Given the following HTML and function: <input type=text onfocus=TextBoxFocus() id=txtName /> . function TextBoxFocus()

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Asked: June 5, 20262026-06-05T23:29:07+00:00 2026-06-05T23:29:07+00:00

Given the following HTML and function:

<input type="text" onfocus="TextBoxFocus()" id="txtName" />

.

function TextBoxFocus()
{

}

Is it possible to get the id of the calling textbox from inside the function?

Thanks
Kevin

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-05T23:29:08+00:00

Editorial Team

Change just a bit your html

<input type="text" onfocus="TextBoxFocus(this)" id="txtName" />

And here you go:

function TextBoxFocus(self) {
    var id = self.id
}

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