jQuery bind click *ANYTHING* but *ELEMENT*

Question

Say there are some elements floating around, and I\'m trying to do some when I click ANYTHING(divs, body, whatever...) but the one specified (e.g. div#special).

I\'m

Answer 1

You could also do

$(document).bind('click', function(e) {
  if(!$(e.target).is('#special')) {
    // do something
  }
});

or if div#special has child elements you could do

$(document).bind('click', function(e) {
  if($(e.target).closest('#special').length === 0) {
    // do something
  }
});