How to find out the currently focused DOM element with JavaScript

This works in all relevant browsers:

document.activeElement

You can use this in your Selenium steps, for example, to assert that a form field is or is not focused.

Arne Hartherz

Last edit

2012-12-27

License

Source code in this card is licensed under the MIT License.

Posted by Arne Hartherz to makandra dev (2012-12-03 12:38)