Focus event when using input field

[Jessica Streicher]

I am a bit astonished to find that none of

- element.sendKeys

- element.click

- actions.click.perform

actually seem to fire an onfocus event. (I am using the FirefoxDriver in case its important)

I have an input field which changes its color on receiving focus, and i need to check that change in my test.

So far, the only way that change will actually be triggered is using javascript to set the focus. I find that somewhat hackish though.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you for your time!

[Kaleem Uddin Mohammed Abdul]

actions.moveto is nothing but focus!

[Jessica Streicher]

There is no method moveto on type Actions. 

I tried using moveToElement, but i'm afraid it is not working either - would have wondered about that working anyway, since the documentation only suggests mouse movement.