getting focus 1

mmaz · Mar 14, 2001

Hi,

I have several txtfields on my form, and when the user selects a button, I have to find out which txtfields has focus.

How can I do that? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Marie

GIGN · Mar 14, 2001

Hmmm, interesting. There is no facility for this directly that I can see, so what you may have to do is this:
<script>
var formFocus;
function catchFocus(form){
for(var j=0;j<form.elements.length;j++){
form.elements[j].onfocus = setVar;
}

}

function setVar(){
formFocus = this.name;
alert(this.name);
}
</script>
<body onLoad="catchFocus(document.forms[0])">

So the onLoad resets every form's onfocus to display an alert with the name of the element with focus. We just reset the value of the variable formFocus whenever a form elemen gains focus.

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