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@randmtask  

Hi,

Just finished the Word Scramble challenges, and was wondering how I can get the text field to a) Be automatically selected upon Restart Game b) Be automatically selected after pressing Return, so the user doesn't need to tap on the field each time.

If someone can point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

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@Obelix  

@randmtask looks for pointers.

If someone can point me in the right direction?

Since you're not providing code showing what you've tried, and you're just asking for pointers, start here in the forums!

At the top of the forum page, enter "focus" into the search bar.

You'll find several discussions about the .focus modifier. I think this will point you in the right direction.

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@randmtask  

Thanks!

That helps a lot.

I managed to get the field focused after each word by making isFieldFocused = true in the addNewWord() function.

But I'm unsure how I would have the field selected initially, if thats the behaviour I wanted. More a curiosity than anything!

struct ContentView: View {
    // code
    @FocusState private var isFieldFocused: Bool

    var body: some View {
        NavigationView {
            List {
                Section {
                    TextField("Enter your word", text: $newWord)
                        .autocapitalization(.none) // This will not capitalise the first word when the user types (although they still can if they want)
                        .disableAutocorrection(true)
                        .focused($isFieldFocused)
                    Text("Your score is: \(userScore)")
                        .font(.title3.bold())

                }

        }
    }
    func addNewWord() {
        // code
        isFieldFocused = true
    }

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@NigelGee  HWS+

Check out How to make a TextField or TextEditor have default focus

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@randmtask  

Thanks NigelGee, I'll check that out!

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