REACT

useClickOutside Hook

A custom React Hook to detect clicks outside a component (e.g. modals/dropdowns) with TypeScript support

ReactHooksDOMUI

Code

import { useEffect, RefObject } from 'react';

type Handler = (event: MouseEvent | TouchEvent) => void;

function useClickOutside<T extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement>(
  ref: RefObject<T>,
  handler: Handler,
  listenCapturing = true
): void {
  useEffect(() => {
    const listener = (event: MouseEvent | TouchEvent) => {
      const el = ref?.current;
      __TOKEN_15__ (!el || el.contains(event.target as Node)) {
        return;
      }
      handler(event);
    };

    document.addEventListener('click', listener, listenCapturing);
    document.addEventListener('touchstart', listener, listenCapturing);

    __TOKEN_17__ () => {
      document.removeEventListener('click', listener, listenCapturing);
      document.removeEventListener('touchstart', listener, listenCapturing);
    };
  }, [ref, handler, listenCapturing]);
}

// Usage example
// const modalRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
// useClickOutside(modalRef, () => setIsModalOpen(false));