HTML DOM Element blur()

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Examples

Remove focus from a text field:

document.getElementById("myText").blur();
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Remove focus from an <a> element:

document.getElementById("myAnchor").blur();
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Description

The blur() method removes focus from an element.

See Also:

Element focus() Method

The onblur Event

Syntax

HTMLElementObject.blur()

Parameters

NONE

Return Value

NONE

Browser Support

element.blur() is a DOM Level 2 (2001) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:

Chrome Edge Firefox Safari Opera IE
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