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#controller #signal #stop #eventlistener #abort

const controller = new AbortController();
const { signal } = controller;

element.addEventListener('click', () => {
  // do whatever 
}, { signal }); 

teardown() {
  super.teardown();
  controller.abort();
}

#javascript #eventlistener

Detect click outside element (vanilla JavaScript) - Stack Overflow

let specifiedElement = document.getElementById('a');
 
//I'm using "click" but it works with any event
document.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
  let isClickInside = specifiedElement.contains(event.target);
 
  if (!isClickInside) {
    //the click was outside the specifiedElement, do something
  }
});

Tells event listener to stop

Detect click outside element (vanilla JavaScript) - Stack Overflow

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