Autofocus HTML5 attribute not working for IE9

Question

I'. developing for IE9 and the HTML5 autofocus keyword which puts the cursor in the specified input field doesn't work. How can I add that functionality in IE9 (IE11 but forced down to IE9)?

The following won't work:

$('input').focus()
$(function() {$('[autofocus]:not(:focus)').eq(0).focus();});
setTimeout(function() { document.getElementById('myInput').focus(); }, 10);

As suggested:

HTML

<body>
<form>
    <h3>Find Item</h3>
    <input maxlength="8" name="abcd" id="abcd" autofocus="autofocus" placeholder="Find Item" required>
</form>

JS

<script>
   $(document).ready(function(){
      $("#wordOrderID").focus();
   }
</script>

$("#wordOrderID").remove(); ??, you are deleting the input here — Luis Cardenas, Jul 18 '16 at 14:21
may be you need to wait till document is loaded, are you using this? $(document).ready(function(){ $("#wordOrderID").remove(); }); — Luis Cardenas, Jul 18 '16 at 14:23
No reason either of those approaches shown shouldn't work, assuming element exists when they are called and some other element isn't being focused after. Provide [mcve] — charlietfl, Jul 18 '16 at 14:23
Take a look at the accepted answer [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2600186/focus-doesnt-work-in-ie) — APAD1, Jul 18 '16 at 14:24
Possible duplicate of [How to make input autofocus in internet explorer?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8280988/how-to-make-input-autofocus-in-internet-explorer) — moped, Jul 18 '16 at 14:24
This might help you solve you problem. http://stackoverflow.com/a/9935993/6601303 — Mockery, Jul 18 '16 at 14:27
`this` is `document` and `$` is a window property. Using `this.$` makes no sense — charlietfl, Jul 18 '16 at 14:30
updated @m_callens (I was experimenting), thanks for pointing it out. — Heraclitus, Jul 18 '16 at 14:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 18 '16 at 14:49

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Checked JS console and was surprised to see an error even tho my code in that page is 10 lines long. Removed problematic code and $('input').focus(); works!

answered Jul 18 '16 at 14:49

Heraclitus

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