Question

How do you detect which form input has focus using JavaScript or jQuery?

From within a function I want to be able to determine which form input has focus. I’d like to be able to do this in straight JavaScript and/or jQuery.

Answer 1

I am not sure if this is the most efficient way, but you could try:

var selectedInput = null; $(function() {     $('input, textarea, select').focus(function() {         selectedInput = this;     }).blur(function(){         selectedInput = null;     }); });