How to use Angular4 to set focus by element id

Question

I am new to Angular, and am trying to use it to set focus on an input with the id \"input1\". I am using the following code:

Answer 1

I also face same issue after some search I found a good solution as @GreyBeardedGeek mentioned that setTimeout is the key of this solution.He is totally correct. In your method you just need to add setTimeout and your problem will be solved.

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