Baseline Widely available
The focus
event fires when an element has received focus.
The opposite of focus
is blur
.
This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
SyntaxUse the event name in methods like addEventListener()
, or set an event handler property.
addEventListener("focus", (event) => { })
onfocus = (event) => { }
Event type Event properties
This interface also inherits properties from its parent UIEvent
, and indirectly from Event
.
An EventTarget
representing a secondary target for this event. In some cases (such as when tabbing in or out a page), this property may be set to null
for security reasons.
This example changes the appearance of a document when it loses focus. It uses addEventListener()
to monitor focus
and blur
events.
<p id="log">Click on this document to give it focus.</p>
CSS
.paused {
background: #ddd;
color: #555;
}
JavaScript
function pause() {
document.body.classList.add("paused");
log.textContent = "FOCUS LOST!";
}
function play() {
document.body.classList.remove("paused");
log.textContent =
"This document has focus. Click outside the document to lose focus.";
}
const log = document.getElementById("log");
window.addEventListener("blur", pause);
window.addEventListener("focus", play);
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