Javascript DOM HTML Textarea autofocus Property get

Introduction

Find out if a text area automatically gets focus on page load: 

var x = document.getElementById("myTextarea").autofocus;

Click the button to find out if the text area automatically gets focus on page load.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

Address:<br>
<textarea id="myTextarea" autofocus>
PO 1234, Main Street U.S.A.
New York</textarea>
<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {/*w w  w  .ja  va 2  s. c o m*/
  var x = document.getElementById("myTextarea").autofocus;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The autofocus property sets or gets whether a text area should automatically get focus on page load.

This property mirrors the HTML autofocus attribute.

Value Description
true The text area gets focus
false Default. The text area does not get focus

The autofocus property returns true if the text area automatically gets focus on page load, otherwise it returns false.




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