Component: Autocomplete

[urielTwito]

Describe the bug

I am upgrading to angular 16 from angular 12
and now I can not find the method focusInput()
were did it go?
is there another way to put a focus in the input field programmatically?

note that this api exists in primeng version 16.0.0

Environment

angular 16
prime version 16.9.1

Reproducer

No response

Angular version

16.0.0

PrimeNG version

16.9.1

Build / Runtime

Angular CLI App

Language

TypeScript

Node version (for AoT issues node --version)

18.10.0

Browser(s)

chrome

Steps to reproduce the behavior

the method was there but now it is not. just look at the code

Expected behavior

to be able to set focus on the input control of the autocomplete programatically

[Sinan997]

Seems, it's removed.

You can find element from DOM and focus manually.

[urielTwito]

what is the best way to do it, which selector should I use to find the input element?, can I inject it with @ViewChild or something like this.

[Sinan997]

You can access the AutoComplete component and use this viewChild property below.

primeng/src/app/components/autocomplete/autocomplete.ts

Line 688 in 3d5b78e

@ViewChild('focusInput') inputEL: Nullable<ElementRef>;

[mertsincan]

Hi,

So sorry for the delayed response! Improvements have been made to many components recently, both in terms of performance and enhancement. Therefore, this improvement may have been developed in another issue ticket without realizing it. You can check this in the documentation. If there is no improvement on this, can you open a new issue so we can include it in our roadmap?

Thanks a lot for your understanding!
Best Regards,