# Automatically move the cursor to text input field

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatically-move-the-cursor-to-text-input-field/78745>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [September 5, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatically-move-the-cursor-to-text-input-field/78745 "2023-09-05T06:38:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatically-move-the-cursor-to-text-input-field/78745/2 "2023-09-05T08:06:14Z")

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You didn't spend too much time looking, did you ?

> [@How to set focus in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-set-focus-in-perspective/46006):
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> I have a pop-up view in perspective that contains some labels, buttons and a textfield. I’d like to set the focus to the textfield when the pop-up opens, how can I do this?

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