1 // Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 function focus(element) {
6 // Focus the target element in order to send keys to it.
7 // First, the currently active element is blurred, if it is different from
8 // the target element. We do not want to blur an element unnecessarily,
9 // because this may cause us to lose the current cursor position in the
11 // Secondly, we focus the target element.
12 // Thirdly, if the target element is newly focused and is a text input, we
13 // set the cursor position at the end.
14 // Fourthly, we check if the new active element is the target element. If not,
17 // - |document.activeElement| is the currently focused element, or body if
18 // no element is focused
19 // - Even if |document.hasFocus()| returns true and the active element is
20 // the body, sometimes we still need to focus the body element for send
21 // keys to work. Not sure why
22 // - You cannot focus a descendant of a content editable node
23 // - V8 throws a TypeError when calling setSelectionRange for a non-text
24 // input, which still have setSelectionRange defined. For chrome 29+, V8
25 // throws a DOMException with code InvalidStateError.
26 var doc = element.ownerDocument || element;
27 var prevActiveElement = doc.activeElement;
28 if (element != prevActiveElement && prevActiveElement)
29 prevActiveElement.blur();
31 if (element != prevActiveElement && element.value &&
32 element.value.length && element.setSelectionRange) {
34 element.setSelectionRange(element.value.length, element.value.length);
36 if (!(error instanceof TypeError) && !(error instanceof DOMException &&
37 error.code == DOMException.INVALID_STATE_ERR))
41 if (element != doc.activeElement)
42 throw new Error('cannot focus element');