Detect Click Outside of Element Angular 9 - Multiple Instances

Question

In my app, on click of an element I am showing a tooltip that contains additional information. This is available for all elements in a list. I would like to be able to close the expansion on click of anything outside of the tooltip .

The concept is essentially what is covered in this answered question but I need it to work if there are multiple instances of the element. I have attempted using ViewChildren for the elements rather than ViewChild as there are multiple but that doesn't achieve what I'm looking for. I would like to avoid using any packages that are not already available from @angular/core , rxjs etc., if possible. See below a simplified and condensed version of what I've attempted with no success so far.

HTML

<li *ngFor="let listItem of listItems;">
  <p>
    <span *ngIf="showTooltip" class="item-tooltip" #itemTooltip>
      Tooltip with {{ listItem.detailed }}
      <span (click)="toggleTooltip()">Close</span>
    </span>
    <span (click)="toggleTooltip()" #tooltipTrigger>{{ listItem.blurb }}</span>
  </p>
</li>

TS

@ViewChildren('itemTooltip') itemTooltip: ElementRef;
@ViewChildren('tooltipTrigger') tooltipTrigger: ElementRef;
this.showTooltip = false;

constructor( private renderer: Renderer2) {
  this.renderer.listen('window', 'click', (e: Event) => {
    if (this.showTooltip && e.target !== this.itemTooltip.nativeElement) {
      // never gets to here 
      console.log(‘click detected’);
      this.toggleTooltip();
    }
  });
}

toggleTooltip() {
  const tooltipStatus = this.showTooltip;
  if (tooltipStatus = true) {
    this.showTooltip = false;
  } else if (tooltipStatus = false) {
    this.showTooltip = true;
  }
}

Answer 1

Create a Directive in Common Place to access from anywhere, Add it to Module also for using Directive

import {Directive, ElementRef, Output, EventEmitter, HostListener} from '@angular/core';
 
@Directive({
    selector: '[clickOutside]'
})
export class ClickOutsideDirective {
    constructor(private _elementRef : ElementRef) {
    }
 
    @Output()
    public clickOutside = new EventEmitter();
 
    @HostListener('document:click', ['$event.target'])
    public onClick(targetElement) {
        const clickedInside = this._elementRef.nativeElement.contains(targetElement);
        if (!clickedInside) {
            this.clickOutside.emit(null);
        }
    }
}

HTML

<li *ngFor="let listItem of listItems;">
  <p>
    <span *ngIf="showTooltip" class="item-tooltip" #itemTooltip>
      Tooltip with {{ listItem.detailed }}
      <span (clickOutside )="closeTooltip()">Close</span>
    </span>
    <span (click)="openTooltip()" #tooltipTrigger>{{ listItem.blurb }}</span>
  </p>
</li>

TS

openTooltip = () => { showTooltip = true; }

clickOutside = () => { showTooltip = false; }