Angular2 - Focusing a textbox on component load

Question

I am developing a component in Angular2 (Beta 8). The component has a textbox and a dropdown. I would like to set the focus in textbox as soon as component is loaded or on change event of dropdown. How would I achieve this in angular2. Following is Html for the component.

<div>
    <form role="form" class="form-horizontal ">        
        <div [ngClass]="{showElement:IsEditMode, hidden:!IsEditMode}">
            <div class="form-group">
                <label class="control-label col-md-1 col-sm-1" for="name">Name</label>
                <div class="col-md-7 col-sm-7">
                    <input id="name" type="text" [(ngModel)]="person.Name" class="form-control" />

                </div>
                <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-2">
                    <input type="button" value="Add" (click)="AddPerson()" class="btn btn-primary" />
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div [ngClass]="{showElement:!IsEditMode, hidden:IsEditMode}">
            <div class="form-group">
                <label class="control-label col-md-1 col-sm-1" for="name">Person</label>
                <div class="col-md-7 col-sm-7">
                    <select [(ngModel)]="SelectedPerson.Id"  (change)="PersonSelected($event.target.value)" class="form-control">
                        <option *ngFor="#item of PeopleList" value="{{item.Id}}">{{item.Name}}</option>
                    </select>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>        
    </form>
</div>

Answer 1

This answer is inspired by post Angular 2: Focus on newly added input element

Steps to set the focus on Html element in Angular2

1. Import ViewChildren in your Component

   import { Input, Output, AfterContentInit, ContentChild,AfterViewInit, ViewChild, ViewChildren } from 'angular2/core';
   

2. Declare local template variable name for the html for which you want to set the focus

3. Implement the function ngAfterViewInit() or other appropriate life cycle hooks

4. Following is the piece of code which I used for setting the focus

   ngAfterViewInit() {vc.first.nativeElement.focus()}
   

5. Add #input attribute to the DOM element you want to access.

///This is typescript
import {Component, Input, Output, AfterContentInit, ContentChild,
  AfterViewChecked, AfterViewInit, ViewChild,ViewChildren} from 'angular2/core';

export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit,AfterViewChecked { 
   @ViewChildren('input') vc;
  
   ngAfterViewInit() {            
        this.vc.first.nativeElement.focus();
    }
  
 }

<div>
    <form role="form" class="form-horizontal ">        
        <div [ngClass]="{showElement:IsEditMode, hidden:!IsEditMode}">
            <div class="form-group">
                <label class="control-label col-md-1 col-sm-1" for="name">Name</label>
                <div class="col-md-7 col-sm-7">
                    <input #input id="name" type="text" [(ngModel)]="person.Name" class="form-control" />

                </div>
                <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-2">
                    <input type="button" value="Add" (click)="AddPerson()" class="btn btn-primary" />
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div [ngClass]="{showElement:!IsEditMode, hidden:IsEditMode}">
            <div class="form-group">
                <label class="control-label col-md-1 col-sm-1" for="name">Person</label>
                <div class="col-md-7 col-sm-7">
                    <select [(ngModel)]="SelectedPerson.Id"  (change)="PersonSelected($event.target.value)" class="form-control">
                        <option *ngFor="#item of PeopleList" value="{{item.Id}}">{{item.Name}}</option>
                    </select>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>        
    </form>
</div>