import { useEffect } from "react"; const useOnClickOutside = (htmlNode: HTMLElement | null, handler: (event?: MouseEvent | TouchEvent) => void): void => { useEffect( () => { if (htmlNode) { const listener = (event: MouseEvent | TouchEvent) => { // Do nothing if clicking ref's element or descendent elements if (htmlNode.contains(event.target as Node)) { return; } handler(event); }; document.addEventListener("mousedown", listener); document.addEventListener("touchstart", listener); return () => { document.removeEventListener("mousedown", listener); document.removeEventListener("touchstart", listener); }; } return undefined; }, // 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. [htmlNode, handler] ); }; export default useOnClickOutside;