Fires before an object contained in an editable element enters a UI-activated state or when an editable container object is control selected. Syntax | Inline HTML | <ELEMENT onbeforeeditfocus = "handler" ... >
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| Event property | object.onbeforeeditfocus = handler | JScript only |
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| object.onbeforeeditfocus = GetRef("handler") | Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) 5.0 or later only | | Named script |
<SCRIPT FOR =
object EVENT = onbeforeeditfocus>
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Event Information | Bubbles | Yes |
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| Cancels | Yes |
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| To invoke | - Press the ENTER key or click an object when it has focus.
- Double-click an object.
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| Default action |
Moves the object into a UI-activated state. |
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Event Object Properties Although event handlers in the DHTML Object Model do not receive parameters directly, a handler can query an event object for data. Available Properties | altKey |
Sets or retrieves a value that indicates the state of the ALT key. |
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| altLeft |
Sets or retrieves a value that indicates the state of the left ALT key. |
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| cancelBubble |
Sets or retrieves whether the current event should bubble up the hierarchy of event handlers. |
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| clientX |
Sets or retrieves the x-coordinate of the mouse pointer's position relative to the client area of the window, excluding window decorations and scroll bars. |
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| clientY |
Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate of the mouse pointer's position relative to the client area of the window, excluding window decorations and scroll bars. |
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| ctrlLeft |
Sets or retrieves the state of the left CTRL key.
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| returnValue |
Sets or retrieves the return value from the event. |
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| screenX |
Retrieves the x-coordinate of the mouse pointer's position relative to the user's screen. |
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| screenY |
Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate of the mouse pointer's position relative to the user's screen. |
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| shiftLeft |
Retrieves the state of the left SHIFT key.
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| srcElement |
Sets or retrieves the object that fired the event. |
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| type |
Sets or retrieves the event name from the event object. |
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| x |
Sets or retrieves the x-coordinate, in pixels, of the mouse pointer's position relative to a relatively positioned parent element. |
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| y |
Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate, in pixels, of the mouse pointer's position relative to a relatively positioned parent element. |
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Remarks For the onbeforeeditfocus event to fire, document elements must be in edit mode. One way to invoke edit mode is to set the designMode property to On. As of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5, Web authors can also set the contentEditable attribute to true on the body element, and if necessary, to specific elements in the body, to invoke edit mode. The onbeforeeditfocus event differs from the onfocus event. The onbeforeeditfocus event fires before an object enters a UI-activated state, whereas the onfocus event fires when an object has focus.
Note This event also fires when an input or textArea object gets the focus in browse mode.
Standards Information
There is no public standard that applies to this event.
Applies To |
defaults,
A,
ACRONYM,
ADDRESS,
APPLET,
AREA,
B,
BDO,
BIG,
BLOCKQUOTE,
BODY,
BUTTON,
CENTER,
CITE,
CODE,
CUSTOM,
DD,
DEL,
DFN,
DIR,
DIV,
DL,
document,
DT,
EM,
FIELDSET,
FONT,
FORM,
hn,
I,
INPUT type=button,
INPUT type=checkbox,
INPUT type=file,
INPUT type=hidden,
INPUT type=image,
INPUT type=password,
INPUT type=radio,
INPUT type=reset,
INPUT type=submit,
INPUT type=text,
INS,
ISINDEX,
KBD,
LABEL,
LEGEND,
LI,
LISTING,
MARQUEE,
MENU,
NOBR,
OBJECT,
OL,
P,
PLAINTEXT,
PRE,
Q,
RT,
RUBY,
S,
SAMP,
SELECT,
SMALL,
SPAN,
STRIKE,
STRONG,
SUB,
SUP,
TABLE,
TD,
TEXTAREA,
TR,
TT,
U,
UL,
VAR,
XMP | |
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