Using jQuery to test if an input has focus

Question

On the front page of a site I am building, several

s use the CSS :hover pseudo-class to add a border when the mouse is over them. One of

Answer 1

An alternative to using classes to mark the state of an element is the internal data store functionality.

P.S.: You are able to store booleans and whatever you desire using the data() function. It's not just about strings :)

$("...").mouseover(function ()
{
    // store state on element
}).mouseout(function ()
{
    // remove stored state on element
});

And then it's just a matter of accessing the state of elements.