Disable onfocus event for svg element

html events svg focus
Shalom Aleichem picture Shalom Aleichem · Sep 5, 2013 · Viewed 12.7k times · Source

I realized that tabindex=-1 doesn't work for <svg></svg> elements. Is there a way to disable the focus event for it? preventDefault, stopPropagation, stopImmediatePropagation also do not work.

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Shalom Aleichem picture Shalom Aleichem · Sep 5, 2013

<svg focusable="false"></svg> does this job.

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