Autofocus support for any focusable HTML/SVG element

Category: DOM
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 79)
Intent stage: Evaluate readiness to ship

Summary

Adds the 'autofocus' attribute to any focusable HTML or SVG element.

Motivation

'Autofocus' was previously supported for a limited number of HTML elements, and there were elements which could receive focus but didn't support the 'autofocus' attribute. This feature fixes the inconsistencies.

Standards & signals

Specification: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/C/#the-autofocus-attribute
Firefox: Positive
Safari: Positive
Web developers: No signals
Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=995679

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