# Focus on Text Box in Embedded view does not fire

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [December 19, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/focus-on-text-box-in-embedded-view-does-not-fire/54286 "2021-12-19T19:22:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/focus-on-text-box-in-embedded-view-does-not-fire/54286/2 "2021-12-20T00:33:50Z")

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I think ones I read that the instant script flow control is asynchronous, and you can not really control the order of execution.

Have you tried to set focus in _onStartup_ event? I would try to put the script in the view or in the component itself.

Regarding the _sleep_ action, I would use instead:

```auto
from threading import Timer
def focus():
     self.focus()
Timer(0.5, focus).start()

```

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