How to close a modal by clicking outside the modal window?

Question

In a very simple jQuery modal, I close the modal by clicking on CLOSE as

$('#close').click(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  $('#overlay, #alertModalOuter').fadeOut(400, function() {
     $(this).remove();
  });
});

How can I close the modal by clicking whether on CLOSE button (which is inside the modal windows) OR clicking anywhere outside the modal window.

Answer 1

Changing your function like so should work:

    $('#close, #overlay').click(function(e) {
      e.preventDefault();
      $('#overlay, #alertModalOuter').fadeOut(400, function() {
      $('#close').remove();
    });
});

Answer 2

I found it helpful to include:

$('.item-modal').click(function(e) {
  e.stopPropagation();
});