Hide The Drop Down Menu When Clicking Outside

I have a dropdown menu with checkboxes inside. I want to close the dropdown when the users click outside. My code is:

Solution 1:

Try using the event.target to handle click events:

UPDATE

$(document).on('click', '.multiselect .selectBox', function(e) {
  e.stopImmediatePropagation();
  $('#checkboxes').show();
});

$('body').on('click', function(e) {  
  if (e.target.id != 'checkboxes' && $(e.target).closest('#checkboxes').length == 0) {
    $('#checkboxes').hide();
  }
});

#checkboxes,
.multiselect {
  padding:15px;
  border:1px solid #d8d8d8;
}

.selectBox { display: inline; }

#checkboxes { display:none }

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="multiselect">
    <div class="selectBox">
        <select>
        </select>
    </div>
    <div class="checkboxes" id="checkboxes">
        <label id="userName">Employee 1</label>     
        <input class="checked" type="checkbox" name="search_emp" id="emp_1" value="val_1">
        <label id="userName">Employee 1</label>     
        <input class="checked" type="checkbox" name="search_emp" id="emp_1" value="val_1">
    </div>
</div>

Solution 2:

Check if the target click on dom is the dropdown itself or not as

$(document).on("click", function(event){
        var $trigger = $(".checkboxes");
        if($trigger !== event.target && !$trigger.has(event.target).length){
            $(".checkboxes").hide();
        }            
    });

It should work.

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