Click anywhere to close dropdown in React

In React, we can close the dropdown list by clicking anywhere, getting a reference to the div element, and assigning the value of "none" to the element. style. display property.

A graphical user interface element provides users with a list of possibilities and lets them choose one value from the list, known as a "Dropdown". It allows users to pick an item from a list that we created. Two different types of dropdowns are used for navigations and forms. The tag used to display the dropdown values is the select tag, or we can use the option tag also. We can also close the dropdown list after a few seconds in JavaScript. We can do this with an anonymous function if you prefer setTimeout.

The method used to close the Dropdown when clicked anywhere,

•  Checked up the document using a mouseup event.
• The method that returns the first ancestor of the selected element in the DOM is called the closest() method.
• Using the hide() method, we can hide the element.

Here is an example on how you can implement Click anywhere to close the Dropdown in React:

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.

Instructions

Follow the steps carefully to get the output easily.

1. Install the Node.js and React on your IDE(preferable Visual Studio Code).
2. Create React Application using npx create-react-app foldername.
3. cd foldername.
4. Open the folder in IDE.
5. 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.
6. Import this Dropdown.js file into index.js(also please refer demo given below to get the output as same as in the snap).
7. Open the terminal from IDE.
8. 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.

1. The solution is created in Visual Studio Code 1.73.1.
2. The solution is tested on node v18.12.1 and npm v8.19.2.
3. 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.

Dependent Library

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