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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Selectors Pseudo-Classes

Posted by hassan mohammad
hassan mohammad
Courses Plus Student 818 Points

Difference between active and focus

Can some one explain to me the difference between active and focus with examples

Thank you in Advance

2 Answers

Kevin D
Kevin D
8,646 Points
Kevin D
Kevin D
8,646 Points

Focus seems to relate more with input elements. You may want to target a user who is typing into a particular field of your form. The best way would be to wait for the user be 'in focus' of this particular input field (by default, browsers add a border highlight around an input field when you are in focus).

Active seems to correspond more with a mouse-click interaction with a button or link. If the user clicks on a button, you would target this action with the :active pseudo-class

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points

:focus represents the state when the element is currently selected to receive input and :active represents the state when the element is currently being activated by the user.