Input Submit autofocus Property
Example
Find out if a Submit button automatically gets focus upon page load:
 var x = document.getElementById("mySubmit").autofocus;
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Description
The autofocus property sets or returns whether a submit button should automatically get focus when the page loads, or not.
This property reflects the HTML autofocus attribute.
Browser Support
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| autofocus | Yes | 10.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 
Syntax
Return the autofocus property:
 submitObject.autofocus
Set the autofocus property:
 submitObject.autofocus = true|false
 
Property Values
| Value | Description | 
|---|---|
| true|false | 
  Specifies whether a submit button should get focus when the page loads,  or not
  
  | 
  
Technical Details
| Return Value: | A Boolean, returns true if the submit button automatically gets focus when the page loads, otherwise it returns false | 
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Related Pages
HTML reference: HTML <input> autofocus attribute
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