The HTMLElement.blur()
method removes keyboard focus from the current element.
The HTMLElement.blur()
method removes keyboard focus from the current element.
js
blur()
None.
None (undefined
).
html
<input type="text" id="sampleText" value="Sample Text" /> <br /><br /> <button type="button" onclick="focusInput()">Click me to gain focus</button>
js
function focusInput() { const textField = document.getElementById("sampleText"); textField.focus(); // The input will lose focus after 3 seconds setTimeout(() => { textField.blur(); }, 3000); }
Specification |
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HTML Standard # dom-blur-dev |
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
blur |
1 | 12 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 8 | 3 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 10.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/blur