Detect Clicks Anywhere on a Page in React
Detect clicks anywhere outside a React component to close UI or trigger a function. We'll walk through how we can use click handlers to detect what was clicked, if it's outside the focused element in this case a search dropdown, and dismiss the UI. We'll even see how we can also close the UI by listening for someone hitting the ESC key. 🧰 Resources Tutorial: https://spacejelly.dev/posts/how-to-d... Code: https://github.com/colbyfayock/my-sea... Demo: https://my-search-ui.vercel.app/ 📺 YouTube: https://youtube.com/colbyfayock?sub_c... 🐦 Twitter: / colbyfayock 📹 Twitch: / colbyfayock ✉️ Newsletter: https://www.colbyfayock.com/newsletter/ 🎥 What I Use: https://www.colbyfayock.com/uses #colbyfayock #reactjs #astrojs #javascript #webdevelopment

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