Use jQuery to hide a DIV when the user clicks outside of it

Question

I am using this code:

$(\'body\').click(function() {
   $(\'.form_wrapper\').hide();
});

$(\'.form_wrapper\').click(function(event){
   event.stopPropagatio         


        

Answer 1

(Just adding on to prc322's answer.)

In my case I'm using this code to hide a navigation menu that appears when the user clicks an appropriate tab. I found it was useful to add an extra condition, that the target of the click outside the container is not a link.

$(document).mouseup(function (e)
{
    var container = $("YOUR CONTAINER SELECTOR");

    if (!$("a").is(e.target) // if the target of the click isn't a link ...
        && !container.is(e.target) // ... or the container ...
        && container.has(e.target).length === 0) // ... or a descendant of the container
    {
        container.hide();
    }
});

This is because some of the links on my site add new content to the page. If this new content is added at the same time that the navigation menu disappears it might be disorientating for the user.