When I try to make TextField pre focused using `onActive foc

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When I try to make TextField pre focused using `onActive focusRequester requestFocus ` keyboard doesn t open when focused manually it works fine what could be the issue is there any other way of doing the same also I noticed `onActive ` callback is getting deprecated What should we use instead

Karthick · Answer

Maybe Ui not created when you request focus

Kshitij Patil · Answer

What strategy you d suggest for a TextField to get focus on UI created

jim · Answer

cc < Siyamed> < Ralston Da Silva>

Ralston Da Silva · Answer

I think this happens because the window isn t focused yet when onActive is run

Ralston Da Silva · Answer

You can use AmbientWindowInfo or AmbientWindowManager to find out when the Window is focused

Ralston Da Silva · Answer

I ll investigate and get back to you

jim · Answer

Thanks < Ralston Da Silva> We should add this easy robust default focus routing to our list of core use cases and make sure it s easy because it s an important detail that every screen should think about

Ralston Da Silva · Answer

Yes I have a bug tracking this we were trying to see how far we could go without providing API for default focus yet

Ralston Da Silva · Answer

In this case it is not default focus that is off it s just that the text fiels is focused but the keyboard is not shown when the textfield is focused during onActive I think for now we can add some logic in text field to show the keyboard if the text field is focused and the Window gains focus

Ralston Da Silva · Answer

Anyway I should reproduce this issue and verify if it is really a window focus issue I want to investigate this before proposing a fix

Ralston Da Silva · Answer

I m a little concerned about the case where a user intentionally dismisses the keyboard and the text field is left focused and then we re show the keyboard when window focus changes

Kshitij Patil · Answer

Any updates on this Should we put `requestFocus ` into a `LaunchedEffect` with `Unit` key

Ralston Da Silva · Answer

Hi Kshitij sorry for the delay I think this is related to Window focus I tried to reproduce this on an emulator but I can t reproduce the issue Do you see this consistently or only sometimes Which device are you using for testing

Kshitij Patil · Answer