Window: focus() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

Makes a request to bring the window to the front. It may fail due to user settings and the window isn't guaranteed to be frontmost before this method returns.

Syntax

js
focus()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

js
if (clicked) {
  window.focus();
}

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-window-focus-dev

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
focus

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Full support
Full support
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