simple way to get the blur from the focus event

Question

How do I get the blur from inside the focus?

ontext.focus(function (e) {
var objectThatCausedTheBlur//
});

Answer 1

Unfortunately you cannot access the blur firing element in the focus handler event.

However you can have it stored as a global variable:

var $blurLastFiredOn = $();

$el.blur(function() {
    $blurLastFiredOn = $(this);
    // do stuff
});

$otherEl.focus(function() {
     $blurLastFiredOn.doStuff();
});

Or, if you'd prefer to avoid globals, use data :

$el.blur(function() {
    $('body').data('blur-last-fired-on', $(this));
    // do stuff
});

$otherEl.focus(function() {
     $('body').data('blur-last-fired-on').doStuff();
});