How to set focus on input field?

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

What is the 'Angular way' to set focus on input field in AngularJS?

More specific requirements:

1. When a Modal is opened, set focus on a predefined  inside this Modal.
2. Everytime  becomes visible (e.g. by clicking some button), set focus on it.

I tried to achieve the first requirement with autofocus, but this works only when the Modal is opened for the first time, and only in certain browsers (e.g. in Firefox it doesn't work).

Any help will be appreciated.

manpreet 3 years ago

I have found some of the other answers to be overly complicated when all you really need is this

app.directive('autoFocus', function($timeout) {
    return {
        restrict: 'AC',
        link: function(_scope, _element) {
            $timeout(function(){
                _element[0].focus();
            }, 0);
        }
    };
});

usage is

 name="theInput" auto-focus>

We use the timeout to let things in the dom render, even though it is zero, it at least waits for that - that way this works in modals and whatnot too