webcomponents - hide dropdown menu on [removed]

Question

dropdown menu is created in shadowDOM

almost perfect, but the problem is how to hide the dropdown menu when click on any where else in window

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Answer 1

The best solution, as @guitarino suggested is to define a dropdown menu custom element.

When the menu is clicked, call a (first) event handler that will show/hide the menu, and also add/remove a (second) dropdown event handler on window.

At its turn, the (second) dropdown event handler will call the first event handler only if the action is outside the custom element itself.

connectedCallback()
{        
    //mousedown anywhere
    this.mouse_down = ev => !this.contains( ev.target ) && toggle_menu()

    //toggle menu and window listener 
    var toggle_menu = () => 
    {
        if ( this.classList.toggle( 'show' ) )
            window.addEventListener( 'mousedown', this.mouse_down )
        else
            window.removeEventListener( 'mousedown', this.mouse_down )
    }

    //click on menu
    this.addEventListener( 'click', toggle_menu )   
}

It works with or without Shadow DOM:

customElements.define( 'drop-menu', class extends HTMLElement 
{
  constructor ()
  {
    super()
    this.attachShadow( { mode: 'open'} )
        .innerHTML = ''
  }

  connectedCallback()
  {        
    //mousedown anywhere
    this.mouse_down = ev => !this.contains( ev.target ) && toggle_menu()
        
    //toggle menu and window listener 
    var toggle_menu = () => 
    {
      if ( this.classList.toggle( 'show' ) )
        window.addEventListener( 'mousedown', this.mouse_down )
      else
        window.removeEventListener( 'mousedown', this.mouse_down )
    }

    //click on menu
    this.addEventListener( 'click', toggle_menu )   
  }

  disconnectedCallback ()
  {
    this.removeEventListener( 'mousedown', this.mouse_down )
  }
} )

drop-menu  {
    position: relative ;
    cursor: pointer ;
    display: inline-block ;
}

drop-menu > output {
    border: 1px solid #ccc ;
    padding: 2px 5px ;
}

drop-menu > ul {
    box-sizing: content-box ;
    position: absolute ;
    top: 2px ; left: 5px ;
    width: 200px;
    list-style: none ;
    border: 1px solid #ccc ;
    padding: 0 ;
    opacity: 0 ;
    transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out ;
    background: white ;
    visibility: hidden ;
    z-index: 2 ;

}

drop-menu.show  > ul {
    opacity: 1 ;
    visibility: visible ;
}

drop-menu > ul > li {
    overflow: hidden ;
    transition: font 0.2s ease-in-out ;
    padding: 2px 5px ;
    background-color: #e7e7e7;
}

drop-menu:hover {
    cursor: pointer;
    background-color: #f2f2f2;
}

drop-menu  ul li:hover {
    background-color: #e0e0e0;
}

drop-menu ul li span {
    float: right;
    color: #f9f9f9;
    background-color: #f03861;
    padding: 2px 5px;
    border-radius: 3px;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: .8rem;
}

drop-menu ul li:hover span {
    background-color: #ee204e;
}

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