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.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.

Answer 1

Had the same problem, came up with this easy solution. It's even working recursive:

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

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

Answer 2

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();
    });
});

Answer 3

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();
    }
});

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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();
});

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

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

Answer 8

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');
    }
});

Answer 9

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();}

Answer 10

Wouldn't something like this work?

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

});

or

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

});

Answer 11

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();
});

Answer 12

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();
    });
});

Answer 13

Even sleaker:

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

Answer 14

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()
      }
    })

Answer 15

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();
    }
});

Answer 16

(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.

Answer 17

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!

Answer 18

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();
          }
      });

Answer 19

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

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

Answer 20

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");
        }
    })
})

Answer 21

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

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

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

Answer 22

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();
//});

Answer 23

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.

Answer 24

var exclude_div = $("#ExcludedDiv");;  
$(document).click(function(e){
   if( !exclude_div.is( e.target ) )  // if target div is not the one you want to exclude then add the class hidden
        $(".myDiv1").addClass("hidden");  

}); 

FIDDLE

Answer 25

$(document).ready(function() {
 $('.modal-container').on('click', function(e) {
   if(e.target == $(this)[0]) {
  $(this).removeClass('active'); // or hide()
   }
 });
});

.modal-container {
 display: none;
 justify-content: center;
 align-items: center;
 position: absolute;
 top: 0;
 left: 0;
 right: 0;
 bottom: 0;
 background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
 z-index: 999;
}

.modal-container.active {
    display: flex;  
}

.modal {
 width: 50%;
 height: auto;
 margin: 20px;
 padding: 20px;
 background-color: #fff;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="modal-container active">
 <div class="modal">
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean ac varius purus. Ut consectetur viverra nibh nec maximus. Nam luctus ligula quis arcu accumsan euismod. Pellentesque imperdiet volutpat mi et cursus. Sed consectetur sed tellus ut finibus. Suspendisse porttitor laoreet lobortis. Nam ut blandit metus, ut interdum purus.</p>
 </div>
</div>

Answer 26

i did it like this:

var close = true;

$(function () {

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

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


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

});

Answer 27

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);
    }
});

Answer 28

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';
    }
   }
})

Answer 29

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');

Answer 30

Working on all device for me ( 2023 ) ;)

<section class="form-wrapper">
 <div class="popup-container">
  Popup Me
 </div>
</section>



$('.form-wrapper').on('click', function(e) {
  var pop_container = $(".popup-container");

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

Answer 31

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
  $(popmenu).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>

Answer 32

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

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

Answer 33

So many answers I could not use. Instead I took the accepted answer (which works well) and shortened to this (using a descendant selector):

$(document).mouseup(function(e) 
{
    if (!$(e.target).is("#targetSelector,#targetSelector *")) {
        $('#targetSelector').hide();
    }
});

As it only operates at user-interaction speed, no point assigning to a variable

Answer 34

<!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>

Answer 35

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);
            }
        });
    }
});

Answer 36

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.

Answer 37

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.

Answer 38

var $container = $("#popup_container");

$container.click(function(e) {
    if (e.target.id == $container.attr("id")) {
      $(this).hide();
  }
});

#popup_container {
  background: rgba(200,200,200,0.6);
  width: 100vh;
  height: 100vh;
  position: fixed;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

#popup {
  background: yellow;
  border: 1px solid black;
  position: absolute;
  width: 50%;
  height: 50%;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="popup_container">
  <div id="popup">
    Popup
  </div>
</div>

https://jsfiddle.net/041pj7re/

Answer 39

$(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");

})});

Answer 40

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

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