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AngularJS ngFocus and ngBlur directives - one way to get them before they get released. Before using, consider re-naming ngFocus and ngBlur to something that doesn't invade the ng namespace, e.g. replace all 'ngFocus' and 'ngBlur' strings with 'ngcFocus' and 'ngcBlur' (where c = cats/custom).
app.directive('ngFocus', ['$parse', function($parse) {
return function(scope, element, attr) {
var fn = $parse(attr['ngFocus']);
element.bind('focus', function(event) {
scope.$apply(function() {
fn(scope, {$event:event});
});
});
}
}]);
app.directive('ngBlur', ['$parse', function($parse) {
return function(scope, element, attr) {
var fn = $parse(attr['ngBlur']);
element.bind('blur', function(event) {
scope.$apply(function() {
fn(scope, {$event:event});
});
});
}
}]);
@michael-kmv
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No

@theninthnode
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Haven't checked cross browser but these directives work for me. Thanks!

@alextse
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alextse commented Sep 5, 2013

how do you access the "event" object?

@keeth
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keeth commented Sep 26, 2013

works great, thank you!!!

@akshaypingle88
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Its not working when i trying into jsbin.com......... why ??
please give me solution ... its tell me to use dot notaion.

@bulv1ne
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bulv1ne commented Mar 2, 2014

This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks

@mchambaud
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@c0debreaker
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Love the code! Very simple yet powerful! :)

@bassemZohdy
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they are working on window tag only not on other elements

@sowmi546
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sowmi546 commented Dec 14, 2016

 Hi @eliotsykes Can you please review this and let me know what I am missing here. I am not able to get it working.



<html>
<head>
     <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.8/jquery-1.10.1.min.js"></script>
         <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.8/angular.min.js"></script>
  

    </head>
<body>
<div ng-app="app">
<div ng-controller="focusCtrl">
<input ng-focus="hasFocus=true" ng-blur="hasFocus=false"/>
<p>Input focus: {{hasFocus}}</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
<script>
  function focusCtrl($scope) {
  $scope.hasFocus=false;
 }
  angular.module('app', []).directive('ngFocus', ['$parse', function($parse) {
        return function(scope, element, attr) {
        var fn = $parse(attr['ngFocus']);
        element.on('focus', function(event) {
        scope.$apply(function() {
            fn(scope, {$event:event});
        });
    });
   };
 }]);
 .directive('ngBlur', ['$parse', function($parse) {
  return function(scope, element, attr) {
    var fn = $parse(attr['ngBlur']);
    element.on('blur', function(event) {
        scope.$apply(function() {
            fn(scope, {$event:event});
        });
    });
    };
}]);  
</script>
</html>

@onigetoc
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onigetoc commented Apr 11, 2017

Why not just do?

<input type="text" ng-focus="focus = true" ng-blur="focus = false" id="query" ng-model="query"/>
<h1>{{focus}}</h1>

@pwharff
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pwharff commented Feb 23, 2018

I'm using a much earlier version of Angular and couldn't upgrade without extensive testing, so I really needed this. It worked perfectly, thank you.

Here's my modified version. Enjoy!

(function () {
    'use strict';

    angular
        .module('yournamespacehere')
        .directive('ngOnBlur', ngOnBlur);

    ngOnBlur.$inject = ['$parse'];

    // A directive for mimicking ngBlur (which is now released but requires update)
    function ngOnBlur($parse) {
        return function (scope, element, attr) {
            var fn = $parse(attr['ngOnBlur']);
            element.bind('blur', function (event) {
                scope.$apply(function () {
                    fn(scope, { $event: event });
                });
            });
        }
    };
}());

@dny7737
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dny7737 commented Mar 9, 2018

@eliotsykes : Can I call a function on this blur event.

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