All of the previous answer doesn't work if the desired focus element is injected in a directive template. The following directive fit to both simple element or directive injected element (I wrote it in typescript). it accept selector for inner focusable element. if you just need to focus the self element - don't send any selector parameter to the directive :
module APP.Directives {
export class FocusOnLoadDirective implements ng.IDirective {
priority = 0;
restrict = 'A';
constructor(private $interval:any, private $timeout:any) {
}
link = (scope:ng.IScope, element:JQuery, attrs:any) => {
var _self = this;
var intervalId:number = 0;
var clearInterval = function () {
if (intervalId != 0) {
_self.$interval.cancel(intervalId);
intervalId = 0;
}
};
_self.$timeout(function(){
intervalId = _self.$interval(function () {
let focusableElement = null;
if (attrs.focusOnLoad != '') {
focusableElement = element.find(attrs.focusOnLoad);
}
else {
focusableElement = element;
}
console.debug('focusOnLoad directive: trying to focus');
focusableElement.focus();
if (document.activeElement === focusableElement[0]) {
clearInterval();
}
}, 100);
scope.$on('$destroy', function () {
// Make sure that the interval is destroyed too
clearInterval();
});
});
};
public static factory = ():ng.IDirectiveFactory => {
let directive = ($interval:any, $timeout:any) => new FocusOnLoadDirective($interval, $timeout);
directive.$inject = ['$interval', '$timeout'];
return directive;
};
}
angular.module('common').directive('focusOnLoad', FocusOnLoadDirective.factory());
}
usage example for simple element:
<button tabindex="0" focus-on-load />
usage example for inner element (usually for dynamic injected element like directive with template):
<my-directive focus-on-load="input" />
you can use any jQuery selector instead of "input"