close element if clicked outside

src/components/UserControls.js

@@ -1,24 +1,41 @@
-import React from "react";
+import React, { useRef } from "react";
 import '../css/components/UserControls.css';
 import { useLoginContext } from "../structures/UserContext";
+import ClickDetector from "../util/ClickDetector";
+import { clearSession, post } from "../util/Util";
 
 const UserControls = () => {
 
-    const [user] = useLoginContext();
+    const [user, updateUser] = useLoginContext();
+    const detailsRef = useRef();
 
     if (!user) return;
 
-    return <details className='dropdown user-controls'>
+    const logOut = async () => {
+        const response = await post('/api/logout');
+        if (response.status === 200) {
+            clearSession();
+            updateUser();
+        }
+    };
+
+    return <ClickDetector callback={() => {
+        if (detailsRef.current) detailsRef.current.removeAttribute('open');
+    }}>
+        <details ref={detailsRef} className='dropdown user-controls'>
             <summary className="is-vertical-align">
                 Hello {user.displayName}
                 <img className="profile-picture" src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/187613017733726210/ee764860975d78bfd52652c6ddaed47b.webp?size=64"></img>
             </summary>
+        
             <div className="card">
                 <p><a href="#">Profile</a></p>
-            <hr/>
-            <p><a href="#" className="text-error">Logout</a></p>
+                <hr />
+                <p><a onClick={logOut} href="#" className="text-error">Logout</a></p>
             </div>
-    </details>;
+        
+        </details>
+    </ClickDetector >;
 
 };
 

src/util/ClickDetector.js

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+
+const alerter = (ref, callback) => {
+    useEffect(() => {
+
+        const listener = (event) => {
+            if (ref.current && !ref.current.contains(event.target)) {
+                return callback();
+            }
+        };
+
+        document.addEventListener('mousedown', listener);
+
+        return () => {
+            document.removeEventListener('mousedown', listener);
+        };
+
+    }, [ref]);
+};
+
+// Component wrapper to enable listening for clicks outside of the given component
+const ClickDetector = ({ children, callback }) => {
+
+    const wrapperRef = useRef(null);
+    alerter(wrapperRef, callback);
+
+    return (
+        <div ref={wrapperRef}>
+            {children}
+        </div>
+    );
+
+};
+
+export default ClickDetector;