To focus on element there is an inbuilt selector available in jQuery, which is used to detect the currently focused element. When the element is get focused by the mouse click or by the tab-navigating button this selector return the selected element. You can add the element in JQuery to focused that element easily. Here we will use the JQuery inbuilt selector $(“:focus”)
Syntax:
$(":focus")Example 1: This example shows how to focus an element using jQuery.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<title>
How to get focused element
using jQuery?
</title>
<script src=
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("input").focus();
$(":focus").css("background-color", "yellow");
});
</script>
<style>
.geeks {
width: 350px;
height: 100px;
border: 2px solid green;
padding-bottom: 15px;
margin: 10px;
}
h1 {
color:green;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<div class="geeks">
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<input type="text" placeholder="Focused Input" />
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Example 2:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<title>
How to get focused element
using jQuery?
</title>
<script src=
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("input").focus();
$(":focus").css("background-color", "red");
$("button").focus();
$(":focus").css("background-color", "green");
});
</script>
<style>
.geeks {
width: 350px;
height: 100px;
border: 2px solid green;
padding-bottom: 15px;
margin: 10px;
}
h1 {
color:green;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<div class="geeks">
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<input type="text" placeholder="Focused Input" />
<button type="button" >
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</button>
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
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Output: