html - How to pass css :active pseudo class to javascript?

Question

Reference: Comments posted by @AnkithAmtange

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Given html

<div>Click Away</div>

css

div {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  background: orange;
}
div:active {
  color: white;
  background: rebeccapurple;
}

jsfiddle https://jsfiddle.net/u3uhq9m1/

How to pass the currently :active pseudo class DOM element to javascript?

First attempt. Note, jQuery is not a requirement.

$(document).ready(function() {
  var active;
  $("div").click(function() {
    active = $(":active");
    setTimeout(function() {
      console.log("active", active)
    }, 1000)
  }) 
})

https://jsfiddle.net/u3uhq9m1/1/

Answer 1

You can use the document.activeElement for that.

$(function() {
  $(document).on('click', function() {
    console.log(document.activeElement);
  });
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="a">asdf</div>
<span>123</span>
<select>
  <option>1</option>
</select>
<button>123</button>
<input />