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    copied!<p>I am trying to implement this menu in my web site :</p> <p>Here is the code :</p> <pre><code>&lt;html&gt; &lt;head&gt; &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.4.2.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.fixedMenu.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; &lt;link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="fixedMenu_style1.css" /&gt; &lt;script&gt; $('document').ready(function(){ $('.menu').fixedMenu(); }); &lt;/script&gt; &lt;/head&gt; &lt;body&gt; &lt;div class="menu"&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a href="#"&gt;More Examples&lt;span class="arrow"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Plugins and jQuery Examples&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Prototype Examples&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Mootools Examples&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Javascript Examples&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a href="#"&gt;Plugins&lt;span class="arrow"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Galleries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;DropDown Menus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Content Slider&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;LightBox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/body&gt; &lt;/html&gt; </code></pre> <p>and the code for .js file is :</p> <pre><code>(function($){ $.fn.fixedMenu=function(){ return this.each(function(){ var menu= $(this); menu.find('ul li &gt; a').bind('click',function(){ if ($(this).parent().hasClass('active')){ $(this).parent().removeClass('active'); } else{ $(this).parent().parent().find('.active').removeClass('active'); $(this).parent().addClass('active'); } }) }); } })(jQuery); </code></pre> <p>I want the active menu to be closed when someone clicks anywhere in the body area....</p> <p>I am a newbie to jquery :-) , pls help</p> <p>thanks</p> <p>Sandeep</p> <p>Edit : after your final comments this is how the code looks .</p> <pre><code>$("html").click(function() { menu.find('.active').removeClass('active'); }); (function($){ $.fn.fixedMenu=function(){ return this.each(function(){ var menu= $(this); menu.find('ul li &gt; a').bind('click', function (event) { event.stopPropagation(); }); $("body:not(.menu)").hover(function(){ $(".menu").find('.active').removeClass('active');}) menu.find('ul li &gt; a').bind('click',function(){ if ($(this).parent().hasClass('active')){ $(this).parent().removeClass('active'); } else{ $(this).parent().parent().find('.active').removeClass('active'); $(this).parent().addClass('active'); } }) }); } })(jQuery); </code></pre> <p>but still no success....</p>
 

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