When is an element guaranteed to be focussable?

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If a dom element is :visible, will it always be focussable?

See this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1599660/which-html-elements-can-receive-focus — Surreal Dreams, May 01 '12 at 14:57

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '12 at 14:55

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No. You can't (for instance and by default) focus a div.

answered May 01 '12 at 14:55

Quentin

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you can if it has a `tabindex` – Alnitak May 01 '12 at 15:05
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@Alnitak — I said "by default". – Quentin May 01 '12 at 15:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 01 '12 at 14:57

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It's not guaranteed, but you can check to see if an element will fire the focus event.

var focussableEls = [];
$(":visible").each({
    if (typeof this.focus == 'function')
        focussableEls.push(this.id);
});
console.log(focussableEls);

answered May 01 '12 at 14:57

Rory McCrossan

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That appears to come back with html, body and every element in the body, not just those that can be focused. http://jsfiddle.net/TEL4J/ – Quentin May 01 '12 at 15:15

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '12 at 15:04

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Check for elements that have a tabindex attribute:

$('[tabindex]')

answered May 01 '12 at 15:04

Alnitak

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Elements don't have to have a tabindex attribute to be focusable (e.g. an input element is focusable by default). – Quentin May 01 '12 at 15:11

When is an element guaranteed to be focussable?

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