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

You're going to need to monitor the mouseDown event for the whole page, but you'll have to take note when the user is clicking inside your floating div.

I would suggest adding a hover event to your floated div so when the user is hovering over it, mouseDown is disregarded, but when it is not being hovered over mouseDown would close it