Section 25.174. Input.blur( ): remove keyboard focus from a form element

25.174. Input.blur( ): remove keyboard focus from a form element

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25.174.1. Synopsis

 void blur( ) 

25.174.2. Description

The blur( ) method of a form element removes keyboard focus from that element without invoking the onblur event handler; it is essentially the opposite of the focus( ) method. The blur( ) method does not transfer keyboard focus anywhere, however, so the only time that it is actually useful to call this method is right before you transfer keyboard focus elsewhere with the focus( ) method, when you don't want to trigger the onblur event handler. That is, by removing focus explicitly from the element, you won't be notified when it is removed implicitly by a focus( ) call on another element.