I'm building a simple todo app. There is a single text field when you open the app and it should hav...

# compose

[Colton Idle]

I'm building a simple todo app. There is a single text field when you open the app and it should have the keyboard ready when the app opens. Is this the right way to do it?

val focusRequester = FocusRequester()

  DisposableEffect(Unit) {
      focusRequester.requestFocus()
      onDispose { }
  }
  
OutlinedTextField(label = {Text("TODO")}, modifier = Modifier.focusRequester(focusRequester),

Or do I not need a sideEffect?

[FunkyMuse]

https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/CJLTWPH7S/p1643744212713669?thread_ts=1643732584.416739&cid=CJLTWPH7S

[Colton Idle]

OOf. thats what i get for not scrolling up a bit. and here I thought I was following most of the conversations...

[FunkyMuse]

Usually everyone scrolls up to their question only 😁

I have mine not answered about 2D scrolling and i made 100 solutions that don't work but still hoping it'll be answered 🤷‍♂️

[Stylianos Gakis]

Colton did you get it to work without getting the exception I am showing here ?
And if the solution is putting the DisposableEffect below the declaration of the focusRequester modifier, I wonder if this should be considered a hack and if it will even work if for whatever reason they run in opposite order.

[Colton Idle]

No exceptions nope. My sample above works, I just wanted to know if that's the "right" way to do what I wanted to do.

@Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD] sorry for the direct mention, but I know you are working on text fields and focus now. Can you confirm if this is all you need to have a keyboard show up on launch?

val focusRequester = FocusRequester()

  DisposableEffect(Unit) {
      focusRequester.requestFocus()
      onDispose { }
  }
  
OutlinedTextField(label = {Text("TODO")}, modifier = Modifier.focusRequester(focusRequester),

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

That should do it