Returns the currently focused element, that is, the element that will get keystroke events if the user types any. This attribute is read only.
Often this will return an
<input>
or <textarea>
object, if it has the text selection at the time. If so, you can get more detail by using the element's selectionStart
and selectionEnd
properties. Other times the focused element might be a <select>
element (menu) or an <input>
element, of type
button, checkbox or radio.Note: On Mac, elements that aren't text input elements tend not to get focus assigned to them.
Typically a user can press the tab key to move the focus around the page among focusable elements, and use the space bar to activate it (press a button, choose a radio).
Do not confuse focus with a selection over the document, consisting mostly of static text nodes. See
window.getSelection()
for that. When there is no selection, the active element is the page's
<body>
. Note: This attribute is part of the in-development HTML 5 specification.
Syntax
var curElement = document.activeElement;
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