How do I handle a click anywhere in the page, even when a certain element stops the propagation?

Question

We are working on a JavaScript tool that has older code in it, so we cannot re-write the whole tool.

Now, a menu was added position fixed to the bottom and the clien

Answer 1

What you really want to do is bind the event handler for the capture phase of the event. However, that isn't supported in IE as far as I know, so that might not be all that useful.

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_order.html

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