---
category: Sensors
---

# onClickOutside

Listen for clicks outside of an element. Useful for modal or dropdown.

## Usage

```vue
<script setup lang="ts">
import { onClickOutside } from '@vueuse/core';
import { useTemplateRef } from 'vue';

const target = useTemplateRef('target');

onClickOutside(target, (event) => console.log(event));
</script>

<template>
  <div ref="target">Hello world</div>
  <div>Outside element</div>
</template>
```

If you need more control over triggering the handler, you can use the `controls` option.

```ts
const { cancel, trigger } = onClickOutside(
  modalRef,
  (event) => {
    modal.value = false;
  },
  { controls: true },
);

useEventListener('pointermove', (e) => {
  cancel();
  // or
  trigger(e);
});
```

If you want to ignore certain elements, you can use the `ignore` option. Provide the elements to ignore as an array of Refs or CSS Selectors.

```ts
const ignoreElRef = useTemplateRef('ignoreEl');
const ignoreElSelector = '.ignore-el';

onClickOutside(target, (event) => console.log(event), { ignore: [ignoreElRef, ignoreElSelector] });
```

## Component Usage

```vue
<template>
  <OnClickOutside
    :options="{
      ignore: [
        /* ... */
      ],
    }"
    @trigger="count++"
  >
    <div>Click Outside of Me</div>
  </OnClickOutside>
</template>
```

## Directive Usage

```vue
<script setup lang="ts">
import { vOnClickOutside } from '@vueuse/components';
import { shallowRef } from 'vue';

const modal = shallowRef(false);
function closeModal() {
  modal.value = false;
}
</script>

<template>
  <button @click="modal = true">Open Modal</button>
  <div v-if="modal" v-on-click-outside="closeModal">Hello World</div>
</template>
```

You can also set the handler as an array to set the configuration items of the instruction.

```vue
<script setup lang="ts">
import { vOnClickOutside } from '@vueuse/components';
import { shallowRef, useTemplateRef } from 'vue';

const modal = shallowRef(false);

const ignoreElRef = useTemplateRef('ignoreEl');

const onClickOutsideHandler = [
  (ev) => {
    console.log(ev);
    modal.value = false;
  },
  { ignore: [ignoreElRef] },
];
</script>

<template>
  <button @click="modal = true">Open Modal</button>

  <div ref="ignoreElRef">click outside ignore element</div>

  <div v-if="modal" v-on-click-outside="onClickOutsideHandler">Hello World</div>
</template>
```

## Type Declarations

```ts
export interface OnClickOutsideOptions<
  Controls extends boolean = false,
> extends ConfigurableWindow {
  /**
   * List of elements that should not trigger the event,
   * provided as Refs or CSS Selectors.
   */
  ignore?: MaybeRefOrGetter<(MaybeElementRef | string)[]>;
  /**
   * Use capturing phase for internal event listener.
   * @default true
   */
  capture?: boolean;
  /**
   * Run handler function if focus moves to an iframe.
   * @default false
   */
  detectIframe?: boolean;
  /**
   * Use controls to cancel/trigger listener.
   * @default false
   */
  controls?: Controls;
}
export type OnClickOutsideHandler<
  T extends OnClickOutsideOptions<boolean> = OnClickOutsideOptions,
> = (
  event:
    | (T['detectIframe'] extends true ? FocusEvent : never)
    | (T['controls'] extends true ? Event : never)
    | PointerEvent,
) => void;
interface OnClickOutsideControlsReturn {
  stop: Fn;
  cancel: Fn;
  trigger: (event: Event) => void;
}
/**
 * Listen for clicks outside of an element.
 *
 * @see https://vueuse.org/onClickOutside
 * @param target
 * @param handler
 * @param options
 */
export declare function onClickOutside<T extends OnClickOutsideOptions>(
  target: MaybeComputedElementRef,
  handler: OnClickOutsideHandler<T>,
  options?: T,
): Fn;
export declare function onClickOutside<T extends OnClickOutsideOptions<true>>(
  target: MaybeComputedElementRef,
  handler: OnClickOutsideHandler<T>,
  options: T,
): OnClickOutsideControlsReturn;
```