Hiding a layer when clicking anywhere on page except the layer

Question

$(\'body\').click(function() {
//hide layer code here
});

This will hide the layer.

But I don\'t want the layer to be hidden when I click insid

Answer 1

$('body').click(function(ev){
    if(ev.target.className == 'yourLayerClass') {
        // Your code here
    }
});