Sometimes, we want to give keyboard focus to a DIV and attach keyboard event handlers to it with JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to give keyboard focus to a DIV and attach keyboard event handlers to it with JavaScript.
How to give keyboard focus to a DIV and attach keyboard event handlers to it with JavaScript?
To give keyboard focus to a DIV and attach keyboard event handlers to it with JavaScript, we can set the contentEditable property of the div to true and call focus on it.
For instance, we write
const div = document.getElementById("inner");
div.contentEditable = true;
div.focus();
to select the div with getElementById.
Then we set its contentEditable property to true so we can type in the div.
Then we call focus on it so we put the cursor on the div.
Conclusion
To give keyboard focus to a DIV and attach keyboard event handlers to it with JavaScript, we can set the contentEditable property of the div to true and call focus on it.
