229600 2021-08-26 21:45:35 -0700 WKWebView: cannot become first responder using focus() in JavaScript or native becomeFirstResponder() method 2021-09-02 21:46:18 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit HTML Editing Safari 14 iPhone / iPad iOS 13 NEW InRadar P2 Normal --- 1 dh.chong webkit-unassigned ggaren simon.fraser thorton webkit-bug-importer wenson_hsieh oldest_to_newest 1787950 0 dh.chong 2021-08-26 21:45:35 -0700 For example, if we'd like to build a web based text editor, we'd like to automatically focus on the text input area in `UIViewController.viewDidAppear`. However, we cannot build behavior like this using public API. For example, all these won't work: - Calling `htmlElement.focus()` does nothing. - `WKWebView.becomeFirstResponder()` The community is trying to explore how to work around this missing feature: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32449870/programmatically-focus-on-a-form-in-a-webview-wkwebview/48623286#48623286 This can be reproduced on iOS 13 to iOS 15 beta. 1790057 1 webkit-bug-importer 2021-09-02 21:46:18 -0700 <rdar://problem/82708554>