jQWidgets jqxMenu focus() Method

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful, optimized, platform-independent, and widely supported framework. The jqxMenu represents a jQuery menu widget that is used to create a menu to the website or web application. The jqxMenu widget can be used to create website menus, customized context menus, or application-style menu bars with just a small amount of scripting.

The focus() method is used to focuses on the widget. It does not accept any parameter and does not return any value.

Syntax:

$('Selector').jqxMenu('focus');

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link https://www.jqwidgets.com/download/ In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxmenu.js"></script>

The below example illustrates the jQWidgets jqxMenu focus() method.

Example:

HTML 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href=
    "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href=
    "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.energyblue.css" type="text/css" />
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxmenu.js"></script>

    <style>
        h1,
        h3 {
            text-align: center;
        }
        
        #jqxMenu {
            width: 100%;
            margin: 0 auto;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 style="color: green;">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>

    <h3>
        jQWidgets jqxMenu focus() Method
    </h3>

    <div id='jqxWidget'>
        <div id='jqxMenu'>
            <ul>
                <li><a href="#">GeeksforGeeks</a></li>
                <li>Programming Languages
                    <ul>
                        <li><a href="#">C</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">C++</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Java</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Python</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">C#</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li>
                <li id="web">Web Technology
                    <ul>
                        <li><a href="#">Frontend</a>
                            <ul>
                                <li><a href="#">HTML</a></li>
                                <li><a href="#">CSS</a></li>
                                <li><a href="#">JavaScript</a></li>
                                <li><a href="#">ReactJS</a></li>
                            </ul>
                        </li>
                        <li><a href="#">Backend</a>
                            <ul>
                                <li><a href="#">PHP</a></li>
                                <li><a href="#">Node.js</a></li>
                            </ul>
                        </li>
                    </ul>
                </li>
                <li><a href="#">Data Structure</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Algorithm</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>

    <center>
        <input type="button" value="Focus on Widget" 
            id="jqxBtn" 
            style="padding: 5px 15px; margin-top: 130px;">
    </center>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $("#jqxMenu").jqxMenu({
                theme: 'energyblue',
                width: '650'
            });

            $('#jqxBtn').on('click', function() {
                $('#jqxMenu').jqxMenu('focus');
                alert("Focus on the Widget!")
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Reference: https://www.jqwidgets.com/jquery-widgets-documentation/documentation/jqxmenu/jquery-menu-api.htm

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