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Hide Div When Clicked Outside It
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Vanilla Javascript DropDown Menu Example</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="menu-dropdown">Menu &#9660;</div>
<div id="menuDiv-dropdown" class="invisible">
content<br>content<br>content
</div>
<script src="vanilla-javascript-dropdown-menu-example.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
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css
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#menu-dropdown {
font-size: 2em;
color: blue;
margin-left: 20px;
}
#menu-dropdown:hover {
cursor: pointer;
}
#menuDiv-dropdown {
font-size: 2em;
padding: 10px;
position: absolute;
border: 1px solid blue;
}
.invisible {
display: none;
}
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js
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var dropdownMenuDiv = document.getElementById("menuDiv-dropdown");
var dropdownMenu = document.getElementById("menu-dropdown");
// hide popup div when clicking outside the div
// http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98973
document.onclick = check;
// Event accessing
// http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_access.html
// Event properties
// http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_properties.html
function check(e){
var target = (e && e.target) || (event && event.srcElement);
if (!checkParent(target, dropdownMenuDiv)) {
// click NOT on the menu
if (checkParent(target, dropdownMenu)) {
// click on the link
if (dropdownMenuDiv.classList.contains("invisible")) {
// Dynamically retrieve Html element (X,Y) position with JavaScript
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/442404/retrieve-the-position-x-y-of-an-html-element
dropdownMenuDiv.style.left = dropdownMenu.getBoundingClientRect().left + 'px';
dropdownMenuDiv.classList.remove("invisible");
} else {dropdownMenuDiv.classList.add("invisible");}
} else {
// click both outside link and outside menu, hide menu
dropdownMenuDiv.classList.add("invisible");
}
}
}
function checkParent(t, elm) {
while(t.parentNode) {
if( t == elm ) {return true;}
t = t.parentNode;
}
return false;
}
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