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: