Close Persistent MUI Drawer on clicking outside

I am trying to use Drawer component in MUI React. I want that state inside the Drawer component should not lost on closing of Drawer component, hence I’m passing variant="persistent" in Drawer component.

Now, the problem is that the Persistent Drawer does not provide backdrop functionality by default unlike temporary drawers hence I’m unable to close it on outside click. I tried {{ModalProps={{ onBackdropClick: this.toggleDrawer }} }} also but still it is not working.

Is there any workaround for this?

MUI Version: 1.0.0

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Answer

You can use the ClickAwayListener component for this.
https://material-ui.com/api/click-away-listener/

import ClickAwayListener from '@material-ui/core/ClickAwayListener';

const drawer = (
      <ClickAwayListener onClickAway={this.handleDrawerClose}>
        <Drawer
          variant="persistent"
          anchor={anchor}
          open={open}
          classes={{
            paper: classes.drawerPaper
          }}
        >
          <div className={classes.drawerHeader}>
            <IconButton onClick={this.handleDrawerClose}>
              {theme.direction === "rtl" ? (
                <ChevronRightIcon />
              ) : (
                <ChevronLeftIcon />
              )}
            </IconButton>
          </div>
          <Divider />
          <List>a asdasd</List>
          <Divider />
          <List>asdasd</List>
        </Drawer>
      </ClickAwayListener>
    );

https://codesandbox.io/s/072ny1rjw