.addClass( "ui-autocomplete" )
.appendTo( $( this.options.appendTo || "body", doc )[0] )
// prevent the close-on-blur in case of a "slow" click on the menu (long mousedown)
- .mousedown(function() {
+ .mousedown(function( event ) {
+ // clicking on the scrollbar causes focus to shift to the body
+ // but we can't detect a mouseup or a click immediately afterward
+ // so we have to track the next mousedown and close the menu if
+ // the user clicks somewhere outside of the autocomplete
+ var menuElement = self.menu.element[ 0 ];
+ if ( event.target === menuElement ) {
+ setTimeout(function() {
+ $( document ).one( 'mousedown', function( event ) {
+ if ( event.target !== self.element[ 0 ] &&
+ event.target !== menuElement &&
+ !$.ui.contains( menuElement, event.target ) ) {
+ self.close();
+ }
+ });
+ }, 1 );
+ }
+
// use another timeout to make sure the blur-event-handler on the input was already triggered
setTimeout(function() {
clearTimeout( self.closing );