I am trying to close a custom jquery drop down on click of outside of dropdown, just like default behavior of HTML select dropdown, I tried to use the window click but that is creating trouble in opening the dropdown it self.
$(".selected").click(function() {
$(".custom-dropdown-list").toggleClass("open");
});
$(".custom-dropdown-list li").click(function() {
var dataVal = $(this).attr("data-val");
var dpText1 = $(this).children('.dp-val1').text();
var dpText2 = $(this).children('.dp-val2').text();
$(".selected").attr("data-val", dataVal);
$(".selected .dp-val1").text(dpText1);
$(".selected .dp-val2").text(dpText2);
$(".custom-dropdown-list").removeClass("open");
});
.custom-dropdown {
width: 300px;
}
.selected {
padding: 5px;
cursor: pointer;
min-height: 37px;
background-color: #ccc;
}
.custom-dropdown-list {
list-style: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
display: none;
}
.custom-dropdown-list.open {
display: block;
}
.custom-dropdown-list li {
padding: 5px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.custom-dropdown-list li:hover {
background: #f2f2f2;
}
<script src=".1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="custom-dropdown">
<div class="selected" data-val="">
<div class="dp-val1">
Selected Bank</div>
<div class="dp-val2">
</div>
</div>
<ul class="custom-dropdown-list">
<li data-val="0">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp0</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954426 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="1">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp1</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954426 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="2">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp2</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954426 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="3">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp3</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954426 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="4">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp4</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954426 (LKP)</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
I am trying to close a custom jquery drop down on click of outside of dropdown, just like default behavior of HTML select dropdown, I tried to use the window click but that is creating trouble in opening the dropdown it self.
$(".selected").click(function() {
$(".custom-dropdown-list").toggleClass("open");
});
$(".custom-dropdown-list li").click(function() {
var dataVal = $(this).attr("data-val");
var dpText1 = $(this).children('.dp-val1').text();
var dpText2 = $(this).children('.dp-val2').text();
$(".selected").attr("data-val", dataVal);
$(".selected .dp-val1").text(dpText1);
$(".selected .dp-val2").text(dpText2);
$(".custom-dropdown-list").removeClass("open");
});
.custom-dropdown {
width: 300px;
}
.selected {
padding: 5px;
cursor: pointer;
min-height: 37px;
background-color: #ccc;
}
.custom-dropdown-list {
list-style: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
display: none;
}
.custom-dropdown-list.open {
display: block;
}
.custom-dropdown-list li {
padding: 5px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.custom-dropdown-list li:hover {
background: #f2f2f2;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="custom-dropdown">
<div class="selected" data-val="">
<div class="dp-val1">
Selected Bank</div>
<div class="dp-val2">
</div>
</div>
<ul class="custom-dropdown-list">
<li data-val="0">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp0</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954426 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="1">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp1</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954426 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="2">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp2</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954426 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="3">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp3</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954426 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="4">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp4</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954426 (LKP)</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
JSfiddle
https://jsfiddle/5zgyouwL/1/
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5 Answers
Reset to default 6This will work fine for you:
In this method I have used event.stopPropagation();
Your method was right on the path, it just needed some tweaks - I have used the click
on the <html>
to but the difference is that I have prevented the body click on the .selected
and .custom-dropdown-list li
using event.stopPropagation();
.
$("html").click(function(event) {
$(".custom-dropdown-list").removeClass("open");
});
$(".selected").click(function() {
event.stopPropagation();
$(".custom-dropdown-list").toggleClass("open");
});
$(".custom-dropdown-list li").click(function() {
event.stopPropagation();
var dataVal = $(this).attr("data-val");
var dpText1 = $(this).children('.dp-val1').text();
var dpText2 = $(this).children('.dp-val2').text();
$(".selected").attr("data-val", dataVal);
$(".selected .dp-val1").text(dpText1);
$(".selected .dp-val2").text(dpText2);
$(".custom-dropdown-list").removeClass("open");
});
.custom-dropdown {
width: 300px;
}
.selected {
padding: 5px;
cursor: pointer;
min-height: 37px;
background-color: #ccc;
}
.custom-dropdown-list {
list-style: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
display: none;
}
.custom-dropdown-list.open {
display: block;
}
.custom-dropdown-list li {
padding: 5px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.custom-dropdown-list li:hover {
background: #f2f2f2;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="custom-dropdown">
<div class="selected" data-val="">
<div class="dp-val1">
Selected Bank</div>
<div class="dp-val2">
</div>
</div>
<ul class="custom-dropdown-list">
<li data-val="0">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp0</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954466 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="1">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp1</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954466 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="2">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp2</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954466 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="3">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp3</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954466 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="4">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp4</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954466 (LKP)</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
Hope this was helpfull.
I think what you might want is when clicked anywhere else of custom select/dropdown it must close.
So here it is:
$(".selected").click(function(){
$(".custom-dropdown-list").toggleClass("open");
});
$(".custom-dropdown-list li").click(function(){
var dataVal = $(this).attr("data-val");
var dpText1 = $(this).children('.dp-val1').text();
var dpText2 = $(this).children('.dp-val2').text();
$(".selected").attr("data-val", dataVal);
$(".selected .dp-val1").text(dpText1);
$(".selected .dp-val2").text(dpText2);
$(".custom-dropdown-list").removeClass("open");
});
/*Mouse click anywhere but custom select dropdown, will close it. */
$(document).mouseup(function (e) {
var container = $(".custom-dropdown");
if (!container.is(e.target) && container.has(e.target).length === 0) {
$(".custom-dropdown-list").removeClass("open");
}
});
.custom-dropdown { width:300px;}
.selected { padding:5px; cursor:pointer; min-height:37px; background-color:#ccc;}
.custom-dropdown-list { list-style:none; padding:0; margin:0; display:none;}
.custom-dropdown-list.open { display:block;}
.custom-dropdown-list li { padding:5px; cursor:pointer;}
.custom-dropdown-list li:hover { background:#f2f2f2;}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="custom-dropdown">
<div class="selected" data-val="">
<div class="dp-val1">
Selected Bank</div>
<div class="dp-val2">
</div>
</div>
<ul class="custom-dropdown-list">
<li data-val="0">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp0</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954466 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="1">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp1</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954466 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="2">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp2</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954466 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="3">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp3</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954466 (LKP)</div>
</li>
<li data-val="4">
<div class="dp-val1">Option Dp4</div>
<div class="dp-val2">5879464954466 (LKP)</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
The key is Event.stopPropagation()
$('body').on('click', function(){
// close the drop down
});
$('.custom-dropdown').on('click', function(e){
e.stopPropagation();
});
You use Mouse Up Event Also Like this
$(document).mouseup(function(e)
{
var container = $(".custom-dropdown");
// if the target of the click isn't the container nor a descendant of the container
if (!container.is(e.target) && container.has(e.target).length === 0)
{
container.hide();
}
});
I believe @weBer answered your question , but another way to do this is to have an event handler right on your html
element and inside that check if the targeted element or its children are being clicked :
$('html').on('click' , function(e){
if($(e.target).closest('.custom-dropdown').length ) return
$(".custom-dropdown-list").toggleClass("open");
});
FIDDLE HERE