get highest modal instance

ionic/components/action-menu/action-menu.js

@@ -86,11 +86,17 @@ export class ActionMenu extends Overlay {
    * @return Promise that resolves when the action menu is open.
    */
   static open(opts) {
-    return this.create(ActionMenu, opts);
+    return this.create(overlayType, ActionMenu, opts);
+  }
+
+  static get() {
+    return Modal.getByType(overlayType);
   }
 
 }
 
+const overlayType = 'actionmenu';
+
 
 /**
  * Animations for action sheet

ionic/components/alert/alert.scss

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ $alert-content-margin:              24px !default;
 }
 
 .alert-container {
-  z-index: $z-index-alert;
   display: block;
 
   width: $alert-width;

ionic/components/app/z-index.scss

@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ $z-index-swipe-handle:           5 !default;
 $z-index-toolbar-border:         20 !default;
 $z-index-list-border:            50 !default;
 $z-index-aside-overlay:          80 !default;
-$z-index-overlay:                100 !default;
-$z-index-alert:                  110 !default;
+$z-index-overlay:                1000 !default;
 $z-index-click-block:            9999 !default;

ionic/components/modal/modal.js

@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@ export class Modal extends Overlay {
 
   /* Static Methods */
   static open(ComponentType: Type, opts) {
-    return this.create(ComponentType, opts);
+    return this.create(overlayType, ComponentType, opts);
+  }
+
+  static get() {
+    return Modal.getByType(overlayType);
   }
 
 }
 
+const overlayType = 'modal';
+
 
 /**
  * Animations for modals

ionic/components/modal/test/basic/index.js

@@ -90,9 +90,8 @@ export class ModalFirstPage {
   }
 
   closeModal() {
-    // TODO(maxlynch): Figure out a much better way to get the parent ContactModal
-    var m = this.nav._nav.elementRef.parentView._view.context;
-    m.close();
+    let modal = Modal.get();
+    modal.close();
   }
 
   openActionMenu() {

ionic/components/overlay/overlay.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as util from 'ionic/util';
 export class Overlay {
 
   constructor() {
-    this.zIndex = rootIndex;
+    this.zIndex = Root_ZIndex;
     for (let i = 0; i < overlayStack.length; i++) {
       this.zIndex = overlayStack[i].zIndex + 1;
     }
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class Overlay {
   /* Instance Methods */
   open(opts) {
     let animationName = (opts && opts.animation) || this.options.enterAnimation;
-    let enterAnimation = Animation.create(this.domElement, animationName);
+    let enterAnimation = Animation.create(this._domElement, animationName);
     enterAnimation.before.addClass('show-overlay');
     ClickBlock(true, enterAnimation.duration() + 200);
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class Overlay {
   close(opts) {
     return new Promise(resolve => {
       let animationName = (opts && opts.animation) || this.options.leaveAnimation;
-      let leavingAnimation = Animation.create(this.domElement, animationName);
+      let leavingAnimation = Animation.create(this._domElement, animationName);
       leavingAnimation.after.removeClass('show-overlay');
       ClickBlock(true, leavingAnimation.duration() + 200);
 
@@ -58,12 +58,13 @@ export class Overlay {
 
 
   /* Static Methods */
-  static create(ComponentType: Type, opts) {
+  static create(overlayType, ComponentType: Type, opts) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       IonicRoot.append(ComponentType).then(ref => {
         let overlay = ref.instance;
+        overlay._type = overlayType;
         overlay._dispose = ref.dispose;
-        overlay.domElement = ref.elementRef.domElement;
+        overlay._domElement = ref.elementRef.domElement;
         overlay.extendOptions(opts);
         overlay.open(opts);
         resolve(overlay);
@@ -75,7 +76,16 @@ export class Overlay {
     });
   }
 
+  static getByType(overlayType) {
+    for (let i = overlayStack.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      if (overlayType == overlayStack[i]._type) {
+        return overlayStack[i];
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
 }
 
 let overlayStack = [];
-const rootIndex = 100;
+const Root_ZIndex = 1000;