I Almost Gave Up... But One Console Log Changed Everything

Short summary

A developer debugged a modal that opened then closed instantly by shifting from guessing ('What is broken?') to evidence-gathering ('Who is closing it?'). Discovered the click event fired both open and close handlers simultaneously; switching to mousedown fixed it. Demonstrates that effective debugging means asking better questions and collecting evidence through logging rather than randomly changing code.

• •Reframed debugging question from 'What is broken?' to 'Who is closing the modal?'
• •Found root cause: click event fired both open and close handlers simultaneously
• •Solution: switched from 'click' to 'mousedown' event listener

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