# Flowfuse Dashboard autofocus to widget?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-dashboard-autofocus-to-widget/99785>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** dashboard-2\
**Created:** [27 November 2025 09:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-dashboard-autofocus-to-widget/99785 "2025-11-27T09:10:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [27 November 2025 09:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-dashboard-autofocus-to-widget/99785/1 "2025-11-27T09:10:53Z")

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Is there a way of specifying autofocus on a D2 widget, such as a text input widget, other than by using a ui-template to create the text input widget?

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [27 November 2025 16:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-dashboard-autofocus-to-widget/99785/2 "2025-11-27T16:15:34Z")

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Related issue [Globally set autofocus on a node/input · Issue #1942 · FlowFuse/node-red-dashboard · GitHub](https://github.com/FlowFuse/node-red-dashboard/issues/1942)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [27 December 2025 16:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-dashboard-autofocus-to-widget/99785/3 "2025-12-27T16:15:58Z")

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