jQuery - Using Live to open a Window,and then close it?

Question

Hello, I have a Dialog box to all a user to click a project, that opens on click.... Here's the code:

$("#byproject").live("click", function() {
    $("#projectPicker").fadeIn();
    return false;
});
// Close the space dialog on selection
$(".projectSelect").live("click", function() {
    $("#projectPicker").fadeOut('fast');
});

This works very well to open the dialog box that is being position:absolute, next to the "select projects" button...

Problem here is that if the user clicks outside the box (ie they change their mind) the box doesn't close...

Is there some smart way I can say, when this thing is open, if the user clicks anywhere outside of the dialog box, close it?

Thanks

Answer 1

You need to attach a click event to the document body that will close the window, and prevent propagation of the click event so click on the window will not close it. I wrote a similar answer to a similar question 2 years ago - not sure if it's similar enough to close this one.

$('body').click(function() {
  //Close window
});

$('#projectPicker').click(function(event){
    event.stopPropagation();
});

By the way, is there a reason you are using a live event on the links? at least the one with the id should probably use a regular click event.

Answer 2

I think this should suffice

$('*').click(function(e){
        e.stopPropagation();
        if($(this).is('#byproject')){       
             $("#projectPicker").fadeIn();
             return false;
        }else{
             $("#projectPicker").fadeOut();
        }
    });

so if the dialog is opened, any other element that is clicked on the page would close the dialog.