GetTextBox ID on Tab-key press

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Hi I have a multiple TextBoxes in a page.
Tab-key is using to navigate from one TextBox to other TextBox .
when user press tab-key I need to get the the ID the TextBox (in javascript) in which the cursor exist.

I can get the Tab-key press event.
But How can I get the Textbox-ID(where cursor is) on Tab-key press.
Can anyone help me to resolve this?

Posted 17-Sep-12 6:01am

SHAJANCHERIAN

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Solution 1

You can try taking a look at DOM Element document.activeElement. As far as I remember, it doesn't work consistently across browsers, but it should get you started.

From here on, Google[^] is your friend. I'm sure you'll find something to help you

Posted 17-Sep-12 6:04am

Andrei Straut

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Gopinath0072 · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-17T07:28:00

Solution 2

Hi SHAJANCHERIAN,

I think no need to get Textbox id. you can sent the text box object directly to your function.
for example:

JavaScript

<script type="text/javascript">
function gettextboxobject()
{

}
</script>

<input type="text" id="textbox1" onblur="gettextboxobject(this)"  önfocus="gettextboxobject(this)" />

you can get the textbox object directly.

please reply if you want more.

Posted 17-Sep-12 7:28am

Gopinath0072

Updated 17-Sep-12 7:42am

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Mohibur Rashid 17-Sep-12 20:11pm

he does not need more, its exactly what he need

SHAJANCHERIAN 18-Sep-12 0:33am

Thank you so much. this is helpful to solve my problem. Actually I wanted to save the data from the text-box (ie. last-focused) in to a global variable for further use.