How do I get the previously focused element in JavaScript?

Question

I have an HTML form with multiple text inputs. I want to clear the element that had the focus immediately prior to when the \'Clear\' button is pressed. How do I ge

Answer 1

var focused, inputs = document.getElementsByTagName('input');
for (var i=0, input; i

Or in jQuery: var focused; $('input:text').focus(function(){focused = this;});

Then, when you want to clear the focused element, focused.value='';