If div is not hidden click anywhere to hide [duplicate]

Question

I am trying to make a div hidden by default and show by clicking a button. To close the div, I can either click on the button or anywhere else on the screen. Below is my attempt but the closing part is not working. I appreciated if anyone can point me to the right implementation or maybe a better way to do this.

$('#theDiv').hide();

$("#showDivBtn").click(function(){
  $("#theDiv").show();
});

if ( !$('#theDiv:hidden') ) {

$(document).click(function() {
    $('#theDiv').hide();
});
$('#theDiv').click(function(e) {
    e.stopPropagation(); 
    return false;        
});

}

});

Answer 1

placing the entire event handler inside a condition only checks the condition on first pageload, and the event handler is probably never attached, try it like this instead :

$('#theDiv').hide();

$(document).on('click', function(e) {
    if ( $(e.target).closest('#showDivBtn').length ) {
        $("#theDiv").show();
    }else if ( ! $(e.target).closest('#theDiv').length ) {
        $('#theDiv').hide();
    }
});

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