Focus method for all Input Components

[MarkPerryBV]

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We are making extensive use of all the input components from PrimeNG.

Our UX person has just asked that we "focus" the first form field in forms when they appear on screen.
Since the actual input element is hidden away within the PrimeNG component template we can't actually access it to fire the .focus() methods on the native DOM Element. Also the PrimeNG components don't offer an "export" that allows us access to the DOM element either.

I would like it if each input component exposed a "focus()" method so I can focus certain controls when I need to.

[veksen]

Pretty important for UX - is there any workaround?

[veksen]

Ended up rewriting our own Autocomplete component because the original does not properly autofocus nor doesn't support programmatically focus on the input.

[cetincakiroglu]

Hi,

Since this problem occurs across many components, I'm closing this issue and merging them into one #11807. We'll fix them altogether.

Thanks for your support and report!