Use the mouse to detect said events would sound logical to me. On the focus trigger, have the script check if the mouse is in the "area" of the object and if it is assume that it was user triggered and continue, othewise assume it was a method of the application.
-----Original Message----- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Klaus Hartl Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:09 PM To: jQuery (English) Subject: [jQuery] Re: How to tell apart focus event In the past I distinguished between true and triggered events via the e.clientX property (a triggered event has no such property). Not sure if it's the same with focus events (especially since you're calling elem.focus and there is no elem.click) and if there is a better way... --Klaus On 6 Apr., 04:24, bob <xoxeo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > <form> > Name: <input type="text" id="my_name" name="my_name"> > </form> > > Is it possible to tell apart focus event? > > jQuery("#my_name").focus(function (evt) { > > if( ??? ){ > > //execute this if focus was triggered by user clicking on the text > field > } > else { > //execute this if focus was triggered by method call like this > //document.getElementById("my_name").focus(); > > } > > }); > >
