Handle Outside Clicks in React with TypeScript

1 import { RefObject, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
2 
3 const events = [`mousedown`, `touchstart`, `mouseup`, `touchend`];
4 
5 type useClickOutsideProps = {
6   ref: RefObject<HTMLElement | undefined>;
7   callback: () => void;
8 };
9 
10 export const useOutsideClick = ({ ref, callback }: useOutsideClickProps) => {
11   useEffect(() => {
12     const handleClickOutside = (event: MouseEvent | TouchEvent) => {
13       if (ref.current && !ref.current.contains(event.target as Node)) {
14         callback();
15       }
16     };
17 
18     for (const event of events) {
19       document.addEventListener(event, handleClickOutside);
20     }
21 
22     return () => {
23       for (const event of events) {
24         document.removeEventListener(event, handleClickOutside);
25       }
26     };
27   }, [callback]);
28 };