jQuery toggle (Click to show one div while hiding others)

Question

The basic idea is that I have a bunch of div's in which each can be toggled (show/hide).

When one div is toggled I'd like for other div's that are currently being shown to hide, thus only allowing one single div to be shown at a time.

In addition I'd like to be able to click outside the element to hide the open div as well.

Just to make things clearer I provided an example which currently does everything I want except closing a div when opening another (Only one div open at a time functionality):

$(document).ready(function(){

  $('div.dropdown').each(function() {
    var $dropdown = $(this);

    $("a.dropdown-link", $dropdown).click(function(e) {
      e.preventDefault();
      $("div.dropdown-container", $dropdown).toggle();
      return false;
    });

});
    
  $('html').click(function(){
    $("div.dropdown-container").hide();
  });
     
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="dropdown-1" class="dropdown dropdown-processed">
  <a class="dropdown-link" href="#">Options</a>
  <div class="dropdown-container" style="display: none;">
    <ul>
      <li>Item 1</li>
      <li>Item 2</li>
      <li>Item 3</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

<div id="dropdown-2" class="dropdown dropdown-processed">
  <a class="dropdown-link" href="#">Options</a>
  <div class="dropdown-container" style="display: none;">
    <ul>
      <li>Item 1</li>
      <li>Item 2</li>
      <li>Item 3</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

<div id="dropdown-3" class="dropdown dropdown-processed">
  <a class="dropdown-link" href="#">Options</a>
  <div class="dropdown-container" style="display: none;">
    <ul>
      <li>Item 1</li>
      <li>Item 2</li>
      <li>Item 3</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

Answer 1

You basically just need to hide all divs except the one being toggled:

$(document).ready(function(){

  $('div.dropdown').each(function() {
    var $dropdown = $(this);

    $("a.dropdown-link", $dropdown).click(function(e) {
      e.preventDefault();
      $div = $("div.dropdown-container", $dropdown);
      $div.toggle();
      $("div.dropdown-container").not($div).hide();
      return false;
    });

});
    
  $('html').click(function(){
    $("div.dropdown-container").hide();
  });
     
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="dropdown-1" class="dropdown dropdown-processed">
  <a class="dropdown-link" href="#">Options</a>
  <div class="dropdown-container" style="display: none;">
    <ul>
      <li>Item 1</li>
      <li>Item 2</li>
      <li>Item 3</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

<div id="dropdown-2" class="dropdown dropdown-processed">
  <a class="dropdown-link" href="#">Options</a>
  <div class="dropdown-container" style="display: none;">
    <ul>
      <li>Item 1</li>
      <li>Item 2</li>
      <li>Item 3</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

<div id="dropdown-3" class="dropdown dropdown-processed">
  <a class="dropdown-link" href="#">Options</a>
  <div class="dropdown-container" style="display: none;">
    <ul>
      <li>Item 1</li>
      <li>Item 2</li>
      <li>Item 3</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

Answer 2

You can use by smart and easy way to implement by using below code :

<div id="dropdown-1" class="dropdown dropdown-processed">
  <a class="dropdown-link" href="#">Options</a>
  <div class="dropdown-container" style="display: none;">
    <ul>
      <li>Item 1</li>
      <li>Item 2</li>
      <li>Item 3</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

<div id="dropdown-2" class="dropdown dropdown-processed">
  <a class="dropdown-link" href="#">Options</a>
  <div class="dropdown-container" style="display: none;">
    <ul>
      <li>Item 1</li>
      <li>Item 2</li>
      <li>Item 3</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

<div id="dropdown-3" class="dropdown dropdown-processed">
  <a class="dropdown-link" href="#">Options</a>
  <div class="dropdown-container" style="display: none;">
    <ul>
      <li>Item 1</li>
      <li>Item 2</li>
      <li>Item 3</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

---

$(document).ready(function(){

 $(".dropdown-link").click(function(){
 $(".dropdown-container").slideUp('slow')
 $(this).closest('.dropdown').find('.dropdown-container').slideDown('slow');
 
 });

});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="dropdown-1" class="dropdown dropdown-processed">
  <a class="dropdown-link" href="#">Options</a>
  <div class="dropdown-container" style="display: none;">
    <ul>
      <li>Item 1</li>
      <li>Item 2</li>
      <li>Item 3</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

<div id="dropdown-2" class="dropdown dropdown-processed">
  <a class="dropdown-link" href="#">Options</a>
  <div class="dropdown-container" style="display: none;">
    <ul>
      <li>Item 1</li>
      <li>Item 2</li>
      <li>Item 3</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

<div id="dropdown-3" class="dropdown dropdown-processed">
  <a class="dropdown-link" href="#">Options</a>
  <div class="dropdown-container" style="display: none;">
    <ul>
      <li>Item 1</li>
      <li>Item 2</li>
      <li>Item 3</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

Working example Link : http://jsfiddle.net/NFTFw/1901/