Title: Ignition Perspective 8.3 – self.focus() works from button events but not property change or startup scripts I'm using Ignition 8.3 (Perspective) and trying to automatically set focus to a Text Field when an Embedded View loads. The Text Field is the first input in a four-digit authenticatio…

See the browser constraint discussed here: [image] Textfield Auto focus Ignition .focus() only works when the component is inside a container that already has focus, so you might try focusing its parent container(s) first. You can steal focus from a parent or…

Unfortunately there is no onLoad event yet that can be used to trigger such things once every part of a view is finished rendering, which is often necessary for things like .focus() to work. There is a request for it that one can vote for: [image] Perspective view onLoad event that fires …

I saw the topic you referenced while I was troubleshooting. I tried to implement focusing on a parent but wasnt sure if I was implementing correctly and didnt make progress. My text field is in flex containers root>Main>Code and has name digit_1. Tried setting focus on each in turn to get down to my…

[image] jjhamon16: but got errors about None types That is the symptom when the script is running before the view is fully loaded, as Ryan describes.

That makes sense, except for the part where it doesn't even trigger from a property change event or message handler. The page can be fully loaded. I'm triggering it from a property change or message handler. It doesn't work, but when I'm triggering it from a button, it does work. I probably misunder…

That may be because the button exists within the same container as the input you're trying to focus, which would mean that it is setting focus first to something that the input itself is able to steal from. I would try this sequence: Use system.perspective.sendMessage() to send a message that the M…

[image] Ryan_Deardorff: Unfortunately there is no onLoad event yet The latest version of Periscope adds these; an onMount callback is the most reliable way to do this focus switching. [image] Musson Industrial's Embr-Periscope Module 3rd Party Modules R…

Change Script Focus in 8.3

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pturmel October 31, 2026, 1:32pm 2

See the browser constraint discussed here: