933697 - HTML5 autofocus attribute ignored on creation of new elements

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 662496

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[Tom Knight]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0 (Beta/Release)
Build ID: 20131028112446

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create an input text element with autofocus property = true, dynamically after page load.


Actual results:

Did not autofocus.


Expected results:

Should have focused.

This is what happens in Chrome, iOS, and Android browsers. Otherwise I must accomodate for Firefox by manually focusing the box.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Tom, this seems like the same thing as bug 662496, agreed?  See the lengthy discussion there about how this should or should not behave...

Comment 2

[Tom Knight]

Yes, Boris, it seems like Mounir has just been being an ass and not following specifications.

Comment 3

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Mounir has spent a huge amount of time over the last several years helping write the relevant specifications, for what it's worth.  Please keep personal abuse out of Bugzilla just like you'd keep it out of any other professional interactions.

Comment 4

[Tom Knight]

Thanks Boris for your insightful comments on what I should do with my interactions, but no amount of work on specifications gives someone a pass on effectively blocking an important change to the system.

And, for what it's worth... it's not personal abuse.