Question

I am making a browser chat window in Javascript. I want to execute the function that shows and hides the chat when you click the chatbar, but not execute the function when you click on .chat_txt or .chat_new_input

Is it possible to do this?

//JavaScript Show/Hide Function
$('.hidden_box').live("click", function(){ showChat(this); });
$('.active_box').live("click", function(){ hideChat(this); });

$('.chat_txt').click(function(event) {
  event.preventDefault();
});

Here is the syntax for the DIV:

<div id="chat_system_msg_lp" class="chat_box clickable_box hidden_box">
    <div id="chat_system_msg_nick" class="chat_name">system_msg</div>
    <ul id="chat_system_msg_txt" class="chat_txt">
        <li id="46">Hi visitor. We suggest you to sign in/sign up in order 
         to have all the benefits from Live-Pin </li>
    </ul>
    <form class="chat_new_message" name="new_msg">
       <input type="text" placeholder="Enter your message..." 
         class="chat_new_input">
    </form>
</div>

Answer 1

Use

$('body').on('click', '.hidden_box:not(.chat_box)', function() { showChat(this); });

if you’re on jQuery 1.7+. Older jQuery:

$('body').delegate('.hidden_box:not(.chat_box)', 'click', function() { showChat(this); });

Similarly of course for the other one.

edit — I should have explained further. The .live() API was kind-of a bad idea, and since around 1.4 the .delegate() function was definitely preferred. You could still do it with “live” using the same selector, but don’t unless you’re on a really old version of jQuery.