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react-outer-click
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React component and hook which detect mouse clicks outside of itself.
React component and hook which detect mouse clicks outside of an element.
useOuterClick
Hook (recommended)useOuterClick(refs, handler);
refs
a single ref or array of refs to not be handled the user has clickedhandler
callback function to be called when the user has clickedimport { useOuterClick } from 'react-outer-click';
const Example = (props) => {
const el = useRef(null);
useOuterClick(el, (event) => {
event.preventDefault();
console.log('Clicked outside');
});
return <div ref={el}>Example</div>;
};
OuterClick
Component<OuterClick onOuterClick={}></OuterClick>
children
elements that will not be handled when clickedonOuterClick
callback function to be called when the user has clickedimport { OuterClick } from 'react-outer-click';
const Example = (props) => {
return (
<OuterClick
onOuterClick={() => {
event.preventDefault();
console.log('Clicked outside');
}}
>
Example
</OuterClick>
);
};
:warning: Previous versions of react-outer-click allowed
OuterClick
to be imported as default export. This is no longer supported and has been removed.
:information_source: The OuterClick
component will wrap your children with a <div>
element, and any additional props will be passed down. You can change the element rendered with the as
prop:
...
<OuterClick as="span" onOuterClick={...}>
Example
</OuterClick>
...
Requires a minimum of React version 16.8.0. If you're on an older version of React, then checkout v1.
v3.8.0 - 2022-04-14
OuterClick
component.FAQs
React component and hook which detect mouse clicks outside of itself.
We found that react-outer-click demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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