Angular2 - Focusing a textbox on component load

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>

Solution 1:

Using simple autofocus HTML5 attribute works for 'on load' scenario

 <input autofocus placeholder="enter text" [(ngModel)]="test">

<button autofocus (click)="submit()">Submit</button>

http://www.w3schools.com/TAgs/att_input_autofocus.asp

Solution 2:

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

Steps to set the focus on Html element in Angular2

Import ViewChildren in your Component

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

Declare local template variable name for the html for which you want to set the focus
Implement the function ngAfterViewInit() or other appropriate life cycle hooks
Following is the piece of code which I used for setting the focus
```
ngAfterViewInit() {vc.first.nativeElement.focus()}
```
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>

Solution 3:

<input id="name" type="text" #myInput />
{{ myInput.focus() }}

this is the best and simplest way, because code "myInput.focus()" runs after input created

WARNING: this solution is acceptable only if you have single element in the form (user will be not able to select other elements)

Angular2 - Focusing a textbox on component load

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