autofocus attribute | autofocus property
Provides a way to direct a user to a specific field when a document loads. This can provide both direction and convenience for a user, reducing the need to click or tab to a field when a page opens. This attribute is true when present on an element, and false when missing.
This property is read/write.
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Syntax
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<element autofocus="ptr" ... > |
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object.autofocus = ptr ptr = object.autofocus |
Property values
Type: boolean
Returns true if the attribute has been set or is present on the element.
Standards information
- HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 4.10.19.4
Remarks
Only one control in a document can have autofocus specified. If more than one element has the attribute, only the first one in the page will get the focus when the page opens. This is a boolean attribute, requiring only the presence of the attribute to be true.
The following example shows a field that will receive focus when a page opens.
Note For more code samples, see Form controls part 1 and Form controls part 2: validation on the Windows Internet Explorer sample site.
Examples
<input name="email" type="text" placeholder="joe@contoso.com " autofocus />
See also
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