HTML | DOM FocusEvent
The DOM FocusEvent Object contains the events that are related to focus. It includes events like focus in, focus out and blur.
Properties:
- relatedTarget: It returns the element related to the element that triggered a focus or blur event. This value is by default set to null due to security reasons. It is a read-only property.
Example: Finding out related event with the relatedTarget property.
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head> <title>DOM FocusEvent</title></head><body> <h1 style="color: green"> GeeksForGeeks </h1> <b>DOM FocusEvent</b> <p> The relatedTarget property will return the element that will return the secondary target. </p> <p>Textarea with id of "text1"</p> <textarea id="text1" onfocus="getRelatedTarget()"> </textarea> <p>Textarea with id of "text2"</p> <textarea id="text2"></textarea> <script> function getRelatedTarget() { console.log(this.event.relatedTarget); } </script></body></html> |
Output:
- Focusing on the second textarea:
- Refocusing the first textarea:
Event Types:
- onblur: This event fires whenever an element loses its focus.
- onfocus: This event fires whenever an element gets focus.
- onfocusin: This event fires whenever an event is about to get focus.
- onfocusout: This event fires whenever an event is about to lose focus.
Example: This example implements the onfocusin event.
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head> <title>DOM FocusEvent</title></head><body> <h1 style="color: green"> GeeksForGeeks </h1> <b>DOM FocusEvent</b> <p> The onfocusin event fires whenever an element is about to receive focus. </p> <textarea id="text1" onfocusin="fireEvent()"> </textarea> <script> function fireEvent() { console.log("The textarea was focused."); } </script></body></html> |
Output:
- Before clicking on the textarea:
- After clicking on the textarea:
Example: This example implements the onfocusout event.
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head> <title>DOM FocusEvent</title></head><body> <h1 style="color: green"> GeeksForGeeks </h1> <b>DOM FocusEvent</b> <p> The onfocusout event fires whenever an element is about to lose focus. </p> <textarea id="text1" onfocusout="fireEvent()"> </textarea> <script> function fireEvent() { console.log("The textarea was unfocused."); } </script></body></html> |
Output:
- Before clicking out of the textarea:
- After clicking out of the textarea:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by FocusEvent Object are listed below:
- Chrome 26
- Edge 12
- Firefox 24
- Internet Explorer 9
- Safari 7
- Opera 15
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