You know what? Playing with forms and HTML5 can be really funny.
From now on no more JavaScript to autofocus a form input.
One single Attribute
Just add autofocus and it should automatically get focus when the page loads 😉
<input type="text" name="second" id="second" autofocus />NOTE: Several HTML5 attributes, like autofocus, can be written like this:
<input type="text" name="second" id="second" autofocus="" />
<input type="text" name="second" id="second" autofocus="autofocus" />
<input type="text" name="second" id="second" autofocus />Autofocus Supported Browers
Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Opera.
We can use a short JavaScript code to create the autofocus on old versions of Internet Explorer. See the full example below.
Demo
Full HTML5 Example
Please notice the script used after the Second Input.
< !DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Autofocus Example | Developer's Blog</title>
<body>
<form action="" method="">
<fieldset>
<legend>Form Name</legend>
<p>First Input: <input placeholder="write your e-mail" type="text" name="first" id="first" /></p>
<p>Second Input: <input type="text" name="second" id="second" autofocus /></p>
<script>
if (!("autofocus" in document.createElement("input"))) {
document.getElementById("second").focus();
}
</script>
</fieldset>
<p><input type="submit" /></p>
</form>
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</body>
</head>
</html>
davv
because of this thing, you cant call a js function “autofocus” anymore
argh.
Yamuna
Sample Demo Code:
If we add autofocus attribute to Last name, the function doesn’t works properly….
Anyone can tell me the reason
Rick
Hi Yamuna,
You should try some of the variations:
autofocus=”” or autofocus=”autofocus”
Cheers
Alexander
It is also supported in Internet Explorer, starting version 10
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/Input
Rick
Yay 🙂
Anthony Tornambe
I like your code.
Rick
Thank you!