[Chapter 21] Reference: Window.blur()
Author: David Flanagan
Date: Fri Aug 29 11:21:01 1997

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| Chapter 21 JavaScript Reference |

# Window.blur() Method

## Name

Window.blur() Method---remove keyboard focus from a top-level window

## Availability

Navigator 3.0

## Synopsis

    window.blur()

### Arguments

None.

### Returns

Nothing.

## Description

The `blur()` method removes keyboard focus from the top-level browser window specified by the Window object. If the Window object is a frame, then keyboard focus is given to the top-level window that contains that frame. On most platforms, a top-level window will be sent to the background, to the bottom of the window stack, when it has focus taken from it.

## See Also

"Window", "Window.focus()"

Window.alert() |  | Window.clearTimeout()