I may be missing something here but the following code doesn't work. As you focus the input to outter div gets toggles a class name.
Please help. <script> $(function() { $('.fieldRow input').focus(function(){ $(this).parent('.fieldRow').toggleClass("focused"); }); }); </script> <form action="" method="" id=""> <div class="fieldRow"> <label for="author">Name:*</label> <span class="input"> <input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="" size="22" tabindex="1" /> </span> </div> </form>