Unselect record table records on table body click (#8306)

We have previously fixed the unselection of table records on click
outside. However, the ref was mispositioned as it selected the full
height table. In the case of low record numbers, we also want the
unselection to happen on table body click

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTable.tsx

@@ -3,14 +3,20 @@ import { isNonEmptyString, isNull } from '@sniptt/guards';
 
 import { RecordTableComponentInstance } from '@/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTableComponentInstance';
 import { RecordTableContextProvider } from '@/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTableContextProvider';
+import { RECORD_TABLE_CLICK_OUTSIDE_LISTENER_ID } from '@/object-record/record-table/constants/RecordTableClickOutsideListenerId';
 import { RecordTableEmptyState } from '@/object-record/record-table/empty-state/components/RecordTableEmptyState';
+import { useRecordTable } from '@/object-record/record-table/hooks/useRecordTable';
 import { RecordTableBody } from '@/object-record/record-table/record-table-body/components/RecordTableBody';
 import { RecordTableBodyEffect } from '@/object-record/record-table/record-table-body/components/RecordTableBodyEffect';
+import { RecordTableBodyUnselectEffect } from '@/object-record/record-table/record-table-body/components/RecordTableBodyUnselectEffect';
 import { RecordTableHeader } from '@/object-record/record-table/record-table-header/components/RecordTableHeader';
 import { isRecordTableInitialLoadingComponentState } from '@/object-record/record-table/states/isRecordTableInitialLoadingComponentState';
 import { recordTablePendingRecordIdComponentState } from '@/object-record/record-table/states/recordTablePendingRecordIdComponentState';
 import { tableRowIdsComponentState } from '@/object-record/record-table/states/tableRowIdsComponentState';
+import { DragSelect } from '@/ui/utilities/drag-select/components/DragSelect';
+import { useClickOutsideListener } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useClickOutsideListener';
 import { useRecoilComponentValueV2 } from '@/ui/utilities/state/component-state/hooks/useRecoilComponentValueV2';
+import { useRef } from 'react';
 
 const StyledTable = styled.table`
   border-radius: ${({ theme }) => theme.border.radius.sm};
@@ -32,11 +38,17 @@ export const RecordTable = ({
   objectNameSingular,
   onColumnsChange,
 }: RecordTableProps) => {
+  const tableBodyRef = useRef<HTMLTableElement>(null);
+
   const isRecordTableInitialLoading = useRecoilComponentValueV2(
     isRecordTableInitialLoadingComponentState,
     recordTableId,
   );
 
+  const { toggleClickOutsideListener } = useClickOutsideListener(
+    RECORD_TABLE_CLICK_OUTSIDE_LISTENER_ID,
+  );
+
   const tableRowIds = useRecoilComponentValueV2(
     tableRowIdsComponentState,
     recordTableId,
@@ -47,6 +59,10 @@ export const RecordTable = ({
     recordTableId,
   );
 
+  const { resetTableRowSelection, setRowSelected } = useRecordTable({
+    recordTableId,
+  });
+
   const recordTableIsEmpty =
     !isRecordTableInitialLoading &&
     tableRowIds.length === 0 &&
@@ -67,15 +83,32 @@ export const RecordTable = ({
         viewBarId={viewBarId}
       >
         <RecordTableBodyEffect />
+        <RecordTableBodyUnselectEffect
+          tableBodyRef={tableBodyRef}
+          recordTableId={recordTableId}
+        />
         {recordTableIsEmpty ? (
           <RecordTableEmptyState />
         ) : (
-          <StyledTable className="entity-table-cell">
+          <>
+            <StyledTable className="entity-table-cell" ref={tableBodyRef}>
               <RecordTableHeader
                 objectMetadataNameSingular={objectNameSingular}
               />
               <RecordTableBody />
             </StyledTable>
+            <DragSelect
+              dragSelectable={tableBodyRef}
+              onDragSelectionStart={() => {
+                resetTableRowSelection();
+                toggleClickOutsideListener(false);
+              }}
+              onDragSelectionChange={setRowSelected}
+              onDragSelectionEnd={() => {
+                toggleClickOutsideListener(true);
+              }}
+            />
+          </>
         )}
       </RecordTableContextProvider>
     </RecordTableComponentInstance>

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTableWithWrappers.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import styled from '@emotion/styled';
-import { useRef } from 'react';
 import { useRecoilCallback } from 'recoil';
 
 import { useDeleteOneRecord } from '@/object-record/hooks/useDeleteOneRecord';
@@ -7,15 +6,11 @@ import { FieldMetadata } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/FieldMetadata'
 import { RecordTable } from '@/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTable';
 import { EntityDeleteContext } from '@/object-record/record-table/contexts/EntityDeleteHookContext';
 import { ColumnDefinition } from '@/object-record/record-table/types/ColumnDefinition';
-import { DragSelect } from '@/ui/utilities/drag-select/components/DragSelect';
 import { ScrollWrapper } from '@/ui/utilities/scroll/components/ScrollWrapper';
 import { useSaveCurrentViewFields } from '@/views/hooks/useSaveCurrentViewFields';
 import { mapColumnDefinitionsToViewFields } from '@/views/utils/mapColumnDefinitionToViewField';
 
 import { RecordUpdateContext } from '../contexts/EntityUpdateMutationHookContext';
-import { useRecordTable } from '../hooks/useRecordTable';
-
-import { RecordTableInternalEffect } from './RecordTableInternalEffect';
 
 const StyledTableWithHeader = styled.div`
   height: 100%;
@@ -45,12 +40,6 @@ export const RecordTableWithWrappers = ({
   recordTableId,
   viewBarId,
 }: RecordTableWithWrappersProps) => {
-  const tableBodyRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-
-  const { resetTableRowSelection, setRowSelected } = useRecordTable({
-    recordTableId,
-  });
-
   const { saveViewFields } = useSaveCurrentViewFields(viewBarId);
 
   const { deleteOneRecord } = useDeleteOneRecord({ objectNameSingular });
@@ -72,25 +61,14 @@ export const RecordTableWithWrappers = ({
         <RecordUpdateContext.Provider value={updateRecordMutation}>
           <StyledTableWithHeader>
             <StyledTableContainer>
-              <StyledTableInternalContainer ref={tableBodyRef}>
+              <StyledTableInternalContainer>
                 <RecordTable
                   viewBarId={viewBarId}
                   recordTableId={recordTableId}
                   objectNameSingular={objectNameSingular}
                   onColumnsChange={handleColumnsChange}
                 />
-                <DragSelect
-                  dragSelectable={tableBodyRef}
-                  onDragSelectionStart={() => {
-                    resetTableRowSelection();
-                  }}
-                  onDragSelectionChange={setRowSelected}
-                />
               </StyledTableInternalContainer>
-              <RecordTableInternalEffect
-                tableBodyRef={tableBodyRef}
-                recordTableId={recordTableId}
-              />
             </StyledTableContainer>
           </StyledTableWithHeader>
         </RecordUpdateContext.Provider>

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/record-table-body/components/RecordTableBodyUnselectEffect.tsx

@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ import { TableHotkeyScope } from '@/object-record/record-table/types/TableHotkey
 import { useScopedHotkeys } from '@/ui/utilities/hotkey/hooks/useScopedHotkeys';
 import { useListenClickOutsideV2 } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useListenClickOutsideV2';
 
-type RecordTableInternalEffectProps = {
+type RecordTableBodyUnselectEffectProps = {
-  recordTableId: string;
   tableBodyRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
+  recordTableId: string;
 };
 
-export const RecordTableInternalEffect = ({
+export const RecordTableBodyUnselectEffect = ({
-  recordTableId,
   tableBodyRef,
-}: RecordTableInternalEffectProps) => {
+  recordTableId,
-  const leaveTableFocus = useLeaveTableFocus(recordTableId);
+}: RecordTableBodyUnselectEffectProps) => {
+  const leaveTableFocus = useLeaveTableFocus();
 
   const { resetTableRowSelection, useMapKeyboardToSoftFocus } = useRecordTable({
     recordTableId,

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/drag-select/components/DragSelect.tsx

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { RefObject } from 'react';
 import {
   boxesIntersect,
   useSelectionContainer,
 } from '@air/react-drag-to-select';
 import { useTheme } from '@emotion/react';
+import { RefObject } from 'react';
 import { RGBA } from 'twenty-ui';
 
 import { useDragSelect } from '../hooks/useDragSelect';
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@ import { useDragSelect } from '../hooks/useDragSelect';
 type DragSelectProps = {
   dragSelectable: RefObject<HTMLElement>;
   onDragSelectionChange: (id: string, selected: boolean) => void;
-  onDragSelectionStart?: () => void;
+  onDragSelectionStart?: (event: MouseEvent) => void;
+  onDragSelectionEnd?: (event: MouseEvent) => void;
 };
 
 export const DragSelect = ({
   dragSelectable,
   onDragSelectionChange,
   onDragSelectionStart,
+  onDragSelectionEnd,
 }: DragSelectProps) => {
   const theme = useTheme();
   const { isDragSelectionStartEnabled } = useDragSelect();
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ export const DragSelect = ({
       return true;
     },
     onSelectionStart: onDragSelectionStart,
+    onSelectionEnd: onDragSelectionEnd,
     onSelectionChange: (box) => {
       const scrollAwareBox = {
         ...box,

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useClickOustideListenerStates.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { clickOutsideListenerCallbacksComponentState } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/clickOutsideListenerCallbacksComponentState';
 import { clickOutsideListenerIsActivatedComponentState } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/clickOutsideListenerIsActivatedComponentState';
 import { clickOutsideListenerIsMouseDownInsideComponentState } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/clickOutsideListenerIsMouseDownInsideComponentState';
-import { lockedListenerIdState } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/lockedListenerIdState';
+import { clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState';
 import { getScopeIdFromComponentId } from '@/ui/utilities/recoil-scope/utils/getScopeIdFromComponentId';
 import { extractComponentState } from '@/ui/utilities/state/component-state/utils/extractComponentState';
 
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ export const useClickOustideListenerStates = (componentId: string) => {
       clickOutsideListenerIsActivatedComponentState,
       scopeId,
     ),
-    lockedListenerIdState,
+    getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState: extractComponentState(
+      clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState,
+      scopeId,
+    ),
   };
 };

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useClickOutsideListener.ts

@@ -7,17 +7,14 @@ import {
   useListenClickOutsideV2,
 } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useListenClickOutsideV2';
 import { ClickOutsideListenerCallback } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/types/ClickOutsideListenerCallback';
-import { getScopeIdFromComponentId } from '@/ui/utilities/recoil-scope/utils/getScopeIdFromComponentId';
 import { toSpliced } from '~/utils/array/toSpliced';
 import { isDefined } from '~/utils/isDefined';
 
 export const useClickOutsideListener = (componentId: string) => {
-  // TODO: improve typing
-  const scopeId = getScopeIdFromComponentId(componentId) ?? '';
-
   const {
     getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState,
     getClickOutsideListenerCallbacksState,
+    getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState,
   } = useClickOustideListenerStates(componentId);
 
   const useListenClickOutside = <T extends Element>({
@@ -53,8 +50,15 @@ export const useClickOutsideListener = (componentId: string) => {
     ({ set }) =>
       (activated: boolean) => {
         set(getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState, activated);
+
+        if (!activated) {
+          set(getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState, false);
+        }
       },
-    [getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState],
+    [
+      getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState,
+      getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState,
+    ],
   );
 
   const registerOnClickOutsideCallback = useRecoilCallback(
@@ -148,7 +152,6 @@ export const useClickOutsideListener = (componentId: string) => {
   };
 
   return {
-    scopeId,
     useListenClickOutside,
     toggleClickOutsideListener,
     useRegisterClickOutsideListenerCallback,

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useListenClickOutsideV2.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export const useListenClickOutsideV2 = <T extends Element>({
   const {
     getClickOutsideListenerIsMouseDownInsideState,
     getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState,
+    getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState,
   } = useClickOustideListenerStates(listenerId);
 
   const handleMouseDown = useRecoilCallback(
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ export const useListenClickOutsideV2 = <T extends Element>({
           .getLoadable(getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState)
           .getValue();
 
+        set(getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState, true);
+
         const isListening = clickOutsideListenerIsActivated && enabled;
 
         if (!isListening) {
@@ -92,21 +95,32 @@ export const useListenClickOutsideV2 = <T extends Element>({
         }
       },
     [
+      getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState,
+      enabled,
       mode,
       refs,
       getClickOutsideListenerIsMouseDownInsideState,
-      enabled,
+      getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState,
-      getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState,
     ],
   );
 
   const handleClickOutside = useRecoilCallback(
     ({ snapshot }) =>
       (event: MouseEvent | TouchEvent) => {
+        const clickOutsideListenerIsActivated = snapshot
+          .getLoadable(getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState)
+          .getValue();
+
+        const isListening = clickOutsideListenerIsActivated && enabled;
+
         const isMouseDownInside = snapshot
           .getLoadable(getClickOutsideListenerIsMouseDownInsideState)
           .getValue();
 
+        const hasMouseDownHappened = snapshot
+          .getLoadable(getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState)
+          .getValue();
+
         if (mode === ClickOutsideMode.compareHTMLRef) {
           const clickedElement = event.target as HTMLElement;
           let isClickedOnExcluded = false;
@@ -132,6 +146,8 @@ export const useListenClickOutsideV2 = <T extends Element>({
             .some((ref) => ref.current?.contains(event.target as Node));
 
           if (
+            isListening &&
+            hasMouseDownHappened &&
             !clickedOnAtLeastOneRef &&
             !isMouseDownInside &&
             !isClickedOnExcluded
@@ -171,13 +187,21 @@ export const useListenClickOutsideV2 = <T extends Element>({
               return true;
             });
 
-          if (!clickedOnAtLeastOneRef && !isMouseDownInside) {
+          if (
+            !clickedOnAtLeastOneRef &&
+            !isMouseDownInside &&
+            isListening &&
+            hasMouseDownHappened
+          ) {
             callback(event);
           }
         }
       },
     [
+      getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState,
+      enabled,
       getClickOutsideListenerIsMouseDownInsideState,
+      getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState,
       mode,
       refs,
       excludeClassNames,

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { createComponentState } from '@/ui/utilities/state/component-state/utils/createComponentState';
+
+export const clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState =
+  createComponentState<boolean>({
+    key: 'clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState',
+    defaultValue: false,
+  });

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/lockedListenerIdState.ts

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { createState } from 'twenty-ui';
-
-export const lockedListenerIdState = createState<string | null>({
-  key: 'lockedListenerIdState',
-  defaultValue: null,
-});