How to focus ion-searchbar on button click

Question

I am trying to focus ion-searchbar on button click but it is not working. This is my code

Typescript

@ViewChild('search') search:ElementRef;

focusButton(){
       console.log(this.search);   //Searchbar {_config: Config, _elementRef: ElementRef, _renderer: RendererAdapter, _componentName: "searchbar", _mode: "md", …}
       console.log(this.search.nativeElement); //  null
       this.search.nativeElement.focus();      //  Cannot read property 'focus' of undefined
        this.search.nativeElement.setFocus();      // Cannot read property 'setFocus' of undefined

}

Html

<ion-searchbar #search (ionCancel)="cancelSearch($event)" [showCancelButton]="true" [(ngModel)]="artists"></ion-searchbar>
        <ion-buttons end>
            <button [hidden]="showSearch" (click)="(showSearch = !showSearch) && focusButton()" ion-button icon-only>
              <ion-icon  name="search"></ion-icon>
            </button>
        </ion-buttons>

The console output is above in comments with code.

Answer 1

Hope you can do it using below code.Just try it using setTimeout as shown below.

.html

<ion-searchbar #search (ionCancel)="cancelSearch($event)" 
[showCancelButton]="true" [(ngModel)]="artists"></ion-searchbar>

<ion-buttons end>
   <button [hidden]="showSearch" (click)="(showSearch = !showSearch) && focusButton()" ion-button icon-only>
    <ion-icon  name="search"></ion-icon>
  </button>
</ion-buttons>

.ts

@ViewChild('search') search : any;

focusButton(): void {
    setTimeout(() => {
      this.search.setFocus();
    }, 500);
  }

Answer 2

1. Add reference into the template

   <input #inputEl> or <ion-searchbar #inputEl> whatever you use as input

2. Import ViewChild on the top of .ts and define a reference variable in component class

   import { ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
   @ViewChild('inputEl') inputElRef;
   

3. Use nativeElement to access focus() function

   this.inputElRef.nativeElement.focus();

Answer 3

For those working with Angular 8 and Ionic 4 one can set the flag static: false which will consider that an *ngIf is involved and hiding the search bar for example. As soon *ngIf displays again the visual component (e.g. ion-searchbar)

@ViewChild('searchInput', {static: false}) searchInput: IonSearchbar;

  constructor() { }

  public setSearchbarVisible(isVisible) {
    this.isSearchbarOpened = isVisible;
    if (isVisible) {
      setTimeout(() => {
        this.searchInput.setFocus();
    }, 100);
    }
  }

Adding a type to the searchInput will also help with method and property insights, like setFocus(). That is neat code without daring to touch the wraped native elements.

Answer 4

1-) Import IonSearchBar Element

import { IonSearchbar} from '@ionic/angular';

2-) Create ViewChild for IonSearchBar

@ViewChild(IonSearchbar) myInput: IonSearchbar;

3-) Set focus with timeout

setTimeout(() => { this.myInput.setFocus(); }, 150);

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Open Request feature here: ion-searchbar autofocus #17745

Best regards.