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Navigation screen: Select Navigation block when user clicks away #24848

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Expand Up @@ -81,12 +81,33 @@ export default function BlockEditorArea( {
}
}, [ menuId ] );

// Select the navigation block when it becomes available
// Select the navigation block when it becomes available or when user clicks
// away from the navigation area.
const { selectBlock } = useDispatch( 'core/block-editor' );
useEffect( () => {
if ( rootBlockId ) {
selectBlock( rootBlockId );
}
const selectNavigation = () => {
if ( rootBlockId ) {
selectBlock( rootBlockId );
}
};

const detectClickOutside = ( event ) => {
const navigationContainer = document.querySelector(
'.wp-block-navigation'
);
if (
navigationContainer &&
! navigationContainer.contains( event.target )
) {
selectNavigation();
}
};

selectNavigation();

document.addEventListener( 'click', detectClickOutside );
return () =>
document.removeEventListener( 'click', detectClickOutside );
}, [ rootBlockId ] );

return (
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