HTML DOM Document activeElement
Example
Get the currently focused element:
const element = document.activeElement.tagName;
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Description
The activeElement property returns the HTML element that have focus.
The activeElement property is read-only.
Syntax
document.activeElement
Return Value
| Type | Description |
| Element | The HTML element that has focus |
Browser Support
document.activeElement is a DOM Level 1 (1998) feature.
It is fully supported in all browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera | IE |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9-11 |
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