How do I check if my element has been focussed in a unit test

Question

I have the following directive to autofocus a field:

.directive(\'ngAutofocus\', function ($timeout) {
    return {
        restrict: \'A\',
        link: fu         


        

Answer 1

A more verbose solution below, which allows testing (spying on) the focus that runs immediately (i.e. no $timeout or other event). The key is to first render a DOM element before $compile runs:

'use strict';

describe('Testing the focus call from the link function', function () {

    var $compile;
    var $rootScope;

    beforeEach(angular.mock.module('auto-focus-module'));

    beforeEach(inject(function (_$compile_, _$rootScope_) {

        $compile = _$compile_;
        $rootScope = _$rootScope_;

    }));

    it('should automatically focus when calling the link function', function () {

        var $scope = $rootScope.$new();

        // create an uncompiled DOM element so we can bind the focus spy
        var rawEl = angular.element('<input auto-focus-directive>');

        // set the spy
        spyOn(rawEl[0], 'focus');

        // compile the rawEl so that compile and link functions run
        $compile(rawEl)($scope);

        expect(rawEl[0].focus).toHaveBeenCalled();

    });

});

With a directive and link function that could look like:

(function () {

    'use strict';

    angular.module('auto-focus-module')
        .directive('autoFocusDirective', autoFocusDirective);

    function autoFocusDirective () {

        return {
            link: link
        };

        function link (scope, elem) {

            elem[0].focus();

        }

    }

})();

Answer 2

You can use document.activeElement to check focus. The only downside being that the HTML needs to be added to the document body for this to work.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/activeElement

Answer 3

You should use the angular.element api - jQuery lite - and use the method triggerHandler().

it('should have focus', function() {
    elm.triggerHandler('focus');
    expect(elm).toBeInFocus() //PSEUDO CODE - you will need to see how this can be tested
}

http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/function/angular.element

http://api.jquery.com/triggerhandler/

Potential Area for some testing focus knowledge:

https://shanetomlinson.com/2014/test-element-focus-javascript

Also you concerning your unit test - you don't need to append the element to the body, it's possible to test without that.

Answer 4

I figured it out, and it was pretty obvious actually;

it('should set the focus on timeout', function () {
    spyOn(elm[0],'focus');
    $timeout.flush();
    expect(elm[0].focus).toHaveBeenCalled();
})

My problem was two-fold:

1. I wasn't calling the timeout flush function so timeout wasn't occuring, and
2. I was trying to look at the focus attribute of the element whereas just looking at the call of the focus() function is much more like unit-testing. The focus attribute is something that really belongs to the e2e testing territory.