How can I detect a click outside my element? I'm using Vue.js so it's gonna be outside my templates element. I know how to do it in Vanilla JS, but I'm not sure if there's a more proper way to do it, when I'm using Vue.js?
This is the solution for Vanilla JS: Javascript Detect Click event outside of div
I guess I can use a better way to access the element?
Keep in attention that this solution only works with Vue 1.
Can be solved nicely by setting up a custom directive once:
Vue.directive('click-outside', {
bind () {
this.event = event => this.vm.$emit(this.expression, event)
this.el.addEventListener('click', this.stopProp)
document.body.addEventListener('click', this.event)
},
unbind() {
this.el.removeEventListener('click', this.stopProp)
document.body.removeEventListener('click', this.event)
},
stopProp(event) { event.stopPropagation() }
})
Usage:
<div v-click-outside="nameOfCustomEventToCall">
Some content
</div>
In the component:
events: {
nameOfCustomEventToCall: function (event) {
// do something - probably hide the dropdown menu / modal etc.
}
}
Working Demo on JSFiddle with additional info about caveats:
There is the solution I used, which is based on Linus Borg answer and works fine with vue.js 2.0.
Vue.directive('click-outside', {
bind: function (el, binding, vnode) {
el.clickOutsideEvent = function (event) {
// here I check that click was outside the el and his children
if (!(el == event.target || el.contains(event.target))) {
// and if it did, call method provided in attribute value
vnode.context[binding.expression](event);
}
};
document.body.addEventListener('click', el.clickOutsideEvent)
},
unbind: function (el) {
document.body.removeEventListener('click', el.clickOutsideEvent)
},
});
You bind to it using v-click-outside:
<div v-click-outside="doStuff">
You can find some more info about custom directives and what el, binding, vnode means in https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/custom-directive.html#Directive-Hook-Arguments
Add tabindex attribute to your component so that it can be focused and do the following:
<template>
<div
@focus="handleFocus"
@focusout="handleFocusOut"
tabindex="0"
>
SOME CONTENT HERE
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
methods: {
handleFocus() {
// do something here
},
handleFocusOut() {
// do something here
}
}
}
</script>
This answer is based on MadisonTrash's great answer above but updated to use new Vue 3 syntax.
Vue 3 now uses beforeMount instead of bind, and unmounted instead of unbind (src).
const clickOutside = {
beforeMount: (el, binding) => {
el.clickOutsideEvent = event => {
// here I check that click was outside the el and his children
if (!(el == event.target || el.contains(event.target))) {
// and if it did, call method provided in attribute value
binding.value();
}
};
document.addEventListener("click", el.clickOutsideEvent);
},
unmounted: el => {
document.removeEventListener("click", el.clickOutsideEvent);
},
};
createApp(App)
.directive("click-outside", clickOutside)
.mount("#app");
This Worked for me with Vue.js 2.5.2 :
/**
* Call a function when a click is detected outside of the
* current DOM node ( AND its children )
*
* Example :
*
* <template>
* <div v-click-outside="onClickOutside">Hello</div>
* </template>
*
* <script>
* import clickOutside from '../../../../directives/clickOutside'
* export default {
* directives: {
* clickOutside
* },
* data () {
* return {
showDatePicker: false
* }
* },
* methods: {
* onClickOutside (event) {
* this.showDatePicker = false
* }
* }
* }
* </script>
*/
export default {
bind: function (el, binding, vNode) {
el.__vueClickOutside__ = event => {
if (!el.contains(event.target)) {
// call method provided in v-click-outside value
vNode.context[binding.expression](event)
event.stopPropagation()
}
}
document.body.addEventListener('click', el.__vueClickOutside__)
},
unbind: function (el, binding, vNode) {
// Remove Event Listeners
document.removeEventListener('click', el.__vueClickOutside__)
el.__vueClickOutside__ = null
}
}
I did it a slightly different way using a function within created().
created() {
window.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
if (!this.$el.contains(e.target)){
this.showMobileNav = false
}
})
},
This way, if someone clicks outside of the element, then in my case, the mobile nav is hidden.
Hope this helps!
I have combined all answers (including a line from vue-clickaway) and came up with this solution that works for me:
Vue.directive('click-outside', {
bind(el, binding, vnode) {
var vm = vnode.context;
var callback = binding.value;
el.clickOutsideEvent = function (event) {
if (!(el == event.target || el.contains(event.target))) {
return callback.call(vm, event);
}
};
document.body.addEventListener('click', el.clickOutsideEvent);
},
unbind(el) {
document.body.removeEventListener('click', el.clickOutsideEvent);
}
});
Use in component:
<li v-click-outside="closeSearch">
<!-- your component here -->
</li>
export default {
bind: function (el, binding, vNode) {
// Provided expression must evaluate to a function.
if (typeof binding.value !== 'function') {
const compName = vNode.context.name
let warn = `[Vue-click-outside:] provided expression '${binding.expression}' is not a function, but has to be`
if (compName) { warn += `Found in component '${compName}'` }
console.warn(warn)
}
// Define Handler and cache it on the element
const bubble = binding.modifiers.bubble
const handler = (e) => {
if (bubble || (!el.contains(e.target) && el !== e.target)) {
binding.value(e)
}
}
el.__vueClickOutside__ = handler
// add Event Listeners
document.addEventListener('click', handler)
},
unbind: function (el, binding) {
// Remove Event Listeners
document.removeEventListener('click', el.__vueClickOutside__)
el.__vueClickOutside__ = null
}
}
I have updated MadisonTrash's answer to support Mobile Safari (which does not have click event, touchend must be used instead). This also incorporates a check so that the event isn't triggered by dragging on mobile devices.
Vue.directive('click-outside', {
bind: function (el, binding, vnode) {
el.eventSetDrag = function () {
el.setAttribute('data-dragging', 'yes');
}
el.eventClearDrag = function () {
el.removeAttribute('data-dragging');
}
el.eventOnClick = function (event) {
var dragging = el.getAttribute('data-dragging');
// Check that the click was outside the el and its children, and wasn't a drag
if (!(el == event.target || el.contains(event.target)) && !dragging) {
// call method provided in attribute value
vnode.context[binding.expression](event);
}
};
document.addEventListener('touchstart', el.eventClearDrag);
document.addEventListener('touchmove', el.eventSetDrag);
document.addEventListener('click', el.eventOnClick);
document.addEventListener('touchend', el.eventOnClick);
}, unbind: function (el) {
document.removeEventListener('touchstart', el.eventClearDrag);
document.removeEventListener('touchmove', el.eventSetDrag);
document.removeEventListener('click', el.eventOnClick);
document.removeEventListener('touchend', el.eventOnClick);
el.removeAttribute('data-dragging');
},
});
Vue 3 has breaking changes in directives, all of <Vue3 methods were changed/updated. If you wonder, how to do it in Vue 3, Here's the snippet. For information please go through this link
<div v-click-outside="methodToInvoke"></div>
click-outside.js
export default {
beforeMount: function (el, binding, vnode) {
binding.event = function (event) {
if (!(el === event.target || el.contains(event.target))) {
if (binding.value instanceof Function) {
binding.value(event)
}
}
}
document.body.addEventListener('click', binding.event)
},
unmounted: function (el, binding, vnode) {
document.body.removeEventListener('click', binding.event)
}
}
and In main.js add the following
// Directives
import ClickOutside from './click-outside'
createApp(App)
.directive('click-outside', ClickOutside)
.use(IfAnyModules)
.mount('#app')
This is a complete solution based on MadisonTrash answer, and benrwb and fredrivett tweaks for safari compatibility and vue 3 api changes.
The solution proposed below is still useful, and the how to use is still valid, but I changed it to use document.elementsFromPoint instead of event.contains because it doesn't recognise as children some elements like the <path> tags inside svgs. So the right directive is this one:
export default {
beforeMount: (el, binding) => {
el.eventSetDrag = () => {
el.setAttribute("data-dragging", "yes");
};
el.eventClearDrag = () => {
el.removeAttribute("data-dragging");
};
el.eventOnClick = event => {
const dragging = el.getAttribute("data-dragging");
// Check that the click was outside the el and its children, and wasn't a drag
console.log(document.elementsFromPoint(event.clientX, event.clientY))
if (!document.elementsFromPoint(event.clientX, event.clientY).includes(el) && !dragging) {
// call method provided in attribute value
binding.value(event);
}
};
document.addEventListener("touchstart", el.eventClearDrag);
document.addEventListener("touchmove", el.eventSetDrag);
document.addEventListener("click", el.eventOnClick);
document.addEventListener("touchend", el.eventOnClick);
},
unmounted: el => {
document.removeEventListener("touchstart", el.eventClearDrag);
document.removeEventListener("touchmove", el.eventSetDrag);
document.removeEventListener("click", el.eventOnClick);
document.removeEventListener("touchend", el.eventOnClick);
el.removeAttribute("data-dragging");
},
};
const clickOutside = {
beforeMount: (el, binding) => {
el.eventSetDrag = () => {
el.setAttribute("data-dragging", "yes");
};
el.eventClearDrag = () => {
el.removeAttribute("data-dragging");
};
el.eventOnClick = event => {
const dragging = el.getAttribute("data-dragging");
// Check that the click was outside the el and its children, and wasn't a drag
if (!(el == event.target || el.contains(event.target)) && !dragging) {
// call method provided in attribute value
binding.value(event);
}
};
document.addEventListener("touchstart", el.eventClearDrag);
document.addEventListener("touchmove", el.eventSetDrag);
document.addEventListener("click", el.eventOnClick);
document.addEventListener("touchend", el.eventOnClick);
},
unmounted: el => {
document.removeEventListener("touchstart", el.eventClearDrag);
document.removeEventListener("touchmove", el.eventSetDrag);
document.removeEventListener("click", el.eventOnClick);
document.removeEventListener("touchend", el.eventOnClick);
el.removeAttribute("data-dragging");
},
}
createApp(App)
.directive("click-outside", clickOutside)
.mount("#app");
This solution watch the element and the element's children of the component where the directive is applied to check if the event.target element is also a child. If that's the case it will not trigger, because it's inside the component.
You only have to use as any directive, with a method reference to handle the trigger:
<template>
<div v-click-outside="myMethod">
<div class="handle" @click="doAnotherThing($event)">
<div>Any content</div>
</div>
</div>
</template>
I use this code:
show-hide button
<a @click.stop="visualSwitch()"> show hide </a>
show-hide element
<div class="dialog-popup" v-if="visualState" @click.stop=""></div>
script
data () { return {
visualState: false,
}},
methods: {
visualSwitch() {
this.visualState = !this.visualState;
if (this.visualState)
document.addEventListener('click', this.visualState);
else
document.removeEventListener('click', this.visualState);
},
},
Update: remove watch; add stop propagation
I hate additional functions so... here is an awesome vue solution without an additional vue methods, only var
<p @click="popup = !popup" v-out="popup">
<div v-if="popup">
My awesome popup
</div>
data:{
popup: false,
}
Vue.directive('out', {
bind: function (el, binding, vNode) {
const handler = (e) => {
if (!el.contains(e.target) && el !== e.target) {
//and here is you toggle var. thats it
vNode.context[binding.expression] = false
}
}
el.out = handler
document.addEventListener('click', handler)
},
unbind: function (el, binding) {
document.removeEventListener('click', el.out)
el.out = null
}
})
You can register two event listeners for click event like this
document.getElementById("some-area")
.addEventListener("click", function(e){
alert("You clicked on the area!");
e.stopPropagation();// this will stop propagation of this event to upper level
}
);
document.body.addEventListener("click",
function(e) {
alert("You clicked outside the area!");
}
);
I create a div at the end of the body like that:
<div v-if="isPopup" class="outside" v-on:click="away()"></div>
Where .outside is :
.outside {
width: 100vw;
height: 100vh;
position: fixed;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
}
And away() is a method in Vue instance :
away() {
this.isPopup = false;
}
Easy, works well.
You can emit custom native javascript event from a directive. Create a directive that dispatches an event from the node, using node.dispatchEvent
let handleOutsideClick;
Vue.directive('out-click', {
bind (el, binding, vnode) {
handleOutsideClick = (e) => {
e.stopPropagation()
const handler = binding.value
if (el.contains(e.target)) {
el.dispatchEvent(new Event('out-click')) <-- HERE
}
}
document.addEventListener('click', handleOutsideClick)
document.addEventListener('touchstart', handleOutsideClick)
},
unbind () {
document.removeEventListener('click', handleOutsideClick)
document.removeEventListener('touchstart', handleOutsideClick)
}
})
Which can be used like this
h3( v-out-click @click="$emit('show')" @out-click="$emit('hide')" )
If you have a component with multiple elements inside of the root element you can use this It just works™ solution with a boolean.
<template>
<div @click="clickInside"></div>
<template>
<script>
export default {
name: "MyComponent",
methods: {
clickInside() {
this.inside = true;
setTimeout(() => (this.inside = false), 0);
},
clickOutside() {
if (this.inside) return;
// handle outside state from here
}
},
created() {
this.__handlerRef__ = this.clickOutside.bind(this);
document.body.addEventListener("click", this.__handlerRef__);
},
destroyed() {
document.body.removeEventListener("click", this.__handlerRef__);
},
};
</script>
<button
class="dropdown"
@click.prevent="toggle"
ref="toggle"
:class="{'is-active': isActiveEl}"
>
Click me
</button>
data() {
return {
isActiveEl: false
}
},
created() {
window.addEventListener('click', this.close);
},
beforeDestroy() {
window.removeEventListener('click', this.close);
},
methods: {
toggle: function() {
this.isActiveEl = !this.isActiveEl;
},
close(e) {
if (!this.$refs.toggle.contains(e.target)) {
this.isActiveEl = false;
}
},
},
The short answer: This should be done with Custom Directives.
There are a lot of great answers here that also say this, but most of the answers I have seen break down when you start using outside-click extensively (especially layered or with multiple excludes). I have written an article on medium talking about the nuances of Custom Directives and specifically implementation of this one. It may not cover all edge cases but it has covered everything I have thought up.
This will account for multiple bindings, multiple levels of other element exclusions and allow your handler to only manage the "business logic".
Here's the code for at least the definition portion of it, check out the article for full explanation.
var handleOutsideClick={}
const OutsideClick = {
// this directive is run on the bind and unbind hooks
bind (el, binding, vnode) {
// Define the function to be called on click, filter the excludes and call the handler
handleOutsideClick[el.id] = e => {
e.stopPropagation()
// extract the handler and exclude from the binding value
const { handler, exclude } = binding.value
// set variable to keep track of if the clicked element is in the exclude list
let clickedOnExcludedEl = false
// if the target element has no classes, it won't be in the exclude list skip the check
if (e.target._prevClass !== undefined) {
// for each exclude name check if it matches any of the target element's classes
for (const className of exclude) {
clickedOnExcludedEl = e.target._prevClass.includes(className)
if (clickedOnExcludedEl) {
break // once we have found one match, stop looking
}
}
}
// don't call the handler if our directive element contains the target element
// or if the element was in the exclude list
if (!(el.contains(e.target) || clickedOnExcludedEl)) {
handler()
}
}
// Register our outsideClick handler on the click/touchstart listeners
document.addEventListener('click', handleOutsideClick[el.id])
document.addEventListener('touchstart', handleOutsideClick[el.id])
document.onkeydown = e => {
//this is an option but may not work right with multiple handlers
if (e.keyCode === 27) {
// TODO: there are minor issues when escape is clicked right after open keeping the old target
handleOutsideClick[el.id](e)
}
}
},
unbind () {
// If the element that has v-outside-click is removed, unbind it from listeners
document.removeEventListener('click', handleOutsideClick[el.id])
document.removeEventListener('touchstart', handleOutsideClick[el.id])
document.onkeydown = null //Note that this may not work with multiple listeners
}
}
export default OutsideClick
There are already many answers to this question, and most of them are based on the similar custom directive idea. The problem with this approach is that one have to pass a method function to the directive, and cannot directly write code as in other events.
I created a new package vue-on-clickout that is different. Check it out at:
It allows one to write v-on:clickout just like any other events. For example, you can write
<div v-on:clickout="myField=value" v-on:click="myField=otherValue">...</div>
and it works.
vue-on-clickout now supports Vue 3!
vue-on-clickout is now replaced by a new package Clickout-Event which works for any front-end framework (or vanilla)!
Just if anyone is looking how to hide modal when clicking outside the modal. Since modal usually has its wrapper with class of modal-wrap or anything you named it, you can put @click="closeModal" on the wrapper. Using event handling stated in vuejs documentation, you can check if the clicked target is either on the wrapper or on the modal.
methods: {
closeModal(e) {
this.event = function(event) {
if (event.target.className == 'modal-wrap') {
// close modal here
this.$store.commit("catalog/hideModal");
document.body.removeEventListener("click", this.event);
}
}.bind(this);
document.body.addEventListener("click", this.event);
},
}<div class="modal-wrap" @click="closeModal">
<div class="modal">
...
</div>
<div>@Denis Danilenko solutions works for me, here's what I did: By the way I'm using VueJS CLI3 and NuxtJS here and with Bootstrap4, but it will work on VueJS without NuxtJS also:
<div
class="dropdown ml-auto"
:class="showDropdown ? null : 'show'">
<a
href="#"
class="nav-link"
role="button"
id="dropdownMenuLink"
data-toggle="dropdown"
aria-haspopup="true"
aria-expanded="false"
@click="showDropdown = !showDropdown"
@blur="unfocused">
<i class="fas fa-bars"></i>
</a>
<div
class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right"
aria-labelledby="dropdownMenuLink"
:class="showDropdown ? null : 'show'">
<nuxt-link class="dropdown-item" to="/contact">Contact</nuxt-link>
<nuxt-link class="dropdown-item" to="/faq">FAQ</nuxt-link>
</div>
</div>
export default {
data() {
return {
showDropdown: true
}
},
methods: {
unfocused() {
this.showDropdown = !this.showDropdown;
}
}
}
It's simple and reliable, currently used by many other packages. You can also reduce your javascript bundle size by calling the package only in the required components (see example below).
npm install vue-click-outside
<template>
<div>
<div v-click-outside="hide" @click="toggle">Toggle</div>
<div v-show="opened">Popup item</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import ClickOutside from 'vue-click-outside'
export default {
data () {
return {
opened: false
}
},
methods: {
toggle () {
this.opened = true
},
hide () {
this.opened = false
}
},
mounted () {
// prevent click outside event with popupItem.
this.popupItem = this.$el
},
// do not forget this section
directives: {
ClickOutside
}
}
</script>
You can create new component which handle outside click
Vue.component('click-outside', {
created: function () {
document.body.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
if (!this.$el.contains(e.target)) {
this.$emit('clickOutside');
})
},
template: `
<template>
<div>
<slot/>
</div>
</template>
`
})
And use this component:
<template>
<click-outside @clickOutside="console.log('Click outside Worked!')">
<div> Your code...</div>
</click-outside>
</template>
I'm not sure if someone will ever see this answer but here it is. The idea here is to simply detect if any click was done outside the element itself.
I first start by giving an id to the main div of my "dropdown".
<template>
<div class="relative" id="dropdown">
<div @click="openDropdown = !openDropdown" class="cursor-pointer">
<slot name="trigger" />
</div>
<div
class="absolute mt-2 w-48 origin-top-right right-0 text-red bg-tertiary text-sm text-black"
v-show="openDropdown"
@click="openDropdown = false"
>
<slot name="content" />
</div>
</div>
</template>
And then I just loop thru the path of the mouse event and see if the div with my id "dropdown" is there. If it is, then we good, if it is no, then we close the dropdown.
<script>
export default {
data() {
return {
openDropdown: false,
};
},
created() {
document.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
let me = false;
for (let index = 0; index < e.path.length; index++) {
const element = e.path[index];
if (element.id == "dropdown") {
me = true;
return;
}
}
if (!me) this.openDropdown = false;
});
}
};
</script>
I'm pretty sure this can bring performance issues if you have many nested elements, but I found this as the most lazy-friendly way of doing it.
I have a solution for handling toggle dropdown menu:
export default {
data() {
return {
dropdownOpen: false,
}
},
methods: {
showDropdown() {
console.log('clicked...')
this.dropdownOpen = !this.dropdownOpen
// this will control show or hide the menu
$(document).one('click.status', (e)=> {
this.dropdownOpen = false
})
},
}
