flutterdartfocusautofocus

What is the difference between setting autofocus to true and to request focus?

I read in documentation that requestFocus() request primary focus. Does setting autofocus to true behaves similarly?

Solution

  • When set auto focus true, whenever state will build or re-build focus will automatic shift to that element if any other elements are not holding focus, while if you are calling requestFocus this will set primary focus to that particular focus node.

    Note- if you are calling FocusNode().requestFocus() that will remove focus form that screen because FocusNode() is not associated with any widget in tree