When I begin writing text in the textarea, I want the outer div, with a class box, to have it\'s border turned solid instead of dashed, but somehow the :focus doesn\'t apply
This can now be achieve through the css method :focus-within
as examplified in this post: http://www.scottohara.me/blog/2017/05/14/focus-within.html
/*
A normal (though ugly) focus
pseudo-class. Any element that
can receive focus within the
.my-element parent will receive
a yellow background.
*/
.my-element *:focus {
background: yellow !important;
color: #000;
}
/*
The :focus-within pseudo-class
will NOT style the elements within
the .my-element selector, like the
normal :focus above, but will
style the .my-element container
when its focusable children
receive focus.
*/
.my-element:focus-within {
outline: 3px solid #333;
}
<div class="my-element">
<p>A paragraph</p>
<p>
<a href="http://scottohara.me">
My Website
</a>
</p>
<label for="wut_email">
Your email:
</label>
<input type="email" id="wut_email" />
</div>
focus-within
.box:focus-within {
background: cyan;
}
read more here
As far as I am aware you have to use javascript to travel up the dom.
Something like this:
$("textarea:focus").parent().attr("border", "thin solid black");
you'll need the jQuery libraries loaded as well.
Other posters have already explained why the :focus
pseudo class is insufficient, but finally there is a CSS-based standard solution.
CSS Selectors Level 4 defines a new pseudo class:
From MDN:
The
:focus-within
CSS pseudo-class matches any element that the:focus
pseudo-class matches or that has a descendant that the:focus
pseudo-class matches. (This includes descendants in shadow trees.)
So now with the :focus-within
pseudo class - styling the outer div when the textarea
gets clicked becomes trivial.
.box:focus-within {
border: thin solid black;
}
.box {
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
border: 5px dashed red;
}
.box:focus-within {
border: 5px solid green;
}
<p>The outer box border changes when the textarea gets focus.</p>
<div class="box">
<textarea rows="10" cols="25"></textarea>
</div>
Codepen demo
NB: Browser Support : Chrome (60+), Firefox and Safari
Simple use JQuery.
$(document).ready(function() {
$("div .FormRow").focusin(function() {
$(this).css("background-color", "#FFFFCC");
$(this).css("border", "3px solid #555");
});
$("div .FormRow").focusout(function() {
$(this).css("background-color", "#FFFFFF");
$(this).css("border", "0px solid #555");
});
});
.FormRow {
padding: 10px;
}
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div style="border: 0px solid black;padding:10px;">
<div class="FormRow">
First Name:
<input type="text">
<br>
</div>
<div class="FormRow">
Last Name:
<input type="text">
</div>
</div>
<ul>
<li><strong><em>Click an input field to get focus.</em></strong>
</li>
<li><strong><em>Click outside an input field to lose focus.</em></strong>
</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
You can tab between div tags. Just add a tab index to the div. It's best to use jQuery and CSS classes to solve this problem. Here's a working sample tested in IE, Firefox, and Chrome (Latest versions... didn't test older).
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var divParentIdFocus;
var divParentIdUnfocus = null;
$(document).ready(function() {
$("div").focus(function() {
//$(this).attr("class", "highlight");
var curDivId = $(this).attr("id");
// This Check needs to be performed when/if div regains focus
// from child element.
if (divParentIdFocus != curDivId){
divParentIdUnfocus = divParentIdFocus;
divParentIdFocus = curDivId;
refreshHighlight();
}
divParentIdFocus = curDivId;
});
$("textarea").focus(function(){
var curDivId = $(this).closest("div").attr("id");
if(divParentIdFocus != curDivId){
divParentIdUnfocus = divParentIdFocus;
divParentIdFocus = curDivId;
refreshHighlight();
}
});
$("#div1").focus();
});
function refreshHighlight()
{
if(divParentIdUnfocus != null){
$("#" +divParentIdUnfocus).attr("class", "noHighlight");
divParentIdUnfocus = null;
}
$("#" + divParentIdFocus).attr("class", "highlight");
}
</script>
<style type="text/css">
.highlight{
background-color:blue;
border: 3px solid black;
font-weight:bold;
color: white;
}
.noHighlight{
}
div, h1,textarea, select { outline: none; }
</style>
<head>
<body>
<div id = "div1" tabindex="100">
<h1>Div 1</h1> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="101">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="102">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="103">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="104">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
</div>
<div id = "div2" tabindex="200">
<h1>Div 2</h1> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="201">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="202">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="203">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="204">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
</div>
<div id = "div3" tabindex="300">
<h1>Div 3</h1> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="301">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="302">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="303">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="304">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
</div>
<div id = "div4" tabindex="400">
<h1>Div 4</h1> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="401">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="402">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="403">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
<textarea rows="2" cols="25" tabindex="404">~Your Text Here~</textarea> <br />
</div>
</body>
</html>