I am trying to use up/down arrow keys to hightlight rows in a ASP datagrid. I am using the onkeydown to trap the keys. However, I have other controls on the web page, like a drop down box. If user uses arrow keys to select a value in the drop down box, focus goes to data grid and begins highlighting a row there. User can not select the value in the drop down box with this going on. In JavaScript, how do I determine if the user has focused on the DataGrid? Logic I like to find: If the user has focus on another control, allow him/her to use arrow keys. If focused on datagrid only, allow arrow keys for moving up and down rows.

Any suggestions? Thank you,

Paul

Try using the document.activeElement to see where you are or maybe the event.srcElement in your handler.

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Joe

Thank you, that was very helpful. However, I'm using the ASP Controls Calendar and Datagrid too. These don't seem to be detected document.activeElement or event.srcElement. They find and return information for text boxes, drop down list and other controls, but not the Calendar and Datagrid. Do you have any tips for this?