Is there any method to check if an element is being focused?

[unigodx]

Sorry to ask a very simple question. I do not know a keyword to search.

I have a drop-down list. I want to use if-statement to check whether this list is being focused. Is there any method to check if an element is being focused?

I guess that it will be named like...

element.onFocus()
or
element.onFocusNow()
or something alike.


I will use it like this..

if( myDropDownList.isOnFocusedNow() ){
...//do something
}

Thank you very much.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

You can use onfocus and onblur to detect an element receiving or losing focus respectively.

You can set these on the element itself:

<input onfocus="someFunc()" onblur="someOtherFunc()" />

or attaching via script:

pointerToEl.onfocus = someFunc;

pointerToEl.onblur = someOtherFunc;

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[unigodx]

Thank you again BillyRayPreachersSon.
Your answers do help me a lot.