JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground by Jonathan Sampson June 05, 2012 HTML <ul class="topnav"> <li>Foo <ul class="submenu"> <li>One</li> <li>Two</li> </ul> </li> <li>Bar <ul class="submenu"> <li>One</li> <li>Two</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Click off the menu to hide all visible sub menus</p> CSS ul.topnav { background: #f1f1f1; width: 200px; } ul.submenu { background: #CCC; margin-left: 10px; } ul.topnav > li:last-child { border-top: 1px solid #999; } JavaScript $("ul.topnav").on("click", "li", function(e){ e.stopPropagation(); $(".submenu:visible", $(this).siblings()).slideUp("fast"); $(".submenu", this).slideDown(); }); $(document).on("click", function(){ $(".submenu:visible").slideUp(); });