useActiveElement

Demo

Select the inputs below to see the changes

Current Active Element: null

Usage

import { useActiveElement } from '@vueuse/core'

const activeElement = useActiveElement()

watch(activeElement, (el) => {
  console.log('focus changed to', el)
})

import { useActiveElement } from '@vueuse/core'

const activeElement = useActiveElement()

watch(activeElement, (el) => {
  console.log('focus changed to', el)
})

Component Usage

This function also provides a renderless component version via the @vueuse/components package. Learn more about the usage.

html

<UseActiveElement v-slot="{ element }">
  Active element is {{ element.dataset.id }}
</UseActiveElement>

<UseActiveElement v-slot="{ element }">
  Active element is {{ element.dataset.id }}
</UseActiveElement>

Type Declarations

typescript

/**
 * Reactive `document.activeElement`
 *
 * @see https://vueuse.org/useActiveElement
 * @param options
 */
export declare function useActiveElement<T extends HTMLElement>(
  options?: ConfigurableWindow
): ComputedRefWithControl<T | null | undefined>

/**
 * Reactive `document.activeElement`
 *
 * @see https://vueuse.org/useActiveElement
 * @param options
 */
export declare function useActiveElement<T extends HTMLElement>(
  options?: ConfigurableWindow
): ComputedRefWithControl<T | null | undefined>