HTML | DOM Input Text autofocus Property

Last Updated : 26 Aug, 2022

The DOM Input Text autofocus Property in HTML DOM is used to set or return whether the Input Text Field should get focus when the page loads. It reflects the HTML autofocus attribute.

Syntax:

It returns the autofocus property.

textObject.autofocus

It is used to set the autofocus property.

textObject.autofocus = "true|false"

Property Values:

true: It sets the focus of text field.
false: It has the default value. It defines the text field does not get focus.

Return Value: It returns a boolean value which represents the text field get autofocus or not.

Example: This example returns the Input Text autofocus property.

html

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
 
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML DOM Input Text autofocus  Property
    </title> 
</head> 
 
<body style="text-align:center;"> 
 
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1> 
 
    <h2>DOM Input Text autofocus Property</h2> 
            <form id="myGeeks">
    <input type="text" id="text_id" name="geeks" autofocus> 
                 </form>
                 <br>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">Click Here!</button> 
     
    <p id="GFG" style="font-size:20px;"></p> 
     
    <!-- script to return the autofocus  Property-->
    <script> 
        function myGeeks() { 
            var txt = document.getElementById("text_id").autofocus;
            document.getElementById("GFG").innerHTML = txt;
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
 
</html>                     

Output

Before clicking on the button:

After clicking on the button:

Example-2: This Example that illustrate how to set the Property.

html

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
 
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML DOM Input Text autofocus  Property
    </title> 
</head> 
 
<body style="text-align:center;"> 
 
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1> 
 
    <h2>DOM Input Text autofocus Property</h2> 
            <form id="myGeeks">
    <input type="text" id="text_id" name="geeks" autofocus> 
                 </form>
                 <br>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">Click Here!</button> 
     
    <p id="GFG" style="font-size:20px;"></p> 
     
    <!-- script to set the autofocus  Property-->
    <script> 
        function myGeeks() { 
            var txt = document.getElementById("text_id").autofocus = "false";
            document.getElementById("GFG").innerHTML = txt;
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
 
</html>                     