9651 2010-05-03 23:22:43 +0000 autofocus should not work if the focused document is a sub-document 2010-10-04 14:49:03 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified All All RESOLVED WORKSFORME P2 normal --- 1 mounir ian bugs ian jonas mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 35385 0 mounir 2010-05-03 23:22:43 +0000 If we have: <html> <body> <iframe src="somewhere"></iframe> <input autofocus> </body> </html> If the user is interacting with the iframe before the autofocus event is called for the input, the input shouldn't be focus. In other words, when the focused document is a sub-document, if an element from the parent document wants to focus via autofocus it shouldn't have it. 35463 1 lachlan.hunt 2010-05-06 13:55:56 +0000 The spec already defines: "User agents may ignore this attribute if the user has indicated (for example, by starting to type in a form control) that he does not wish focus to be changed." What you're asking for is already permitted. It does not matter whether the user is interacting with another control in the same document, a document in another frame or a control on the browser chrome. The UA may ignore the autofocus in any or all of those cases.