HTML <input> autofocus Attribute
Example
Let the "First name" input field automatically get focus when the page loads:
<form action="/action_page.php">
<label for="fname">First name:</label>
<input type="text" id="fname"
name="fname" autofocus><br><br>
<label for="lname">Last
name:</label>
<input type="text" id="lname" name="lname"><br><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>
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Definition and Usage
The autofocus attribute is a boolean attribute.
When present, it specifies that an <input> element should automatically get focus when the page loads.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| autofocus | 5.0 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 9.6 |
Syntax
<input autofocus>
HTML <input> tag
