Expected behavior Dropdon menu in collapse nav bar should expand the nav area when menu is shown instead of displaying as an overlay

Actual behavior Basically it seems that the dropdown always displays an overlay for the menu items even when the nav bar is collapsed.

I need the dropdown to behave the same as the bootstrap example. i.e. when the nav bar is collapsed the dropdown menu displays within the nav bar when expanded and not over it:

E.g. mdbootstrap angular dropdown in nav:

Bootstrap example with dropdown in nav bar:

This is the mark-up used for the mdbootstrap dropdown: Navbar

<!-- Toggle button -->
<button
  class="navbar-toggler"
  type="button"
  (click)="navbarNavDarkDropdown.toggle()"
  data-bs-toggle="collapse"
  data-bs-target="#navbarNavDarkDropdown"
  aria-controls="navbarNavDarkDropdown"
  aria-expanded="false"
  aria-label="Toggle navigation"
>
  <i class="material-icons" data-icon="menu"></i>
</button>

<!-- Collapsible wrapper -->
<div
  class="collapse navbar-collapse"
  id="navbarNavDarkDropdown"
  mdbCollapse
  #navbarNavDarkDropdown="mdbCollapse"
>
  <!-- Left links -->
  <ul class="navbar-nav">
    <li mdbDropdown class="nav-item dropdown" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
      <a
        class="nav-link dropdown-toggle"
        href="javascript:void(0)"
        id="navbarDarkDropdownMenuLink"
        role="button"
        mdbDropdownToggle
        data-bs-toggle="dropdown"
        aria-expanded="false"
      >
        Dropdown link
      </a>
      <ul
        mdbDropdownMenu
        class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-dark"
        aria-labelledby="navbarDarkDropdownMenuLink"
      >
        <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
        <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
        <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>
<!-- Collapsible wrapper -->

How do I get the same behaviour from the MDBootstrap angular components as for the pure bootstrap components.

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