Trigger focus event : focus « jQuery « JavaScript DHTML

Trigger focus event

  
<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
        
            
            $("#old").click(function(){
              $("input").trigger("focus");
            });
            $("#new").click(function(){
              $("input").triggerHandler("focus");
            });
            $("input").focus(function(){
              $("<span>Focused!</span>").appendTo("body");
            });
               


        });
    </script>

  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
          <button id="old">.trigger("focus")</button>
          <button id="new">.triggerHandler("focus")</button><br/><br/>
        
          <input type="text" value="To Be Focused"/>
                         
    </body>
</html>

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