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Detect Click Outside An Element Using Javascript | when-clicked-outside

Add a clicks listener to activate callback everywhere on the window except for the item you chose. Pure JavaScript library that detects and executes a callback function when you click on the outside(when-clicked-outside) of a particular DOM.

JS library, pass an element, and call this will start when you click anywhere other than the element.

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How to make use of it:

Install the when-clicked-outside and import it into your project.

# Yarn
$ yarn add @lukeboyle/when-clicked-outside

# NPM
$ npm install @lukeboyle/when-clicked-outside
import whenClickedOutside from '@lukeboyle/when-clicked-outside';

Include the compiled JavaScript file ‘when-clicked-outside.js’ on the web web page.

<script src="when-clicked-outside.js"></script>

Initialize the when clicked outside and specify the DOM aspect you need to maintain monitor of the clicking events.

<div id="element">
  ...
</div>
whenClickedOutside('#element', whenClickedOutsideCallback);

Execute a function as you click on the exterior of the component.

function whenClickedOutsideCallback(event) {
  alert('outside');
}

Detecting Click Outside Of A DOM Element, When Clicked Outside Github


See Demo And Download

Official Website(3stacks): Click Here

This superior jQuery/javascript plugin is developed by 3stacks. For extra Advanced Usages, please go to the official website.

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