jQuery click off element event

Question

I have a floating div that gets displayed, and I want it to be hidden when the user clicks off the div. This would be similar to the .hover() function callback when hoverin

Answer 1

Using an event handler on the document works well for me:

function popUp( element )
{
    element.onmousedown = function (event) { event.stopPropagation(); };
    document.onmousedown = function () { popDown( element ); };

    document.body.appendChild( element );
}

function popDown( element )
{
    document.body.removeChild( element );

    document.onmousedown = null;
}