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ShadowRoot: activeElement property

The activeElement read-only property of the ShadowRoot interface returns the element within the shadow tree that has focus.

Value

The Element which currently has focus, or null if there is no focused element.

Examples

js

let customElem = document.querySelector("my-shadow-dom-element");
let shadow = customElem.shadowRoot;
let focusedElem = shadow.activeElement;

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-documentorshadowroot-activeelement-dev

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
activeElement 53 79 63 No 40 10 53 53 63 41 10 6.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ShadowRoot/activeElement