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title: "How to set the focus in an element using Javascript?"  
description: "How to set the focus in an element using Javascript?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-05-18  
updated: 2020-09-18  
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category: "javascript"  
tags: ["javascript"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to set the focus in an element using Javascript?

<script> function setFocus() { if(focusElement != null) { document.forms[0].elements["myelementname"].focus(); } } </script>

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

<script> function setFocus() { if(focusElement != null) { document.forms[0].elements["myelementname"].focus(); } } </script>


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