jQuery trigger event when click outside the element

Question

$(document).click(function(evt) {
    var target = evt.currentTarget;
    var inside = $(\".menuWraper\");
    if (target != inside) {
        alert(\"bleep\");
             


        

Answer 1

This code will open the menu in question, and will setup a click listener event. When triggered it will loop through the target id's parents until it finds the menu id. If it doesn't, it will hide the menu because the user has clicked outside the menu. I've tested it and it works.

function tog_alerts(){
   if($('#Element').css('display') == 'none'){
       $('#Element').show();
       setTimeout(function () {
           document.body.addEventListener('click', Close_Alerts, false);
       }, 500);
   }
}

function Close_Alerts(e){
   var current = e.target;
   var check = 0;
   while (current.parentNode){
      current = current.parentNode
      if(current.id == 'Element'){
         check = 1;
      }
   }
   if(check == 0){
      document.body.removeEventListener('click', Close_Alerts, false);
      $('#Element').hide();         
   }
}