Blur event stops click event from working?

Question

It appears that the Blur event stops the click event handler from working? I have a combo box where the options only appear when the text field has focus. Choosing an option

Answer 1

4.The best solution would be something like:

$('#ShippingGroup').blur(function()
{
   if($(document.activeElement) == $('.ShippingGroupLinkList'))
      return; // The element that now has focus is a link, do nothing
   $('#ShippingGroupListWrapper').css('display','none'); // hide it.
}

Unfortunately, $(document.activeElement) seems to always return the body element, not the one that was clicked. But maybe if there was a reliable way to know either 1. which element now has focus or two, which element caused the blur (not which element is blurring) from within the blur handler.

What you may be looking for is e.relatedTarget. So when clicking the link, e.relatedTarget should get populated with the link element, so in your blur handler, you can choose not to hide the container if the element clicked is within the container (or compare it directly with the link):

$('#ShippingGroup').blur(function(e)
{
   if(!e.relatedTarget || !e.currentTarget.contains(e.relatedTarget)) {
   // Alt: (!e.relatedTarget || $(e.relatedTarget) == $('.ShippingGroupLinkList'))

       $('#ShippingGroupListWrapper').css('display','none'); // hide it.
   }
}

(relatedTarget may not be supported in older browsers for blur events, but it appears to work in latest Chrome, Firefox, and Safari)