Click anywhere to close dropdown in React

by Abdul Rawoof A R Updated: Jan 24, 2023

In this kit, we're going to see how to implement click anywhere to close dropdown in React with simple steps. Use 'toggle Dropdown' to list the inputs we are giving. Dropdowns are toggleable, contextual overlays for displaying lists of links and more. Like overlays, Dropdowns are built using a third-party library Popper.js, which provides dynamic positioning and viewport detection. Using react we can achieve this easily. Add required libraries related to the task to complete. To implement this use ready-made code snippet below with simple steps. Just copy the code snippet and paste it in your IDE with required library. Explore more top trending libraries and snippets on kandi. Start working on your projects.

Fig : Preview of the output that you will get on running this code from your IDE.

Code

In this solution we are using React library.

click anywhere to close dropdown in react

JavaScriptLines of Code : 34License : CC BY-SA 4.0

import React from "react";

class Dropdown extends React.Component {
  state = {
    open: false
  };

  toggleDropdown() {
    this.setState({ open: !this.state.open });
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div
        style={{ border: "1px solid #CCC" }}
        onBlur={() => this.toggleDropdown()}
        onFocus={() => this.toggleDropdown()}
        tabIndex="0"
      >
        Dropdown
        {this.state.open && (
          <div>
            <div>Red</div>
            <div>Green</div>
            <div>Blue</div>
          </div>
        )}
      </div>
    );
  }
}

export default Dropdown;

Instructions

Follow the steps carefully to get the output easily.

Install the Node.js and React on your IDE(preferable Visual Studio Code).
Create React Application using npx create-react-app foldername.
cd foldername.
Open the folder in IDE.
Copy the code using "copy" button above then create a file in the name of Dropdown.js and paste it in that Dropdown.js file.
Import this Dropdown.js file into index.js(also please refer demo given below to get the output as same as in the snap).
Open the terminal from IDE.
npm start to run the file.

You can also refer this url 'DEMO' for getting the above output.

I hope you found this useful. I have added the link to dependent libraries, version information in the following sections.

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Environment Tested

I tested this solution in the following versions. Be mindful of changes when working with other versions.

The solution is created in Visual Studio Code 1.73.1.
The solution is tested on node v18.12.1 and npm v8.19.2.
React version-18.2.0.

Using this solution, we are able to implement click anywhere to close dropdown in React with simple steps. This process also facilities an easy way to use, hassle-free method to create a hands-on working version of code which would help us to implement click anywhere to close dropdown in React.