diff --git a/src/hooks/useNcId.ts b/src/hooks/useNcId.ts
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+++ b/src/hooks/useNcId.ts
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+import { useId } from "react";
+
+export default function useNcId(pre = "nc"): string {
+  const id = useId();
+  return `${pre}_${id.replace(/:/g, "_")}`;
+}
diff --git a/src/hooks/useOutsideAlerter.ts b/src/hooks/useOutsideAlerter.ts
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+"use client";
+import "client-only";
+
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * Hook that alerts clicks outside of the passed ref
+ */
+function useOutsideAlerter(
+  ref: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>,
+  handleClickOutsideCallback: () => void
+) {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    /**
+     * Alert if clicked on outside of element
+     */
+    function handleClickOutside(event: MouseEvent) {
+      if (ref.current && !ref.current.contains(event.target as Node)) {
+        handleClickOutsideCallback();
+      }
+    }
+    // Bind the event listener
+    document.addEventListener("mousedown", handleClickOutside);
+    return () => {
+      // Unbind the event listener on clean up
+      document.removeEventListener("mousedown", handleClickOutside);
+    };
+  }, [ref]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+}
+
+export default useOutsideAlerter;