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Handle Blur and Focus Events in the Editor
Updated on Dec 10, 2025
Environment
| Product | Progress® Kendo UI® Editor for jQuery |
| Operating System | Windows 10 64bit |
| Visual Studio Version | Visual Studio 2017 |
| Preferred Language | JavaScript |
Description
How can I handle focus and blur events in the Kendo UI for jQuery Editor?
Solution
The Editor does not expose focus and blur events as built-in functionalities.
However, regardless of the initialization mode you apply to the widget, you can handle them by using JavaScript.
The following example demonstrates how to handle the blur and the focus events of the Editor.
<style>
#editor{
position: absolute;
width: 90%;
top: 60px;
}
</style>
<body>
<textarea id="editor"></textarea>
<script>
var editor = $('#editor').kendoEditor().data('kendoEditor');
$(editor.body).focus(function(){
console.log('Focus');
}).blur(function(){
console.log('Blur')
});
</script>