FocusEvent object
Provides event properties that are specific to focus events.
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DOM Information
Inheritance Hierarchy
Members
The FocusEvent object has these types of members:
Methods
The FocusEvent object has these methods.
| Method | Description |
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| initEvent |
Initializes a new generic event that the createEvent method created.
Important As of Microsoft Edge, the
createEvent()/initEvent() constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information. |
| initFocusEvent |
Initializes a new focus event that the createEvent method created.
Important As of Microsoft Edge, the
createEvent()/initEvent() constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information. |
| initUIEvent |
Initializes a new user interface event that the createEvent method created.
Important As of Microsoft Edge, the
createEvent()/initEvent() constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information. |
| preventDefault |
Cancels the default action of an event. |
| stopImmediatePropagation |
Prevents any further propagation of an event. |
| stopPropagation |
Prevents propagation of an event beyond the current target. |
Properties
The FocusEvent object has these properties.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
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Gets a value that indicates whether an event propagates up from the event target. | |
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Gets a value that indicates whether you can cancel an event's default action. | |
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Gets or sets a value that indicates whether an event should be stopped from propagating up from the current target. | |
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Gets the event target that is currently being processed. | |
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Gets a value that indicates whether the default action should be canceled. | |
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Gets additional information about an event. | |
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Gets the event phase that is being evaluated. | |
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Gets a value that indicates whether a trusted event source created an event. | |
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Gets the secondary element that is involved in an event. | |
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Gets the element that the event was originally dispatched to. Compare to target. | |
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Gets the element that is the target of the event. | |
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Gets the time, in milliseconds, when an event occurred. | |
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Gets the name of an event. | |
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Gets the window object that an event is generated from. |
Standards information
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification, Section 5.2.2
See also
- Event
- UIEvent
- Reference
- onfocus
- onfocusin
- onfocusout

