The HTML DOM Textarea autofocus property returns and modify whether the text area should automatically get focused or not when the page loads.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
1. Returning autofocus
object.autofocus
2. Modifying autofocus
object.autofocus = true | false
Let us see an example of HTML DOM Textarea autofocus Property:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<style>
body {
color: #000;
height: 100vh;
}
.btn {
background: #db133a;
border: none;
height: 2rem;
border-radius: 2px;
width: 40%;
display: block;
color: #fff;
outline: none;
cursor: pointer;
}
</style>
<body>
<h1>DOM Textarea autofocus Property Demo</h1>
<textarea autofocus>Hi! I'm a text area element with some dummy text.</textarea>
<button onclick="set()" class="btn">Disable Autofocus</button>
<script>
function set() {
document.querySelector("textarea").autofocus = false;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
Click on “Disable Autofocus” button to disable autofocus on the textarea element. Now, the cursor won’t be visible:
