Which HTML elements can receive focus?

There isn’t a definite list, it’s up to the browser. The only standard we have is DOM Level 2 HTML, according to which the only elements that have a focus() method are HTMLInputElement, HTMLSelectElement, HTMLTextAreaElement and HTMLAnchorElement. This notably omits HTMLButtonElement and HTMLAreaElement. Today’s browsers define focus() on HTMLElement, but an element won’t actually take … Read more

How to show soft-keyboard when edittext is focused

To force the soft keyboard to appear, you can use EditText yourEditText= (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourEditText); yourEditText.requestFocus(); InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); imm.showSoftInput(yourEditText, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT); And for removing the focus on EditText, sadly you need to have a dummy View to grab focus. To close it you can use InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(yourEditText.getWindowToken(), 0); This works … Read more

Is there a way to detect if a browser window is not currently active?

Since originally writing this answer, a new specification has reached recommendation status thanks to the W3C. The Page Visibility API (on MDN) now allows us to more accurately detect when a page is hidden to the user. document.addEventListener(“visibilitychange”, onchange); Current browser support: Chrome 13+ Internet Explorer 10+ Firefox 10+ Opera 12.10+ [read notes] The following code … Read more

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