HTMLElement: autofocus property

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The autofocus property of the {{domxref("HTMLElement")}} interface represents a boolean value reflecting the autofocus HTML global attribute. This indicates whether the element should be focused on page load or, if it is nested inside a {{htmlelement("dialog")}} or popover element, when the <dialog> or popover is shown.

Only one element inside a document, <dialog> element, or popover may have this attribute specified. If applied to multiple elements, the first focusable one will receive focus.

[!NOTE] Setting this property doesn't set the focus to the associated element: it merely tells the browser to focus to it when the element is inserted in the document. Setting it after the insertion, that is most of the time after the document load, has no visible effect.

Value

A boolean value.

Specifications

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