How to focus a lineedit node from script

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:bust_in_silhouette: Asked By IHate

I’m creating linedits every time I press a button and I want to make it so just as it’s created it gets focused and ready to type in without any more inputs. I’ve tried grab_focus and grab_click_focus but it doesn’t seem to work. How can I achieve this result?

grab_focus() and deferred grab_focus does not always work in my experience. I have tried numerous ways to grab_focus on a LineEdit node in godot 3.5 and am not able to get it to work at all. It is not clear why grab_focus() is not working on LineEdit nodes.

JayFi | 2022-07-27 02:33

:bust_in_silhouette: Reply From: hashak

Related: https://forum.godotengine.org/8355/button-set-focus

$LineEdit.grab_focus()

As I said on my post I already tried those, but it ended up not been fault of the grab_focus but some problem with the theme I was using. Using the same settings but using the costume style instead of the theme works just fine, idk if it’s a bug or what.

IHate | 2019-07-25 08:31

Hi! Sorry for commenting on such an old post, but I have the same issue and I don’t know where else to ask. If you still remember, could you please elaborate on what causes the issue? I don’t really understand what you meant by “using the costume style instead of the theme”.

UMTomato | 2020-11-20 22:47

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:bust_in_silhouette: Reply From: briceio

I know it’s a little late but for future reference and people willing to achieve the same result, you have to wait the next frame before calling grab_focus. So basically this will do it;

await get_tree().process_frame
$MyEdit.grab_focus()