Find if a textbox is currently selected

Question

How would I find if a textbox (or textarea) currently is in focus? I don\'t care to know which one it is, I just need to know if one is in focus (has the cursor in it). How

Answer 1

Ok, just figured it out. Here's what I did:

function checkFocus() {

  if ($(document.activeElement).attr("type") == "text" || $(document.activeElement).attr("type") == "textarea") {

  //Something's selected

  return true;

 }

}