The DOM Textarea autofocus Property is used to set or return whether the element should get focus when the page loads. This property is used to reflect the HTML autofocus attribute.
Syntax:
- It is used to Return the autofocus property.
textareaObject.autofocus
- It is used to Set the autofocus property.
textareaObject.autofocus = true|false
Property Values:
- true: It defines a textarea get focus.
- false: It has a default value. It defines that the textarea does not get focus.
Return Value: It returns a boolean value which represent that the textarea get autofocus or not.
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
HTML DOM Textarea autofocus Property
</ title >
</ head >
< body style = "text-align:center" >
< h1 style = "color: green;" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< h2 >DOM Textarea autofocus Property</ h2 >
< textarea id = "myGeeks" autofocus>
GeeksForGeeks. A computer science portal for Geeks.
</ textarea >
< br >
< br >
< button onclick = "Geeks()" >Submit</ button >
< p id = "sudo" ></ p >
< script >
function Geeks() {
// Return Textarea autofocus Property
var x =
document.getElementById("myGeeks").autofocus;
document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = x;
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Before Clicking On Button:

After Clicking On Button:

Example-2:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< body style = "text-align:center" >
< h1 style = "color: green;" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< h2 >DOM Textarea autofocus Property</ h2 >
< textarea id = "myGeeks" autofocus>
GeeksForGeeks. A computer science portal for Geeks.
</ textarea >
< br >
< br >
< button onclick = "Geeks()" >Submit</ button >
< p id = "sudo" ></ p >
< script >
function Geeks() {
// sets Textarea autofocus Property
var x =
document.getElementById("myGeeks").autofocus ="false";
document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML ="The value of the autofocus attribute is now set to " + x;
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Before Clicking On Button:

After Clicking On Button:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by DOM Textarea autofocus Property are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
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