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

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");
        }
    })
})