Making a widget popup/popover another widget

Setup, Configuration and Use Items & Sitemaps
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I tried to do the same in one widget, however, it did not work. After splitting it in two widget - the main widget and the popover widget - it worked. The related question as well as the YAML code can be found here:

CustomWidget PopOver - Item from parameter does not use the configuration of the specific widget, but the last widget