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

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();}