Is it possible to programmatically change the value of the document.activeElement property in JavaScript?
Is it possible to programmatically change the value of the document.activeElement property in JavaScript?
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Is it possible to programmatically change the value of the document.activeElement property in JavaScript?
In IE, use the
setActive()method of the element that you want to be the active element. In other browsers that supportactiveElement, you can use thefocus()method of the element, so long as the element is capable of receiving the focus (form elements, editable elements, elements withtabindexset).If you want to set the activeElement back to the default (the
<body>element in most browsers), just call the active element’sblur()method: