How to auto focus users on search field with no click

Hi,

You will need to custom code that unfortunately. It should not be too difficult though, I might be able to suggest something.

Try adding this custom code to the functions.php in your theme/child theme directory. Before editing, please make sure to have a full site back-up just in case!

add_action("wp_footer", "asp_custom_script_wp_footer");
function asp_custom_script_wp_footer() {
	?>
	<script>
	jQuery(function($){
	    setTimeout(function() {$('input.orig').focus();}, 1000);
	});
	</script>
	<?php
}

Best,
Ernest M.

That works perfectly! Thank you so much, Ernest!!

I absolutely love Ajax Search. It’s what makes my site possible.

Great work!

Oh no – it works great on the homepage, but on every other page it’s jumping users to the bottom of the page (where I have a second search box). How can I implement the focus so it’s only on the homepage, or uses only the search box in the header of each page?

Hooray! I figured it out! Thank you again for your help, Ernest!

Oh, and for anyone else who may have a similar issue, the code I used was:

add_action("wp_footer", "asp_custom_script_wp_footer");
function asp_custom_script_wp_footer() {
	?>
	<script>
	jQuery(function($){
	    setTimeout(function() {$('form:first *:input[type!=hidden]:first').focus();}, 1000);
	});
	</script>
	<?php
}

• This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by hkeely.

That is superb ??

If you don’t mind I will mark this topic as resolved then.

Feel free to rate the plugin, it is greatly appreaciated ?? Thank you!

Best,
Ernest M.