diff --git a/src/browser/dom/document.zig b/src/browser/dom/document.zig
index a4942f75..4d6832e3 100644
--- a/src/browser/dom/document.zig
+++ b/src/browser/dom/document.zig
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ pub const Document = struct {
     pub const prototype = *Node;
     pub const subtype = .node;
 
+    active_element: ?*parser.Element = null,
+
     pub fn constructor(page: *const Page) !*parser.DocumentHTML {
         const doc = try parser.documentCreateDocument(
             try parser.documentHTMLGetTitle(page.window.document),
@@ -243,9 +245,17 @@ pub const Document = struct {
         return try TreeWalker.init(root, what_to_show, filter);
     }
 
-    pub fn get_activeElement(_: *parser.Document, page: *const Page) !?ElementUnion {
-        const el = (try page.activeElement()) orelse return null;
-        return try Element.toInterface(el);
+    pub fn get_activeElement(doc: *parser.Document, page: *Page) !?ElementUnion {
+        const self = try page.getOrCreateNodeWrapper(Document, @ptrCast(doc));
+        if (self.active_element) |ae| {
+            return try Element.toInterface(ae);
+        }
+
+        if (try parser.documentHTMLBody(page.window.document)) |body| {
+            return try Element.toInterface(@ptrCast(body));
+        }
+
+        return get_documentElement(doc);
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/browser/dom/element.zig b/src/browser/dom/element.zig
index f640686d..d63e5d2c 100644
--- a/src/browser/dom/element.zig
+++ b/src/browser/dom/element.zig
@@ -368,8 +368,7 @@ pub const Element = struct {
     // Returns a 0 DOMRect object if the element is eventually detached from the main window
     pub fn _getBoundingClientRect(self: *parser.Element, page: *Page) !DOMRect {
         // Since we are lazy rendering we need to do this check. We could store the renderer in a viewport such that it could cache these, but it would require tracking changes.
-        const root = try parser.nodeGetRootNode(parser.elementToNode(self));
-        if (root != parser.documentToNode(parser.documentHTMLToDocument(page.window.document))) {
+        if (!try page.isNodeAttached(parser.elementToNode(self))) {
             return DOMRect{ .x = 0, .y = 0, .width = 0, .height = 0 };
         }
         return page.renderer.getRect(self);
@@ -379,8 +378,7 @@ pub const Element = struct {
     // We do not render so it only always return the element's bounding rect.
     // Returns an empty array if the element is eventually detached from the main window
     pub fn _getClientRects(self: *parser.Element, page: *Page) ![]DOMRect {
-        const root = try parser.nodeGetRootNode(parser.elementToNode(self));
-        if (root != parser.documentToNode(parser.documentHTMLToDocument(page.window.document))) {
+        if (!try page.isNodeAttached(parser.elementToNode(self))) {
             return &.{};
         }
         const heap_ptr = try page.call_arena.create(DOMRect);
diff --git a/src/browser/html/elements.zig b/src/browser/html/elements.zig
index c5eaa1ef..821203b7 100644
--- a/src/browser/html/elements.zig
+++ b/src/browser/html/elements.zig
@@ -149,12 +149,25 @@ pub const HTMLElement = struct {
         _ = try parser.elementDispatchEvent(@ptrCast(e), @ptrCast(event));
     }
 
-    pub fn _focus(e: *parser.ElementHTML, page: *Page) void {
+    const FocusOpts = struct {
+        preventScroll: bool,
+        focusVisible: bool,
+    };
+    pub fn _focus(e: *parser.ElementHTML, _: ?FocusOpts, page: *Page) !void {
+        if (!try page.isNodeAttached(@ptrCast(e))) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const root_node = try parser.nodeGetRootNode(@ptrCast(e));
+
+        const Document = @import("../dom/document.zig").Document;
+        const document = try page.getOrCreateNodeWrapper(Document, @ptrCast(root_node));
+
         // TODO: some elements can't be focused, like if they're disabled
         // but there doesn't seem to be a generic way to check this. For example
         // we could look for the "disabled" attribute, but that's only meaningful
         // on certain types, and libdom's vtable doesn't seem to expose this.
-        page.active_element = @ptrCast(e);
+        document.active_element = @ptrCast(e);
     }
 };
 
@@ -1189,4 +1202,11 @@ test "Browser.HTML.Element" {
         .{ "a.href = 'about'", null },
         .{ "a.href", "https://lightpanda.io/opensource-browser/about" },
     }, .{});
+
+    // detached node cannot be focused
+    try runner.testCases(&.{
+        .{ "const focused = document.activeElement", null },
+        .{ "document.createElement('a').focus()", null },
+        .{ "document.activeElement === focused", "true" },
+    }, .{});
 }
diff --git a/src/browser/page.zig b/src/browser/page.zig
index 1ce081fe..47c85209 100644
--- a/src/browser/page.zig
+++ b/src/browser/page.zig
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ pub const Page = struct {
     // indicates intention to navigate to another page on the next loop execution.
     delayed_navigation: bool = false,
 
-    active_element: ?*parser.Element = null,
-
     pub fn init(self: *Page, arena: Allocator, session: *Session) !void {
         const browser = session.browser;
         self.* = .{
@@ -645,21 +643,9 @@ pub const Page = struct {
         try self.navigateFromWebAPI(action, opts);
     }
 
-    pub fn activeElement(self: *const Page) !?*parser.Element {
-        if (self.active_element) |ae| {
-            return ae;
-        }
-
-        if (try parser.documentHTMLBody(self.window.document)) |body| {
-            return @ptrCast(body);
-        }
-
-        const doc = self.window.document;
-        if (try parser.documentGetDocumentElement(@ptrCast(doc))) |de| {
-            return @ptrCast(de);
-        }
-
-        return null;
+    pub fn isNodeAttached(self: *const Page, node: *parser.Node) !bool {
+        const root = parser.documentToNode(parser.documentHTMLToDocument(self.window.document));
+        return root == try parser.nodeGetRootNode(node);
     }
 
     fn elementSubmitForm(self: *Page, element: *parser.Element) !void {