component.ts
+++ b/src/components/popup/popup.component.ts
@@ -247,13 +247,10 @@ export default class WaPopup extends WebAwesomeElement {
       this.anchorEl = this.anchorEl.assignedElements({ flatten: true })[0] as HTMLElement;
     }
 
-    if (!this.anchorEl) {
-      throw new Error(
-        'Invalid anchor element: no anchor could be found using the anchor slot or the anchor attribute.'
-      );
+    // If the anchor is valid, start it up
+    if (this.anchorEl) {
+      this.start();
     }
-
-    this.start();
   }
 
   private start() {