[jQuery] Re: click action effect/problem

[Scott Sauyet]

On Jan 18, 4:07 pm, Legostrat <legost...@gmail.com> wrote:
> <div id="button">
>    Click here
>       <div id="submenu">
>        option 1
>        option 2
>       </div>
> </div>
>
> So, when you click on the button div, it reveals the sub-menu div.
> The problem is that when you click on the content within the sub-menu
> it activates the .click action attached to the button div.

I didn't go to the live site, but if your markup is as simple as that
(i.e. "Click here" is directly in the outer div) then this might be
all you need:

    $("#button").click(function(event) {
        if (event.target.id != "button") return;
        $("#submenu").toggle();
    });

If the click here is nested deeper, you might need something more like
this:

    $("#button").click(function(event) {
        if ($(event.target).closest("#submenu").length) return;
        $("#submenu").toggle();
    });

The idea is simply to ignore those events that are inside the submenu.

Cheers,

  -- Scott