Fires before an object contained in an editable element enters a UI-activated state or when an editable container object is control selected.

Syntax

Inline HTML	<ELEMENT onbeforeeditfocus = "handler" ... >	All platforms
Event property	object.onbeforeeditfocus = handler	JScript only
	object.onbeforeeditfocus = GetRef("handler")	Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) 5.0 or later only
Named script	<SCRIPT FOR = object EVENT = onbeforeeditfocus>	Internet Explorer only

Event Information

Bubbles	Yes
Cancels	Yes
To invoke	Press the ENTER key or click an object when it has focus. Double-click an object.
Default action	Moves the object into a UI-activated state.

Event Object Properties

Although event handlers in the DHTML Object Model do not receive parameters directly, a handler can query the event object for the following event properties.

Available Properties

altKey	Retrieves a value that indicates the state of the ALT key.
altLeft	Retrieves a value that indicates the state of the left ALT key.
cancelBubble	Sets or retrieves whether the current event should bubble up the hierarchy of event handlers.
clientX	Sets or retrieves the x-coordinate of the mouse pointer's position relative to the client area of the window, excluding window decorations and scroll bars.
clientY	Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate of the mouse pointer's position relative to the client area of the window, excluding window decorations and scroll bars.
ctrlLeft	Sets or retrieves the state of the left CTRL key.
returnValue	Sets or retrieves the return value from the event.
screenX	Sets or retrieves the x-coordinate of the mouse pointer's position relative to the user's screen.
screenY	Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate of the mouse pointer's position relative to the user's screen.
shiftLeft	Retrieves the state of the left SHIFT key.
srcElement	Sets or retrieves the object that fired the event.
type	Sets or retrieves the event name from the event object.
x	Sets or retrieves the x-coordinate (in pixels) of the mouse pointer's offset from the closest relatively positioned parent element of the element that fired the event.
y	Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate (in pixels) of the mouse pointer's offset from the closest relatively positioned parent element of the element that fired the event.

Remarks

For the onbeforeeditfocus event to fire, document elements must be in edit mode. One way to invoke edit mode is to set the designMode property to On. As of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, Web authors can also set the contentEditable attribute to true on the body element, and if necessary, to specific elements in the body, to invoke edit mode.

The onbeforeeditfocus event differs from the onfocus event. The onbeforeeditfocus event fires before an object enters a UI-activated state, whereas the onfocus event fires when an object has focus.

Note  This event also fires when an input or textArea object gets the focus in browse mode.

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this event.

Applies To

A, ABBR, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CENTER, CITE, CODE, CUSTOM, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, document, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, hn, I, 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, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TD, TEXTAREA, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, Element Constructor, HTMLDocument Constructor