🐛 Handle middle mouse click on feed list items (#1469)

* 🐛 Handle middle mouse click on feed list items

* ♻️ Refactor the event listener and turn it into a dedicated hook for web

* 🧹 Cleanup unnecessary Link changes

* Fix import

* Create native version of useAuxClick

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Co-authored-by: Paul Frazee <pfrazee@gmail.com>
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// does nothing in native
export const useAuxClick = () => {}

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import {useEffect} from 'react'
// This is the handler for the middle mouse button click on the feed.
// Normally, we would do this via `onAuxClick` handler on each link element
// However, that handler is not supported on react-native-web and there are some
// discrepancies between various browsers (i.e: safari doesn't trigger it and routes through click event)
// So, this temporary alternative is meant to bridge the gap in an efficient way until the support improves.
export const useAuxClick = () => {
const isSafari = /^((?!chrome|android).)*safari/i.test(navigator.userAgent)
useEffect(() => {
// On the web, it should always be there but in case it gets accidentally included in native builds
const wrapperEl = document?.body
// Safari already handles auxclick event as click+metaKey so we need to avoid doing this there in case it becomes recursive
if (wrapperEl && !isSafari) {
const handleAuxClick = (e: MouseEvent & {target: HTMLElement}) => {
// Only handle the middle mouse button click
// Only handle if the clicked element itself or one of its ancestors is a link
if (
e.button !== 1 ||
e.target.closest('a') ||
e.target.tagName === 'A'
) {
return
}
// On the original element, trigger a click event with metaKey set to true so that it triggers
// the browser's default behavior of opening the link in a new tab
e.target.dispatchEvent(
new MouseEvent('click', {metaKey: true, bubbles: true}),
)
}
// @ts-ignore For web only
wrapperEl.addEventListener('auxclick', handleAuxClick)
return () => {
// @ts-ignore For web only
wrapperEl?.removeEventListener('auxclick', handleAuxClick)
}
}
}, [isSafari])
}