Setting input control focus without javascript

Question

Is there a way to set the focus in a specific HTML input (a textarea control, actually), without using Javascript?

EDIT: Is possible in HTML5 but the question is about HTML < 5

Apparently my 2009 question is a duplicate of a 2010 question... — GClaramunt, May 31 '14 at 04:52

score 17 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 18 '12 at 14:17

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You can use autofocus in HTML5 documents, but it has little support at present (see chart).

edited Apr 18 '12 at 14:17

Matt

answered Jul 29 '10 at 15:16

Tgr

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Of course, it's very easy to polyfill `autofocus` (jQuery used for brevity): `$(function () {$('[autofocus]').first().focus()});` – zzzzBov Jan 15 '13 at 17:11
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[Nowadays broswer support](http://caniuse.com/#search=autofocus). – Skippy le Grand Gourou May 19 '15 at 07:22

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '09 at 19:08

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Nope. Sadly JavaScript is required, because it's dynamically modifying the browser on the client-side (what JavaScript was made for).

answered Jun 11 '09 at 19:08

Andrew Dunkman

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I see people are still viewing this post; this is slightly incorrect with HTML5. In HTML5-compliant browsers, you can add `` to your tag to auto-focus the element when the page loads without javascript. Check http://wufoo.com/html5/attributes/02-autofocus.html for details. – Andrew Dunkman Apr 12 '12 at 20:34

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 11 '09 at 19:09

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I don't know of any, other than tabbing to the field or clicking within it.

answered Jun 11 '09 at 19:09

D'Arcy Rittich

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 12 '09 at 09:14

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It depends on how and when you want to set the focus on this textarea. "tabindex" might help you.

answered Jun 12 '09 at 09:14

Alsciende

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