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

I am using this code:

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

$('.form_wrapper').click(function(event){
   event.stopPropagation();
});

And this HTML:

<div class="form_wrapper">
   <a class="agree" href="javascript:;">I Agree</a>
   <a class="disagree" href="javascript:;">Disagree</a>
</div>

The problem is that I have links inside the div and when they no longer work when clicked.

This question is related to jquery html hide styling

The answer is


Wouldn't something like this work?

$("body *").not(".form_wrapper").click(function() {

});

or

$("body *:not(.form_wrapper)").click(function() {

});

Attach a click event to top level elements outside the form wrapper, for example:

$('#header, #content, #footer').click(function(){
    $('.form_wrapper').hide();
});

This will also work on touch devices, just make sure you don't include a parent of .form_wrapper in your list of selectors.


What you can do is bind a click event to the document that will hide the dropdown if something outside the dropdown is clicked, but won't hide it if something inside the dropdown is clicked, so your "show" event (or slidedown or whatever shows the dropdown)

    $('.form_wrapper').show(function(){

        $(document).bind('click', function (e) {
            var clicked = $(e.target);
            if (!clicked.parents().hasClass("class-of-dropdown-container")) {
                 $('.form_wrapper').hide();
            }
        });

    });

Then when hiding it, unbind the click event

$(document).unbind('click');

Return false if you click on .form_wrapper:

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

//$('.form_wrapper').click(function(event){
//   event.stopPropagation();
//});

var n = 0;
$("#container").mouseenter(function() {
n = 0;

}).mouseleave(function() {
n = 1;
});

$("html").click(function(){ 
if (n == 1) {
alert("clickoutside");
}
});

 $('body').click(function(event) {
    if (!$(event.target).is('p'))
    {
        $("#e2ma-menu").hide();
    }
});

p is the element name. Where one can pass the id or class or element name also.


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FIDDLE


Live demo with ESC functionality

Works on both Desktop and Mobile

var notH = 1,
    $pop = $('.form_wrapper').hover(function(){ notH^=1; });

$(document).on('mousedown keydown', function( e ){
  if(notH||e.which==27) $pop.hide();
});

If for some case you need to be sure that your element is really visible when you do clicks on the document: if($pop.is(':visible') && (notH||e.which==27)) $pop.hide();


You might encounter some issues when using the accepted answer with pop-up windows. There might be a case where clicking on a random place might result in unwanted actions, i.e. clicking on a button by mistake might take you to a new page.

I am not sure if this is the most efficient solution but to prevent this I would suggest using a screenmask. Make sure the screenmask is right below the <body> tag so that it can cover all the screen by width:100%; height: 100%. Also note that it is above all elements by z-index: 99. If you want another item or div to be clickable when the screenmask is active, just assign a higher z-index to that item or div.

The screenmask is initially not-displayed (displayed:none) and it calls a hide function when clicked (onclick="hidemenu()").

<body>
<div class="screenmask" onclick="hidemenu()" style="position:fixed; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0px; right: 0px; display: none; z-index: 99;"></div>

The javascript functions to deal with "multiple distinct pop-up menus on the same page" might be like the ones below:

<script>
// an element with onclick="showmenu('id_here')" pops a menu in the screen
function showmenu(id) {  
  var popmenu = document.getElementById(id); // assume popmenu is of class .cardmenu
  $('.cardmenu').hide();   // clear the screen from other popmenus first
  $(menu).show();          // pop the desired specific menu
  $('.screenmask').show(); // activate screenmask
}
    
function hidemenu() {      // called when clicked on the screenmask
  $('.cardmenu').hide();   // clear the screen from all the popmenus
  $('.screenmask').hide(); // deactivate screenmask
}
</script>

By using this code you can hide as many items as you want

var boxArray = ["first element's id","second element's id","nth element's id"];
   window.addEventListener('mouseup', function(event){
   for(var i=0; i < boxArray.length; i++){
    var box = document.getElementById(boxArray[i]);
    if(event.target != box && event.target.parentNode != box){
        box.style.display = 'none';
    }
   }
})

Even sleaker:

$("html").click(function(){ 
    $(".wrapper:visible").hide();
});

I think it can be a lot easier. I did it like this:

$(':not(.form_wrapper)').click(function() {
    $('.form_wrapper').hide();
});

Toggle for regular and touch devices

I read some answers here a while back and created some code I use for div's that function as popup bubbles.

$('#openPopupBubble').click(function(){
    $('#popupBubble').toggle();

    if($('#popupBubble').css('display') === 'block'){
        $(document).bind('mousedown touchstart', function(e){
            if($('#openPopupBubble').is(e.target) || $('#openPopupBubble').find('*').is(e.target)){
                $(this).unbind(e);
            } 
            else if(!$('#popupBubble').find('*').is(e.target)){
                $('#popupBubble').hide();
                $(this).unbind(e);
            }
        });
    }
});

You can also make this more abstract using classes and select the correct popup bubble based on the button that triggered the click event.

$('body').on('click', '.openPopupBubble', function(){
    $(this).next('.popupBubble').toggle();

    if($(this).next('.popupBubble').css('display') === 'block'){
        $(document).bind('mousedown touchstart', function(e){
            if($(this).is(e.target) || $(this).find('*').is(e.target)){
                $(this).unbind(e);
            } 
            else if(!$(this).next('.popupBubble').find('*').is(e.target)){
                $(this).next('.popupBubble').hide();
                $(this).unbind(e);
            }
        });
    }
});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#hide").click(function(){
    $("p").hide();
  });
  $("#show").click(function(){
    $("p").show();
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>If you click on the "Hide" button, I will disappear.</p>
<button id="hide">Hide</button>
<button id="show">Show</button>
</body>
</html>

Here's a jsfiddle I found on another thread, works with esc key also: http://jsfiddle.net/S5ftb/404

    var button = $('#open')[0]
    var el     = $('#test')[0]

    $(button).on('click', function(e) {
      $(el).show()
      e.stopPropagation()
    })

    $(document).on('click', function(e) {
      if ($(e.target).closest(el).length === 0) {
        $(el).hide()
      }
    })

    $(document).on('keydown', function(e) {
      if (e.keyCode === 27) {
        $(el).hide()
      }
    })

$(document).ready(function() {

$('.headings').click(function () {$('#sub1').css("display",""); });
$('.headings').click(function () {return false;});
$('#sub1').click(function () {return false;});
$('body').click(function () {$('#sub1').css("display","none");

})});

According to the docs, .blur() works for more than the <input> tag. For example:

$('.form_wrapper').blur(function(){
   $(this).hide();
});

if you have trouble with ios, mouseup is not working on apple device.

does mousedown /mouseup in jquery work for the ipad?

i use this:

$(document).bind('touchend', function(e) {
        var container = $("YOURCONTAINER");

          if (container.has(e.target).length === 0)
          {
              container.hide();
          }
      });

$(document).click(function(event) {
    if ( !$(event.target).hasClass('form_wrapper')) {
         $(".form_wrapper").hide();
    }
});

Live DEMO

Check click area is not in the targeted element or in it's child

$(document).click(function (e) {
    if ($(e.target).parents(".dropdown").length === 0) {
        $(".dropdown").hide();
    }
});

UPDATE:

jQuery stop propagation is the best solution

Live DEMO

$(".button").click(function(e){
    $(".dropdown").show();
     e.stopPropagation();
});

$(".dropdown").click(function(e){
    e.stopPropagation();
});

$(document).click(function(){
    $(".dropdown").hide();
});

This code detects any click event on the page and then hides the #CONTAINER element if and only if the element clicked was neither the #CONTAINER element nor one of its descendants.

$(document).on('click', function (e) {
    if ($(e.target).closest("#CONTAINER").length === 0) {
        $("#CONTAINER").hide();
    }
});

And for Touch devices like IPAD and IPHONE we can use following code

$(document).on('touchstart', function (event) {
var container = $("YOUR CONTAINER SELECTOR");

if (!container.is(e.target) // if the target of the click isn't the container...
&& container.has(e.target).length === 0) // ... nor a descendant of the container
    {
        container.hide();
    }
});

Built off of prc322's awesome answer.

function hideContainerOnMouseClickOut(selector, callback) {
  var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments); // Save/convert arguments to array since we won't be able to access these within .on()
  $(document).on("mouseup.clickOFF touchend.clickOFF", function (e) {
    var container = $(selector);

    if (!container.is(e.target) // if the target of the click isn't the container...
        && container.has(e.target).length === 0) // ... nor a descendant of the container
    {
      container.hide();
      $(document).off("mouseup.clickOFF touchend.clickOFF");
      if (callback) callback.apply(this, args);
    }
  });
}

This adds a couple things...

  1. Placed within a function with a callback with "unlimited" args
  2. Added a call to jquery's .off() paired with a event namespace to unbind the event from the document once it's been run.
  3. Included touchend for mobile functionality

I hope this helps someone!


Instead of listening to every single click on the DOM to hide one specific element, you could set tabindex to the parent <div> and listen to the focusout events.

Setting tabindex will make sure that the blur event is fired on the <div> (normally it wouldn't).

So your HTML would look like:

<div class="form_wrapper" tabindex="0">
    <a class="agree" href="javascript:;">I Agree</a>
    <a class="disagree" href="javascript:;">Disagree</a>
</div>

And your JS:

$('.form_wrapper').on('focusout', function(event){
    $('.form_wrapper').hide();
});

dojo.query(document.body).connect('mouseup',function (e)
{
    var obj = dojo.position(dojo.query('div#divselector')[0]);
    if (!((e.clientX > obj.x && e.clientX <(obj.x+obj.w)) && (e.clientY > obj.y && e.clientY <(obj.y+obj.h))) ){
        MyDive.Hide(id);
    }
});

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This solution should work fine, it's easy :

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
    jQuery(document).click(function(event) {
        if(typeof  jQuery(event.target).attr("class") != "undefined") {
            var classnottobeclickforclose = ['donotcountmeforclickclass1', 'donotcountmeforclickclass2','donotcountmeforclickclass3'];
            var arresult = jQuery.inArray(jQuery(event.target).attr("class"), classnottobeclickforclose);
            if (arresult < 0) {
                jQuery(".popup").hide();
            }
        }
    });
});

In Above code change donotcountmeforclickclass1 , donotcountmeforclickclass2 etc with classes which you have used to show popup or on it's click popup should not effect so you have to definitely add class which you are using to open popup.

Change .popup class with popup class.


You'd better go with something like this:

var mouse_is_inside = false;

$(document).ready(function()
{
    $('.form_content').hover(function(){ 
        mouse_is_inside=true; 
    }, function(){ 
        mouse_is_inside=false; 
    });

    $("body").mouseup(function(){ 
        if(! mouse_is_inside) $('.form_wrapper').hide();
    });
});

Updated the solution to:

  • use mouseenter and mouseleave instead
  • of hover use live event binding

var mouseOverActiveElement = false;

$('.active').live('mouseenter', function(){
    mouseOverActiveElement = true; 
}).live('mouseleave', function(){ 
    mouseOverActiveElement = false; 
});
$("html").click(function(){ 
    if (!mouseOverActiveElement) {
        console.log('clicked outside active element');
    }
});

i did it like this:

var close = true;

$(function () {

    $('body').click (function(){

        if(close){
            div.hide();
        }
        close = true;
    })


alleswasdenlayeronclicknichtschliessensoll.click( function () {   
        close = false;
    });

});

Copied from https://sdtuts.com/click-on-not-specified-element/

Live demo http://demos.sdtuts.com/click-on-specified-element

$(document).ready(function () {
    var is_specified_clicked;
    $(".specified_element").click(function () {
        is_specified_clicked = true;
        setTimeout(function () {
            is_specified_clicked = false;
        }, 200);
    })
    $("*").click(function () {
        if (is_specified_clicked == true) {
//WRITE CODE HERE FOR CLICKED ON OTHER ELEMENTS
            $(".event_result").text("you were clicked on specified element");
        } else {
//WRITE CODE HERE FOR SPECIFIED ELEMENT CLICKED
            $(".event_result").text("you were clicked not on specified element");
        }
    })
})

I was working over a search box which shows the autocomplete according to the processed keywords. When i dont want to click over any option then i will use the below code to hide the processed list and it works.

$(document).click(function() {
 $('#suggestion-box').html("");
});

Suggestion-box is my autocomplete container where i am showing the values.


So many answers, must be a right of passage to have added one... I didn't see a current (jQuery 3.1.1) answers - so:

$(function() {
    $('body').on('mouseup', function() {
        $('#your-selector').hide();
    });
});

(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.


A solution without jQuery for the most popular answer:

document.addEventListener('mouseup', function (e) {
    var container = document.getElementById('your container ID');

    if (!container.contains(e.target)) {
        container.style.display = 'none';
    }
}.bind(this));

MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/Node/contains


You might want to check the target of the click event that fires for the body instead of relying on stopPropagation.

Something like:

$("body").click
(
  function(e)
  {
    if(e.target.className !== "form_wrapper")
    {
      $(".form_wrapper").hide();
    }
  }
);

Also, the body element may not include the entire visual space shown in the browser. If you notice that your clicks are not registering, you may need to add the click handler for the HTML element instead.


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