import React from "react"; export default function useOnClickOutside( ref: React.RefObject, handler: (event: MouseEvent) => void, ) { React.useEffect( () => { const listener = (event: any) => { // Do nothing if clicking ref's element or descendent elements if (!ref.current || ref.current.contains(event.target)) { return; } 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], ); }