myShortStory.html

# how can I tell which \ element has the focus ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [January 25, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-tell-which-p-element-has-the-focus/639325 "2019-01-25T15:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![vmars316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bcef8e/32.png) [@vmars316](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vmars316)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-tell-which-p-element-has-the-focus/639325/1 "2019-01-25T15:24:13Z")

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

**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-tell-which-p-element-has-the-focus/639325/2 "2019-01-25T20:55:54Z")

Just check the `document.activeElement` property 🙂 ---

**Author:** ![vmars316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bcef8e/32.png) [@vmars316](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vmars316)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-tell-which-p-element-has-the-focus/639325/3 "2019-01-26T00:54:57Z")

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

Click anywhere in the document to display the active element.

``` Thanks ---

**Author:** ![vmars316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bcef8e/32.png) [@vmars316](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vmars316)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-tell-which-p-element-has-the-focus/639325/4 "2019-02-13T02:39:35Z")

Thanks, Will this work in all Browsers ? Thanks ---

**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-tell-which-p-element-has-the-focus/639325/5 "2019-02-13T03:09:08Z")

[https://caniuse.com/#search=activeElement](https://caniuse.com/#search=activeElement) ---

**Author:** ![vmars316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bcef8e/32.png) [@vmars316](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vmars316)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-tell-which-p-element-has-the-focus/639325/6 "2019-02-15T03:19:46Z")

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: ```auto 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: ```auto myShortStory.html

MainHeading

Heading

Text Paragraph

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