Question

i wants to set focus on the parent div when someone click on the link how can i

<li class="active">
    <a href="#about">Link to the parent div</a>
</li>

<div id="#parent">
    <div id="about">dummy data</div>
    <div id="news">dummy data</div>
</div>

http://jsfiddle.net/bipin000/PGzwc/

Answer 1

Just use document.getElementById('parent').focus(). See the updated jsFiddle.

But what is supposed to happen when the div gets the focus? Divs don’t change anything when they get focus!

Edit:
If you want the <a> to scroll the document to the top of parent when clicked, this is what you need: document.body.scrollTo(0, document.getElementById('parent').offsetTop); return false; See the once more updated jsFiddle.

But if that’s not what you want either, just say so!