Hi I am creating an app where the user can search for books by title. The user can search and each book result has a dropdown. so I have many dropdowns on a single page (the search results page). I am trying to make a dropdown close when the user clicks outside of the dropdown button (which is a div). Currently I can open the dropdown by clicking on the dropdown button and only close it when clicking on the dropdown button again. I need the dropdown to close when clicking anywhere except the dropdown options. How would I go about doing this?
ButtonDropDown.js
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import { BsFillCaretDownFill } from 'react-icons/bs';
const ButtonDropDown = ({ choices, label }) => {
const [active, setActive] = useState(false);
const toggleClass = () => {
setActive(!active);
};
return (
<div className="dropdown">
<button onClick={toggleClass} type="button" className="dropbtn">
<BsFillCaretDownFill />
</button>
<div
id="myDropdown"
className={`dropdown-content ${active ? `show` : `hide`}`}
>
<div>{label}</div>
{choices.map((choice) => (
<div>{choice}</div>
))}
</div>
</div>
);
};
ButtonDropDown.propTypes = {
choices: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string).isRequired,
label: PropTypes.string,
};
ButtonDropDown.defaultProps = {
label: 'Move to...',
};
export default ButtonDropDown;
Book.js
import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import ButtonDropDown from './ButtonDropDown';
const Book = ({ title, authors, thumbnail }) => {
return (
<div className="book">
<img src={thumbnail} alt={title} className="book-thumbnail" />
<div className="book-title">{title}</div>
<div className="book-authors">{authors}</div>
<ButtonDropDown
choices={['Currently Reading', 'Want to Read', 'Read', 'None']}
/>
</div>
);
};
// Move to..., currently reading, want to read, read, none
Book.propTypes = {
thumbnail: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
title: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
authors: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string),
};
Book.defaultProps = {
authors: [],
};
export default Book;
SearchPage.js
import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import { BsArrowLeftShort } from 'react-icons/bs';
// import { debounce } from 'debounce';
import SearchBar from '../components/SearchBar';
import { search } from '../api/BooksAPI';
import Book from '../components/Book';
const SearchPage = () => {
const [query, setQuery] = useState('');
const [data, setData] = useState([]);
// const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
const handleChange = (e) => {
setQuery(e.target.value);
};
useEffect(() => {
const bookSearch = setTimeout(() => {
if (query.length > 0) {
search(query).then((res) => {
if (res.length > 0) {
setData(res);
} else setData([]);
});
} else {
setData([]); // make sure data is not undefined
}
}, 1000);
// bookSearch();
// console.log(data); // undefined initially since we didnt search anything
return () => clearTimeout(bookSearch);
// if (data !== []) setIsLoading(false);
// setIsLoading(true);
}, [query]);
return (
<div>
<SearchBar
type="text"
searchValue={query}
placeholder="Search for a book"
icon={<BsArrowLeftShort />}
handleChange={handleChange}
/>
<div className="book-list">
{data !== []
? data.map((book) => (
<Book
key={book.id}
title={book.title}
authors={book.authors}
thumbnail={book.imageLinks.thumbnail}
/>
))
: 'ok'}
</div>
</div>
);
};
export default SearchPage;