jsx-a11y/no-autofocus

💼 This rule is enabled in the following configs: ☑️ recommended, 🔒 strict.

Enforce that autoFocus prop is either not set at all on elements or is only set to false. Auto-focusing elements can cause usability issues for sighted and non-sighted users, alike.

Rule options

This rule takes one optional object argument of type object:

{
    "rules": {
        "jsx-a11y/no-autofocus": [ 2, {
            "ignoreNonDOM": true
        }],
    }
}

For the ignoreNonDOM option, this determines if developer created components are checked.

Succeed

<div />
<div autoFocus="false" />

Fail

<div autoFocus />
<div autoFocus="true" />
<div autoFocus={undefined} />

Accessibility guidelines

General best practice (reference resources)

Resources

WHATWG HTML Standard, The autofocus attribute
The accessibility of HTML 5 autofocus

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