I would like to know whether this is the correct way of hiding visible elements when clicked anywhere on the page.
$(document).click(function (event) {
$('#myDIV:visible').hide();
});
The element (div, span, etc.) shouldn't disappear when a click event occurs within the boundaries of the element.
If I understand, you want to hide a div when you click anywhere but the div, and if you do click while over the div, then it should NOT close. You can do that with this code:
$(document).click(function() {
alert("me");
});
$(".myDiv").click(function(e) {
e.stopPropagation(); // This is the preferred method.
return false; // This should not be used unless you do not want
// any click events registering inside the div
});
This binds the click to the entire page, but if you click on the div in question, it will cancel the click event.
Try this
$('.myDiv').click(function(e) { //button click class name is myDiv
e.stopPropagation();
})
$(function(){
$(document).click(function(){
$('.myDiv').hide(); //hide the button
});
});
I use class name instead of ID, because in asp.net you have to worry about the extra stuff .net attaches to the id
EDIT- Since you added a another piece, it would work like this:
$('.myDiv').click(function() { //button click class name is myDiv
e.stopPropagation();
})
$(function(){
$('.openDiv').click(function() {
$('.myDiv').show();
});
$(document).click(function(){
$('.myDiv').hide(); //hide the button
});
});
This following code example seems to work best for me. While you can use 'return false' that stops all handling of that event for the div or any of it's children. If you want to have controls on the pop-up div (a pop-up login form for example) you need to use event.stopPropogation().
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<a id="link" href="#">show box</a>
<div id="box" style="background: #eee; display: none">
<p>a paragraph of text</p>
<input type="file" />
</div>
<script src="jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var box = $('#box');
var link = $('#link');
link.click(function() {
box.show(); return false;
});
$(document).click(function() {
box.hide();
});
box.click(function(e) {
e.stopPropagation();
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
This doesn't work - it hides the .myDIV when you click inside of it.
$('.openDiv').click(function(e) {
$('.myDiv').show();
e.stopPropagation();
})
$(document).click(function(){
$('.myDiv').hide();
});
});
<a class="openDiv">DISPLAY DIV</a>
<div class="myDiv">HIDE DIV</div>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("button").click(function(){
$(".div3").toggle(1000);
});
$("body").click(function(event) {
if($(event.target).attr('class') != '1' && $(event.target).attr('class') != 'div3'){
$(".div3").hide(1000);}
});
});<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.min.js"></script>
<button class="1">Click to fade in boxes</button><br><br>
<body style="width:100%;height:200px;background-color:pink;">
<div class="div3" style="width:80px;height:80px;display:none;background-color:blue;"></div><body>This is made from the other solutions above.
$(document).ready(function(){
$("button").click(function(event){
$(".area").toggle();
event.stopPropagation(); //stops the click event to go "throu" the button an hit the document
});
$(document).click(function() {
$(".area").hide();
});
$(".interface").click(function(event) {
event.stopPropagation();
return false;
});
});
<div>
<div>
<button> Press here for content</button>
<div class="area">
<div class="interface"> Content</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
$(document).click(function() {
var container = $("#container");
if (!container.is(event.target) &&
!container.has(event.target).length) {
container.hide();
}
});
Simple Solution: hide an element on a click event anywhere outside of some specific element.
$(document).on('click', function () {
$('.element').hide();
});
//element will not Hide on click some specific control inside document
$('.control-1').on('click', function (e) {
e.stopPropagation();
});