# Focus on Textfield **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [January 5, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/focus-on-textfield/56356 "2023-01-05T02:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Matthew\_Saragusa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/matthew_saragusa/32/41386_2.png) [@Matthew\_Saragusa](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Matthew_Saragusa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/focus-on-textfield/56356/1 "2023-01-05T02:00:20Z")
Is there a way to focus on a textfield upon opening a tab? When someone adds a record, I want the cursor to focus on the first textfield on the page … instead of having to click it first. It’s a usability issue. ---
**Author:** ![Matthew\_Saragusa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/matthew_saragusa/32/41386_2.png) [@Matthew\_Saragusa](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Matthew_Saragusa)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/focus-on-textfield/56356/2 "2023-01-18T20:57:12Z")
Bump. This really ought to be a feature. ---
**Author:** ![james](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/james/32/71213_2.png) [@james](https://community.glideapps.com/u/james)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/focus-on-textfield/56356/3 "2023-01-18T21:36:19Z")
Does hitting tab focus on it? ---
**Author:** ![Matthew\_Saragusa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/matthew_saragusa/32/41386_2.png) [@Matthew\_Saragusa](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Matthew_Saragusa)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/focus-on-textfield/56356/4 "2023-01-18T22:09:43Z")
No, it doesn’t. Also, this is a mobile app. It would be really useful if you could set initial focus on a textfield when a tab / detail / form is opened. I have an app that the user scans a barcode for a selected inventory piece (with a real barcode scanner pda). I would like the barcode text field to be focused when the user enters the details page. This way, all they have to do is scan … instead of click the textbox and then scan. They typically have gloves on, so the user has to take their gloves off to select the text field before scanning. ---
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/focus-on-textfield/56356/5 "2023-01-18T22:18:12Z")
Can you share a screenshot with the field you’d like focused? Yes, Glide should work this way. ---
**Author:** ![Matthew\_Saragusa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/matthew_saragusa/32/41386_2.png) [@Matthew\_Saragusa](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Matthew_Saragusa)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/focus-on-textfield/56356/6 "2023-01-18T22:30:12Z")
Got it, It’s very simple. This is an LPN that tracks a bundle of product. When scanned and the LPN bundle is in inventory, it appears in a filtered list where an action can be performed that moves it to a new location. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/0/9/09f6fa895e686d9a05f31dc9e8d47d0997e36155.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Matthew\_Saragusa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/matthew_saragusa/32/41386_2.png) [@Matthew\_Saragusa](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Matthew_Saragusa)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/focus-on-textfield/56356/7 "2023-04-16T15:08:24Z")
Bump … i know with the new updates there must be a way ![field-focus](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/b/9/b9330864bcd974ce1d03b247815fdadb679dc203.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/focus-on-textfield/56356/8 "2023-04-16T23:59:03Z")
No, there’s no current way to do that now. We still don’t have on-click tab actions and if we have that, there has never been an action to “focus” on a component.