Sets or gets the value that indicates whether the object visibly shows that it has focus.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT HIDEFOCUS ... >
Scripting	[ bHidden = ] object.hideFocus [ = v ]

Possible Values

bHidden

Boolean that specifies or receives one of the following values. true Focus is not visibly indicated. false Default. Focus is visibly indicated.

The property is read/write. The property has a default value of false.

DHTML expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s). As of Internet Explorer 8, expressions are not supported in IE8 mode. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

The focus of an object is visibly indicated by a focus rectangle—a dotted rectangle within the boundaries of the object.

This property does not control the ability of an object to receive focus; for that, use the tabIndex property.

Example

The following example shows how to use the HIDEFOCUS attribute to prevent a focus rectangle from appearing on a button.

...
<BUTTON>
Button With Rectangle</BUTTON>
<BUTTON HIDEFOCUS="true">
Button Without Rectangle</BUTTON>
...

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Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

A, ABBR, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CUSTOM, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, hn, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, Element Constructor