We Keep Coding

Blur event not firing on <label> - can't find workaround for dealing with hide-on-blur <input> text field

TL;DR how can I get this self-explanatory JSFiddle to work?
From the W3C:
The blur event occurs when an element loses focus either via the pointing device or by tabbing navigation. This event is valid for the following elements: LABEL, INPUT, SELECT, TEXTAREA, and BUTTON.
The basic idea, HTML:
<form>
<label>
<input type="text" />
after focusing in input, there should be no blur when clicking here
</label>
</form>
but blur should fire when clicking here
And JS:
$("form, label").on("blur", function() {
alert("you're not going to see this");
});
It doesn't work. A more illustrative example is in this JSFiddle.
I also tried focusout, with this JSFiddle, but (presumably because it bubbles up from the input), it always fires.
I could probably rig up what I need with a hack like this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5049387/458614 but I'd rather not have to.
Edit: There are lots of related questions and I have read all that I could find, none of which help. Some talk about setting tabindex=0 on the form or label elements. I have tried this in various permutations but it doesn't help. JSFiddle here. If you put it on the form, blur events do fire when you click outside the form. However, it doesn't apply to any of it's children: it won't pick up anything if you click on the input and then outside the form.
Edit 2: I don't really understand some of the answers posted so far and none seem to really... work. Anyway, to clarify, here is what I am trying to accomplish:
In my app, you can add tags to documents. When you click the "add tag" button, a previously-hidden text input field pops up and is focused. And then...
Clicking outside (on blur) should close the text input field again
Pressing enter should add the tag and close the input field
Clicking the "add tag" button should also add the tag and close the input field
The problem is that #1 and #3 are incompatible. The "add tag" button needs to perform a different action based on whether the text field is open or closed, but because I can only achieve #1 with an onblur event on the text field, the text field is closed by the time any action happens on the "add tag" button for #3.
Here is a JSFiddle with my best attempt so far.

The thing I think you are looking for is
e.stopPropagation();
This Fiddle here shows a little different way to handle it ... it put the hide on a window click (which would blur the input anyways) except on the label, which it would allow the click event to stop inside the label.
Happy coding!

use the below code to achieve the desired
$(document).on("blur", "label",function() {
$("div").append("form or label blurred<br>");
});
Here is the demo Fiddle

Try this it should work
.focus {
border-color:red;
}
$(document).ready(function() {
$('input').blur(function(){
$('input').removeClass("focus");
})
.focus(function() {
$(this).addClass("focus")
});
});

Add this piece of js in your Fiddle. you added listener for label but blur happens on anchor tag.
$("form a").on("blur", function() {
$("div").append("form or label blurred<br>");
});

according to your explanation i have create a demo
$("form > label >a").on("blur", function() {
return false
});
$("#outsideform > a").on("blur", function() {
alert("but blur should fire when clicking here");
});
Check the Demo here

For a while, I am posting an intermediate development. But this definitely will help you where exactly you should look for. The jquery implementation but not your javascript.
This is the real concern.
I have added 3 lines at different places. no big changes.
Added an || $("input").css("visibility") == "visible" to the if
condition
Added $("input").css("visibility","hidden"); to the inner else condition
$("input").css("visibility","visible"); to the outer (and last) else condition.
Please note this is intermediate, you need to click twice after a submit of non-empty text.
If I get time, I would post the correct working thing.
This is the fiddle.

tobek, your JSFiddle with my best attempt so far is almost there. The problem is your selector at the bottom in this section of code:
$("input").on("blur", function(){
$("input").hide();
});
You stated the problem correctly in your comments when you said: "THE PROBLEM: we never get in here because it's already been hidden because the input blurred".
Change the above section to this and I think you'll have what you're looking for.
$("input-blur label").on("blur", function(){
$("input").hide();
});
Because the "Add tag" link is inside the label clicking it doesn't trigger your "blur" function.

Attach onclick event to a dropdown with one element

I have a dropdown. Initially it is empty and at some point it is filled with elements dynamically. When the user choose an option the onchange event is triggered. This works when there are at least two values in the dropdown.
What I want to accomplish is, when there is only one element in the dropdown and the user clicks it, some event to be triggered. I tried the onclick event but this does not worked on the dropdown.
Here is my jsfiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/MwHNd/551/
Some option may be to have defaut value like "Choose an option" in the dropdown and this way the onchange will always trigger. Is there are way to do it without this option?

Documentation is your friend:
http://www.kendoui.com/documentation/ui-widgets/dropdownlist/events.aspx
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/MwHNd/553/

well its not as simple as that, there are two aways you can go about doing this, both requires if statements..
you can either "dyamically" in js see how many options there are in a selector and tell it to change the element to a button OR do a focus function with jquery if there is only one element in your dropdown
$selector.focus(function(){
then whatever you wants etc
also you said you would not want to do this with a drop down. use a javascript function to click the event plus the selected index of the option values you want
function change(){
document.getElementById("your-element").selectedIndex =2;
}
function changeit(){
document.getElementById("your element").selectedIndex =1;
}
function changeitup(){
document.getElementById("your element").selectedIndex =0;
}
so if you wanted the selected index plus the event you want to do
<input type='button' onclick="change();otherfunction()"> would give you the selected index plus the function you wanted originally

Unselect a Select Input

I have a "select" input that is programmed to open up a modal box when clicked to get some information before proceeding. That part all works great.
The problem is that once the modal box is up, the select dropdown options are all still visible. I want that select input to go back to being a normal, not clicked on at all, select box.
What javascript or jquery code can I use to make that select dropdown clear away?

I think it is more correct to move handler from click to change. In this case select will be close and keyboard changes also will be processed

Try using this instead:
$('#mySelect').focus(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
// code here
});
If that does't work, try using the preventDefault() with the click event.
The focus will at least allows users navigating fields with the keyboard (tab, etc) instead of the mouse.

Prior to jQuery 1.6
$('#mySelectBox :selected').attr('selected', '');
jQuery 1.6 and higher
$('#mySelectBox :selected').removeProp('selected', '');

I'm not sure that you can do it with standard select tag. Maybe because it still has focus. What I did when I needed a customized select tag is to avoid the select tag completely and use a button which graphically looks like the select button. Look at this page - look at the TAX button and the button to the left of it. There is no select tag, but it works great.

Make a combobox fire changed event when first (already selected default) element is clicked in a webpage

I'm designing a webpage where I have a combobox (drop down list) and it has several items in it. I want to be able to click the element and select the first item and it should fire the changed event.
Initial situation:
I will click the button next to 1/2000 and:
Afterwards, if I click on 1/2000, I want the changed event to fire. I know it is simple with jQuery, but I couldn't find how to search for this problem so couldn't find an answer.
Thanks, Can.

I think James is right, the question is not how to simply detect a change, he rather wants to know detect the click.
You could use this code but you need to find a way to make it not fire twice if another option is selected:
$('select option').click(function(){
$(this).parent('select').trigger('change');
});
$('select').change(function(){
alert("Bam!");
});

The event is fired when you select the option, if you want to do something when it's fgired you should do:
$('#yourselect').change(function(){
alert('changed');
});
Look at this fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/5wc37/
EDIT - tanks to james now i understand what the poster want. One thing you coukd do is binding the click event to the select and check if the target is an option or a select. if it's an option, do what you want:
$('select#yourselect').click(function(e) {
if(e.target.tagName === "OPTION"){
alert(this.value);
};
});
fiddle
http://jsfiddle.net/5wc37/12/

Why does $.change() fire on a submit button?

I have a $.change() event, but when a submit button is pressed, the change event fires again. It is only supposed to fire once when a text is inputted into a input text box.
$('input:submit', top.document).bind('click', function (e) {
alert("submitting")
});
$('input').change(function (e) {
alert("fire");
});

Edit: For whatever reason, a change event is invoked when the input button is clicked. (thanks Anthony)
The way to fix this is simply don't select the submit button.
You can try
$('input:text')
To select only text fields.
Or you can do
$('input:not(:submit)')
To select all input elements except the submit button(s).
Read about selectors here
Edit: Using <button> instead won't work. It still counts as an input field, but it's value is separate from the text displayed on the button.

$('input').change(function(e){ alert("fire") }); applies that event to ALL input elements, including <input type="submit".../>. If you really want EVERY SINGLE text input element to have a change event, you want ``$('input[type=text]').change(function(e){ alert("fire") });` Otherwise, it might be best to use an id or class.

#Mark,
You are spot on and I'd edit you if I could to help out. Maybe someday soon...
#ajowi,
Submit buttons are inputs. At least most of them are:
<input type="submit" />
So Mark,it's not that they are doing anything with the button text, it's that the input, which is a button, is being changed by act of clicking on it.
So his solutions were great. Go with
$("input:text").change