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

Breaking change: No
Enterprise impact: None
Spec maturity: Unknown status
Web Platform Tests: Yes

WPT details: https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/pull/18558

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

Ecosystem

Web Platform Tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=autofocus-support-for-any-focusable-html-svg-element
Chrome Platform Showcase: https://chrome-platform-showcase.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
GenDN reference: https://gendn.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
chrome.dev demos search: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Achrome.dev+Autofocus%20support%20for%20any%20focusable%20HTML%2FSVG%20element
MDN Web Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=Autofocus%20support%20for%20any%20focusable%20HTML%2FSVG%20element
Baseline status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=Autofocus%20support%20for%20any%20focusable%20HTML%2FSVG%20element

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