Question

onhover open a popup but it close only when i click on rest of the page or close button

$('#promo').mouseover(function() {

        $('#promoarrow').show();

    });

    $('#closebtn').click(function() {

        $('#promoarrow').hide();

    });

here is the fiddle :
http://jsfiddle.net/YFY5g/16/

Answer 1

Do you want this??

$(document).click(function (e) {
    if (e.target)
        target = e.target;
    else if (e.srcElement)
        target = e.srcElement;
    else
        target = e.currentTarget;

    if (target.id != 'promoarrow') $('#promoarrow').hide(); 
});