HTML DOM Element focus()
Example
Give focus to an element:
document.getElementById("myAnchor").focus();
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Give focus to a text field:
document.getElementById("myText").focus();
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Give focus to a text field when the document has been loaded:
window.onload = function() {
document.getElementById("myText").focus();
}
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Description
The focus() method gives focus to an element (if it can be focused).
Syntax
element.focus()
Parameters
| NONE |
Return Value
| NONE |
Browser Support
element.focus() is a DOM Level 2 (2001) feature.
It is fully supported in all browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera | IE |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9-11 |
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