How to prevent modal close when child popup element gets a click event outside itself

ionic-v1
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I have an ionicmodal that has an ionicpopup button within it. The modal needs to stay open in the background while the popup opens over it. currently if I click in the shaded area outside the popup the modal will close behind it. Is their a way to prevent this behavior?

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ionicModal has an option to avoid closing the modal when the backdrop is clicked:

backdropClickToClose