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Giving A Div Focus

in Using jQuery • 10 years ago

So I'm trying to build a rostering system based on findmyshift.com - they have a free demo which I have used to get ideas and I really like the way they handle the editing of shifts - my problem is I can't figure out how to give a div focus as it were. If I could work out how to tell which div has been clicked, then get that div to listen for keypress events, I would be well on my way - thanks in advance :)

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jay.blanc..

Re: Giving A Div Focus

10 years ago

Usually all you have to do to give an element focus is to use the focus method: http://api.jquery.com/focus/

$(#'myDiv').focus();

The only problem is that a div may or may not (dependent on browser) be able to receive focus.

What you could do is bind click or keypress events to a div, but I am not sure this is what you're after. Are you really talking about input boxes?

huttarl

Re: Re: Giving A Div Focus

10 years ago

@jay, it looks to me from the documentation that

$(#'myDiv').focus();

will not give the div focus, but rather trigger the div's handler for the focus event. Am I misreading the docs?

Actually the final example on that doc page does support what you said. But the earlier definition says

"This method is a shortcut for .bind('focus', handler) in the first and second variations, and .trigger('focus') in the third" [i.e. with no arguments].

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