Close bootstrap dropdown only when mouse is clicked outside of dropdown

Question

I have a bootstrap dropdown menu:

<div class="dropdown>
   <a class="dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="menu1" data-toggle="dropdown"><img src="@imagePath" class="img-circle dropbtn" alt="Product" style="width:30px;height:30px;" /></a>

  <ul class="dropdown-menu" id="productDD" role="menu" aria-labelledby="menu1"></ul>
</div>

Now the ul load the products on page load through ajax call. The issue is when I click any product in the dropdown, the dropdown gets closed. But I want to close dropdown only when mouse is clicked anywhere outside of the ul

Answer 1

Try something like this:

$(document).click(function(e) {
  // get the clicked element
  $clicked = $(e.currentTarget);
  // if the clicked element is not a descendent of the dropdown
  if ($clicked.closest('.dropdown').length === 0) {
    // close the dropdown
    $('.dropdown').removeClass('open');
  }
});