The focusin
event fires when an element is about to receive focus. The main difference between this event and focus
is that focusin
bubbles while focus
does not.
The opposite of focusin
is focusout
.
Bubbles | Yes |
---|---|
Cancelable | No |
Interface | FocusEvent |
Event handler property | onfocusin |
Sync / Async | Sync |
Composed | Yes |
Examples
Live example
HTML
<form id="form"> <input type="text" placeholder="text input"> <input type="password" placeholder="password"> </form>
JavaScript
const form = document.getElementById('form'); form.addEventListener('focusin', (event) => { event.target.style.background = 'pink'; }); form.addEventListener('focusout', (event) => { event.target.style.background = ''; });
Result
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 | |||||||||||
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focusin event | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 52 | IE Full support 9 | Opera Full support 11.6 | Safari Full support 5 | WebView Android Full support 1 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 52 | Opera Android Full support 12.1 | Safari iOS Full support 4.2 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support