Hide notifications when clicking outside of them

[dstillman]

I still don't think we've gotten notifications quite right. Having them auto-hide is sort of unsettling and not very accessible, but having to click the X or perform another action to close them is annoying. Rather than just closing them on another action, what about closing them on any click on the page outside?

[flachware]

i think that’s worth a try.

[flachware]

I just realized that we do not auto-hide the Item Deleted notifications anymore, do we do that on purpose for accessibility reasons?

[dstillman]

do we do that on purpose for accessibility reasons?

Yes, that's right.

[flachware]

Well in that case I’m all the more for trying the hide-on-any-click approach.

[tnajdek]

I've tried it and it doesn't feel right to me, I much prefer the way it works now i.e. explicit hide or significant action hides notifications. Are we sure we want to change it? Here is a branch where it clears on any click outside of a message: 241-click-anywhere-to-clear-messages