Web/API/Element/focus event

The focus event fires when an element has received focus. The main difference between this event and focusin is that focusin bubbles while focus does not.

The opposite of focus is blur.

Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No
Interface	FocusEvent
Event handler property	onfocus
Sync / Async	Sync
Composed	Yes

Examples

Simple example

HTML

<form id="form">
  <input type="text" placeholder="text input">
  <input type="password" placeholder="password">
</form>

JavaScript

const password = document.querySelector('input[type="password"]');

password.addEventListener('focus', (event) => {
  event.target.style.background = 'pink';    
});

password.addEventListener('blur', (event) => {
  event.target.style.background = '';    
});

Event delegation

There are two ways of implementing event delegation for this event: by using the focusin event, or by setting the useCapture parameter of addEventListener() to true.

HTML

<form id="form">
  <input type="text" placeholder="text input">
  <input type="password" placeholder="password">
</form>

JavaScript

const form = document.getElementById('form');

form.addEventListener('focus', (event) => {
  event.target.style.background = 'pink';    
}, true);

form.addEventListener('blur', (event) => {
  event.target.style.background = '';    
}, true);

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
UI Events	Working Draft	Added info that this event is composed.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification	Obsolete	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
focus event	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 24 Full support 24 No support 6 — 24 Notes' Notes' The interface for this event is Event, not FocusEvent.	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 11.6	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support 1	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 24 Full support 24 No support 6 — 24 Notes' Notes' The interface for this event is Event, not FocusEvent.	Opera Android Full support 12.1	Safari iOS Full support 2	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

See implementation notes.'

See implementation notes.

See also

• Related events: blur, focusin, focusout
• This event on Window targets: focus event

Element: focus event by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.