[WW-4718] focusElement form attribute not working

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.24, 2.5.5
• Fix Version/s: 2.5.8

Environment

internet explorer
chrome

• Assignee: Lukasz Lenart
• Reporter: Chad Davis
• Created: 22/Nov/16 23:13
• Updated: 13/Feb/17 09:52
• Resolved: 24/Nov/16 07:35

Description

I cannot get the focusElement attribute on the form tag to work. I've tried it in both IE and chrome and in neither case will the text field I want to focus when the page loads do so.

Here is the html for the form I'm trying to do this with:

<s:form action="ViewSubscriber" method="GET" cssClass="form-group"
        focusElement="subscriberListAutocomplete">
    <div class="input-group">
        <s:textfield name="subscriberName" 
                     id="subscriberListAutocomplete" 
                     cssClass="subscriberListAutocomplete form-control"
                     placeholder="Subscriber Name"
                     tabindex="1"/>
        <span class="input-group-btn">
            <s:submit value="View Subscriber" 
                      cssClass="btn btn-success"
                      tabindex="0"/>
        </span>
    </div>
</s:form>

If I change the textfield to a basic input element and use html's autofocus attribute, it works fine. I have no idea what else I can try on this.