How to set focus on element with binding?

Question

In Angular2 how can I set binding on element focus. I don\'t want to set it with elementRef. I think in AngularJS there is ngFocus directive In Angular2 there is no such dir

Answer 1

From @MrBlaise I took the setTimeout snippet which made the following work for me.

import { ElementRef, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';

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@ViewChild('searchInput') private searchInput: ElementRef;

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setTimeout(() => this.searchInput.nativeElement.focus(), 0);