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React Hook for Detecting Clicks Outside a Component: This is a simple and efficient way to detect clicks outside a React component. By using the MutableRefObject and useEffect hooks from React, you can easily listen to mousedown events on the document and trigger a callback function when a click outside of a component is detected. This is useful…
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| import { MutableRefObject, useEffect,useState } from 'react'; | |
| // Define the type for the hook, which takes two arguments: a reference to a component and a callback function | |
| type OutsideNotifierHook = ( | |
| ref: MutableRefObject<any>, // The reference to the component | |
| onOutsideClick: (isInside: false) => void // The callback function that will be triggered when a click outside of the component is detected | |
| ) => void; | |
| // The implementation of the hook, which will be exported for use in other components |