HIDEFOCUS Attribute | hideFocus Property

Sets or retrieves the value indicating whether the object visibly indicates that it has focus.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT HIDEFOCUS ... >
Scripting	object.hideFocus(v) [ = bHidden ]

Possible Values

bHidden

Boolean that specifies or receives one of the following values. true Focus is not visibly indicated. false Default. Focus is visibly indicated.

The property is read/write. The property has a default value of false.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. .

Remarks

The focus of an object is visibly indicated by a focus rectangle—a dotted rectangle within the boundaries of the object.

This property does not control the ability of an object to receive focus; for that, use the tabIndex property.

Example

The following example shows how to use the HIDEFOCUS attribute to prevent a focus rectangle from appearing on a button.

...
<BUTTON>
Button With Rectangle</BUTTON>
<BUTTON HIDEFOCUS="true">
Button Without Rectangle</BUTTON>
...

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CUSTOM, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, hn, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, 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, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP