HTML DOM activeElement property
Examples
Currently focused element:
var x = document.activeElement.tagName;
x The output is:
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Definitions and use
activeElement property returns the document element currently has the focus.
Note: This property is read-only.
Tip: Set the focus to the element, you can use the element .focus () method.
Tip: You can use document.hasFocus () to see whether the current element gain focus method.
Browser Support
Figures in the table represent the first browser to support the property version number.
| Attributes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| activeElement | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 9.6 |
grammar
document.activeElement
Technical Description
| return value: | Element currently has the focus |
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