Why isn't this working - using :not() with an event handler
- by james emanon
I seem to have another issue that I am not conquering. Real simple premise.
I have a mousedown event, and basically IF one particular element on the page is clicked, I want nothing to happen, else I want hide() some div.
$(function(){
$("document :not(#_ignorelement)").mousedown(function(event){
if($('#_hidethiselement').length){
$('#_hidethiselement').hide();
}
})
})
That is not working at all. I also tried the following:
$(document).not($("#_ignorelement")).mousedown(function(event){
$(document).not("_ignorelement").mousedown(function(event){
IF I can solve that, curious how I would actually have ":not" encompass the parent div, like so:
$().not("_ignoreelement").parent().closest('div').mousedown(function
Because the element "_ignorelement" is an anchor tag that is in a div. Wonder how I can use the parent div perhaps, instead of the anchor tag.
Anyways, any help would be appreciated.
