import * as React from 'react'; import { useEffect, RefObject } from 'react'; // Hook export function useOnClickInside( ref: RefObject, handler: (event: MouseEvent | TouchEvent) => void ): void { useEffect( () => { const listener = (event: MouseEvent | TouchEvent) => { // Do nothing if clicking ref's element or descendent elements if (!ref.current || ref.current.contains(event.target as Node)) { handler(event); } }; document.addEventListener('mousedown', listener); document.addEventListener('touchstart', listener); return () => { document.removeEventListener('mousedown', listener); document.removeEventListener('touchstart', listener); }; }, // Add ref and handler to effect dependencies // It's worth noting that because passed in handler is a new ... // ... function on every render that will cause this effect ... // ... callback/cleanup to run every render. It's not a big deal ... // ... but to optimize you can wrap handler in useCallback before ... // ... passing it into this hook. [ref, handler] ); }