how can I tell which <p> element has the focus ?

Hello & Thanks ;
On a doubleClick ‘how can I tell which element has the focus’ .
Thanks for your help !

Just check the document.activeElement property :slight_smile:

Thanks ,
Now finding that there is such a thing ,
I googled and found an example:

<html>
<body onclick="myFunction()">

<p>Click anywhere in the document to display the active element.</p>
<input type="text" value="An input field">
<button>A Button</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
  var x = document.activeElement.tagName;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

Thanks

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Thanks,
Will this work in all Browsers ?
Thanks

https://caniuse.com/#search=activeElement

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Thanks All , but:
The problem with ‘document.activeElement.tagName’ is that
for p element it returns ‘BODY’ .
But I want to know which p has focus .
Pls, How can this be done ?
Here is the code I am working with .
Check here:

         window.addEventListener("keydown", onPress_ENTER, false);
// and here:
      function onPress_ENTER
// I am thinking of doing this:
function onEnterKeyUp(e)
// But I can't figure out how to put it all together . 

I tried using textArea (instead of p ) but the problem with that is that I have a ‘Save This Page’ Button ;
see: function saveAs(filename, allHtml) ,
but textArea can’t be saved .
Pls, help me with this , I have many many many diff things , but no go .
Here is the whole code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <!--  Go To  https://www.google.com/search?num=20&newwindow=1&hl=en&authuser=0&ei=XetDXJKlG46GtQXV1J9Q&q=html5+css+js&oq=html5+css+js&gs_l=psy-ab.12..35i39j0j0i22i30l6j0i22i10i30j0i22i30.239301.283270..287372...2.0..0.112.3082.19j14......0....1..gws-wiz.....6..0i71j0i13i30j0i8i13i30j0i131j0i20i263.RsTbO1V_iYY  -->
   <head>
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
      <title>myShortStory.html</title>
      <style >
         body {
         font-family: Comic Sans MS;
         height: 100%;
         margin: 0 auto;
         padding:0;
         background: #F2F4F4  ;
         }
         html {
         height: 100%; 
         margin: 0 auto;
         padding:0;
         }
         .Table 
         {
         margin: 0 auto;
         padding:0;
         }
         #p_ah {
         fontsize: 16;
         color: DarkGreen;
         }
         #p_tgh {
         fontsize: 12px;
         color: #34495E ;
         }
      </style>
   </head>
   <body onload="documentURL()">
      <!-- Run me 1st -->
      <div class="Table" style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; fontsize: 12px; ">
         <!-- ============NewRow============== -->
         <div id="Row1" style="border:1px solid red; text-align: center;">
            <div id="Row1Cell1">
               <p contenteditable="true" id="mainHeading" style="fontsize: 16; color: DarkGreen;">MainHeading</p>
            </div>
            <!-- <div class="Cell"  -->
         </div>
         <!-- ============NewRow============== -->
         <div id="container">
            <div id="Row2" style="border:1px solid green">
<!--               <div id="Row2Cell1">
                  <p contenteditable="" style="color:#5886BC;">notes</p>
               </div>
-->
               <div id="Row2Cell1">
                  <p contenteditable="" id="p_ah" style="fontsize: 16px; color: DarkGreen;">Heading</p>
                  <p contenteditable="" id="p_tgh" style="fontsize: 12px; color: #34495E ;">Text Paragraph</p>
               </div>  <!-- <div class="Cell"  -->
            </div>  <!-- <div class="Row"  -->
         </div> <!--  id="container"  -->
         <!-- ============NewRow============== -->
         <div id="Row3" style="border:1px solid blue; text-align: center;">
            <div id="Row3Cell1">
            <br>
               <button onclick="createArticleHeading()">Add Heading</button>
               <button onclick="createTextArea()">Add Text Paragraph</button>
               <form action="http://google.com" target="_blank" style="display: inline;">
                  <input type="submit" value="Search Google" />
               </form>
               <button onclick="saveAs(filename, allHtml)">Save This Page</button>
               <p id="currentPage_Address" style="fontsize: 12px; color: #34495E;"> </p>
            </div> <!-- id="Row3Cell1"  -->
         </div> <!-- <div class="Row"  -->
      </div> <!--  <div class="Table">  -->
      <script>
         var  p_tgh = "";
         var  pp_tgh = "";
         var  p_tghCount = 1;
         var  p_ah = "";
         var  pp_ah = "";
         var  p_ahCount = 1;
         var  ArticleHeading = "Heading";
         var  TextParagraph = "Text Paragraph";
         var  ButtonParagraph = "New Link";
         var  document_URL;
         const  filename = "myStory.html";
         var allHtml =  document.documentElement.outerHTML; 
         var  document_URL;
         function documentURL() {
         document_URL = document.URL;
         document.getElementById("currentPage_Address").innerHTML = document_URL;  
         window.addEventListener("keydown", onPress_ENTER, false);
//         window.addEventListener("keyup", onEnterKeyUp, false);
         }
      </script>
      <script>
      function onPress_ENTER(event){
        var keyPressed = event.keyCode || event.which;
        //if ENTER is pressed
        if(keyPressed==13)
        {
//      Good here: 
            event.preventDefault();
            stopImmediatePropagation();
//      Do stuff here too:
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
} 
      </script> 
      <script>
      function onEnterKeyUp(e){
        var keyPressed = event.keyCode || event.which;
        console.log(e);
        //if ENTER is pressed
        if(keyPressed==13)
        {
//      Do stuff here :
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
} 
      </script> 
      <script contenteditable="">
         function createTextArea() {
                   p_tghCount = p_tghCount +1;
                   p_tgh = "p_tgh" + p_tghCount;
                   pp_tgh = document.createElement("p");
                   pp_tgh.innerHTML = TextParagraph;
                   pp_tgh.setAttribute("contenteditable", "true");
                   pp_tgh.setAttribute("id",p_tgh);
                   pp_tgh.setAttribute("style","fontsize: 8px; color: #34495E;");
                   var content = document.getElementById("Row2Cell1");
                   content.appendChild(pp_tgh);
                 }	
      </script>	
      <script contenteditable="">
         function createArticleHeading() {
                   p_ahCount = p_ahCount +1;
                   p_ah = "p_ah" + p_ahCount;
                   pp_ah = document.createElement("p");
                   pp_ah.innerHTML = ArticleHeading;
                   pp_ah.setAttribute("contenteditable", "true");
                   pp_ah.setAttribute("id",p_ah);
                   pp_ah.setAttribute("style","fontsize: 16px; color: DarkGreen;");
                   var content = document.getElementById("Row2Cell1");
                   content.appendChild(pp_ah);
         }
      </script> 
      <script>
         function saveAs(filename, allHtml) {
           allHtml =  document.documentElement.outerHTML; 
          var blob = new Blob([allHtml], {type: 'text/csv'});
          if(window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) {
              window.navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, filename);
          }
          else{
              var elem = window.document.createElement('a');
              elem.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
              elem.download = filename;        
              document.body.appendChild(elem);
              elem.click();        
              document.body.removeChild(elem);
          }
         }    
          
      </script> 
      <script contenteditable=""> 
         function createNewButton() {
           var p_bn = document.createElement("li");
           p_bn.innerHTML = ButtonParagraph;
           p_bn.setAttribute('contenteditable', 'true');
           p_bn.setAttribute("id","li-Default");
           var content = document.getElementById("nav-01");
           content.appendChild(p_bn);
         }
      </script> 
   </body>
</html>

Thanks