--- title: How to autofocus using React Hooks | daily.dev description: Autofocus can make your app more convenient for users. Instead of clicking into a field before typing, they can immediately start typing as soon as a form... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-autofocus-using-react-hooks-5z9ucapt9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to autofocus using React Hooks | daily.dev og:description: Autofocus can make your app more convenient for users. Instead of clicking into a field before typing, they can immediately start typing as soon as a form... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-autofocus-using-react-hooks-5z9ucapt9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5Z9ucAPt9.png og:image:alt: How to autofocus using React Hooks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to autofocus using React Hooks **[LogRocket](https://daily.dev/sources/logrocket)** · 6 min read · 17 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Autofocus can make your app more convenient for users. Instead of clicking into a field before typing, they can immediately start typing as soon as a form loads. In this article, we’ll look at how to add autofocus to React input fields. Then, we will make our code reusable by turning what we wrote into a React Hook. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kmrajibfaysal** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for your valuable guide line for this important demo.!!! --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-autofocus-using-react-hooks-5z9ucapt9) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to autofocus using React Hooks","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-autofocus-using-react-hooks-5z9ucapt9","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-autofocus-using-react-hooks-5z9ucapt9"},"datePublished":"2022-04-25T17:47:06.071Z","dateModified":"2022-04-25T17:47:06.071Z","description":"Autofocus can make your app more convenient for users. 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