jquery .blur for entire block of HTML
- by Stacey
I have an HTML item for a 'drop down menu', structured like this...
<li class="ui-dropdown-list" >
<a href="#">Right Drop Down Menu</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
Using jQuery to make this a dropdown list, with the following code.
jQuery.fn.dropdown = function () {
var defaults = {
button: null,
menu: null,
visible: false
};
var options = $.extend(defaults, options);
return this.each(function () {
options.button = $(this);
options.menu = $(this).find("ul");
// when the parent is clicked, determine whether dropdown needs to occur
options.button.click(function () {
options.visible ? lift(options.menu) : drop(options.menu);
options.visible = !options.visible;
});
// drop the menu down so that it can be seen.
function drop(e) {
options.button.addClass("open");
options.menu.show();
}
// lift the menu up, hiding it from view.
function lift(e) {
options.menu.hide();
options.button.removeClass('open');
}
});
};
I am trying to wire it up so that if the user clicks anywhere outside of the menu, it will collapse it. This is proving much more difficult than I anticipated; even trying to use page level events. Any suggestions?
The menu itself never really 'receives' focus, so using .blur doesn't seem to be suiting the purpose.
