Take focus on next input after key up using Jquery

Mohit Jain picture Mohit Jain · Aug 27, 2011 · Viewed 8.9k times · Source

Note: My page has just textboxes. Nothing else. (nothing else => no other input types)

 $(":input[type='text']").keyup(function(event){

   if(valid)
     {
         // take a focus to next input element, which is again a text type.
     }

  });

How can i jump the focus to next input element after key up.

After Sarfraz Answer:-

 <div>
   <input type="text" maxlength="1" size="1" >
   <input type="text" maxlength="1" size="1" > 
   <input type="text" maxlength="1" size="1" > // sarfraj -- here it crash   Please check below for error.
 </div>


 <div>
   <input type="text" maxlength="1" size="1" >
   <input type="text" maxlength="1" size="1" >
   <input type="text" maxlength="1" size="1" >
 </div>

From firebug issue is

  $(this).next("[type=\"text\"]")[0] is undefined
  [Break On This Error] $(this).next('[type="text"]')[0].focus(); 

Answer

Sarfraz picture Sarfraz · Aug 27, 2011

Update:

Here is how you should modify your code:

$(":input[type='text']").keyup(function(event){
   if(valid) {
      if ($(this).next('[type="text"]').length > 0){
         $(this).next('[type="text"]')[0].focus();
      }
      else{
         if ($(this).parent().next().find('[type="text"]').length > 0){
            $(this).parent().next().find('[type="text"]')[0].focus();
         }
         else {
           alert('no more text input found !');
         }
      }

   }
});

How can i jump the focus to next input element after key up.

Use the next() with focus:

$(this).next('[type="text"]')[0].focus();

So here is how your code should look like:

$(":input[type='text']").keyup(function(event){
   if(valid) {
      $(this).next('[type="text"]')[0].focus();
   }
});