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HTML DOM activeElement Property
The HTML DOM activeElement property is a read-only property to return the currently focused element in the document.
Following is the syntax −
document.activeElement
Let us now see an example to implement the DOM activeElement property −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body onclick="display()">
<h2>Heading Two</h2>
<p>Click in the element to get the active element.</p>
<input type="text" value="Enter text...">
<p id="myid"></p>
<script>
function display() {
var a = document.activeElement.tagName;
document.getElementById("myid").innerHTML = a;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output

Now, click the element to display the same currently active element −

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