{"id":280,"date":"2026-08-10T19:11:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.jquery.com\/?p=280"},"modified":"2026-08-10T19:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:11:42","slug":"focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/api.jquery.com\/focus\/","title":{"rendered":"focus event"},"content":{"rendered":"Bind an event handler to the \"focus\" event, or trigger that event on an element.<div class=\"toc\">\n<h4><span>Contents:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"toc-list\">\n<li>\n<a href=\"#on1\">.on( \"focus\" [, eventData ], handler )<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#on-%22focus%22-eventData-handler\">.on( \"focus\" [, eventData ], handler )<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"#trigger2\">.trigger( \"focus\" )<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#trigger-%22focus%22\">.trigger( \"focus\" )<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><article id=\"on1\" class=\"entry method\"><h2 class=\"section-title\">\n<span class=\"name\">.on( \"focus\" [, eventData ], handler )<\/span><span class=\"returns\">Returns: <a href=\"http:\/\/api.jquery.com\/Types\/#jQuery\">jQuery<\/a><\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"desc\"><strong>Description: <\/strong>Bind an event handler to the \"focus\" event.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"signatures\"><li class=\"signature\">\n<h4 class=\"name\">\n<span class=\"version-details\">version added: <a href=\"\/category\/version\/1.7\/\">1.7<\/a><\/span><a id=\"on-&quot;focus&quot;-eventData-handler\" href=\"#on-%22focus%22-eventData-handler\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><\/span>.on( \"focus\" [, eventData ], handler )<\/a>\n<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"on-&quot;focus&quot;-eventData-handler-&quot;focus&quot;\">\n<div><strong>\"focus\"<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Type: <a href=\"http:\/\/api.jquery.com\/Types\/#string\">string<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>The string <code>\"focus\"<\/code>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"on-&quot;focus&quot;-eventData-handler-eventData\">\n<div><strong>eventData<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Type: <a href=\"http:\/\/api.jquery.com\/Types\/#Anything\">Anything<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>An object containing data that will be passed to the event handler.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"on-&quot;focus&quot;-eventData-handler-handler\">\n<div><strong>handler<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Type: <a href=\"http:\/\/api.jquery.com\/Types\/#Function\">Function<\/a>( <a href=\"http:\/\/api.jquery.com\/Types\/#Event\">Event<\/a> eventObject )<\/div>\n<div>A function to execute each time the event is triggered.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"longdesc\" id=\"entry-longdesc\">\n    <div class=\"warning\">\n      <p>This page describes the <code>focus<\/code> event. For the deprecated <code>.focus()<\/code> method, see <a href=\"\/focus-shorthand\/\"><code>.focus()<\/code><\/a>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <ul>\n      <li>The <code>focus<\/code> event is sent to an element when it gains focus. This event is implicitly applicable to a limited set of elements, such as  form elements (<code>&lt;input&gt;<\/code>, <code>&lt;select&gt;<\/code>, etc.) and links (<code>&lt;a href&gt;<\/code>). In recent browser versions, the event can be extended to include all element types by explicitly setting the element's <code>tabindex<\/code> property. An element can gain focus via keyboard commands, such as the Tab key, or by mouse clicks on the element.<\/li>\n      <li>Elements with focus are usually highlighted in some way by the browser, for example with a dotted line surrounding the element. The focus is used to determine which element is the first to receive keyboard-related events.<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n    <div class=\"warning\">\n      <p>Attempting to set focus to a hidden element causes an error in Internet Explorer. Take care to only use <code>.trigger( \"focus\" )<\/code> on elements that are visible. To run an element's focus event handlers without setting focus to the element, use <code>.triggerHandler( \"focus\" )<\/code> instead of <code>.trigger( \"focus\" )<\/code>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <p>For example, consider the HTML:<\/p>\n    <div class=\"syntaxhighlighter xml\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n2\">2<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n3\">3<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n4\">4<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n5\">5<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n6\">6<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n7\">7<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">form<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">input<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">id<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"target\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">type<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"text\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">value<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Field 1\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">input<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">type<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"text\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">value<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Field 2\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">form<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">id<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"other\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  Trigger the handler<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n    <p>The event handler can be bound to the first input field:<\/p>\n    <div class=\"syntaxhighlighter javascript\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n2\">2<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n3\">3<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"#target\"<\/span> ).on( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"focus\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">function<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>) <\/span>{<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  alert( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Handler for `focus` called.\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>} );<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n    <p>Now clicking on the first field, or tabbing to it from another field, displays the alert:<\/p>\n    <p>\n      <samp>Handler for `focus` called.<\/samp>\n    <\/p>\n    <p>We can trigger the event when another element is clicked:<\/p>\n    <div class=\"syntaxhighlighter javascript\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n2\">2<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n3\">3<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"#other\"<\/span> ).on( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"click\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">function<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>) <\/span>{<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  $( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"#target\"<\/span> ).trigger( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"focus\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>} );<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n    <p>After this code executes, clicks on <samp>Trigger the handler<\/samp> will also alert the message.<\/p>\n    <p>The <code>focus<\/code> event does not bubble. As of version 1.4.2, jQuery works around this limitation by mapping <code>focus<\/code> to the <code>focusin<\/code> event in its event delegation methods.<\/p>\n    <p>The native <code>focus<\/code> event is asynchronous in all versions of IE, contrary to other browsers. To avoid issues related to this discrepancy, as of jQuery 3.7.0, jQuery uses <code>focusin<\/code> as the native backing event for <code>focus<\/code> in IE.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<section class=\"entry-examples\" id=\"entry-examples\"><header><h2>Examples:<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"entry-example\" id=\"example-0\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\tExample 1<\/h3>\n<p>Fire focus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syntaxhighlighter xml\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n2\">2<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n3\">3<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n4\">4<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n5\">5<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n6\">6<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n7\">7<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n8\">8<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n9\">9<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n10\">10<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n11\">11<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n12\">12<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n13\">13<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n14\">14<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n15\">15<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n16\">16<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n17\">17<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n18\">18<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n19\">19<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n20\">20<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n21\">21<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n22\">22<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n23\">23<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n24\">24<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n25\">25<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">&lt;!doctype <span class=\"hljs-meta-keyword\">html<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">html<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">lang<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"en\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">head<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">meta<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">charset<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"utf-8\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">title<\/span>&gt;<\/span>on demo<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">title<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">style<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"css\"><\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">span<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">display<\/span>: none;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">style<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">src<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"https:\/\/code.jquery.com\/jquery-4.0.0.js\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">head<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">body<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">p<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">input<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">type<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"text\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span>focus fire<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">p<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">p<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">input<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">type<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"password\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span>focus fire<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">p<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"javascript\"><\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"input\"<\/span> ).on( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"focus\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">function<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>) <\/span>{<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  $( <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">this<\/span> ).next( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"span\"<\/span> ).css( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"display\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"inline\"<\/span> ).fadeOut( <span class=\"hljs-number\">1000<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>} );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">body<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">html<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4>Demo:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"demo code-demo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-example\" id=\"example-1\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\tExample 2<\/h3>\n<p>To stop people from writing in text input boxes, try:<\/p>\n<div class=\"syntaxhighlighter javascript\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n2\">2<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n3\">3<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"input[type=text]\"<\/span> ).on( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"focus\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">function<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>) <\/span>{<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  $( <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">this<\/span> ).trigger( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"blur\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>} );<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-example\" id=\"example-2\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\tExample 3<\/h3>\n<p>To focus on a login input box with id 'login' on page startup, try:<\/p>\n<div class=\"syntaxhighlighter javascript\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n2\">2<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n3\">3<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">function<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>) <\/span>{<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  $( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"#login\"<\/span> ).trigger( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"focus\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>} );<\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/article><article id=\"trigger2\" class=\"entry method\"><h2 class=\"section-title\">\n<span class=\"name\">.trigger( \"focus\" )<\/span><span class=\"returns\">Returns: <a href=\"http:\/\/api.jquery.com\/Types\/#jQuery\">jQuery<\/a><\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<div 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