# focus

### Description

@short: Sets focus on the gantt

@signature: focus: () =\> void

### Example

~~~jsx
gantt.focus();
~~~

### Related samples
- [Keyboard Navigation](https://docs.dhtmlx.com/gantt/samples/02_extensions/16_keyboard_navigation.html)
- [Keyboard Navigation - navigate cells](https://docs.dhtmlx.com/gantt/samples/02_extensions/17_keyboard_navigation_cell.html)

### Details

:::note
This method is defined in the **keyboard_navigation** extension, so you need to activate the [keyboard_navigation](guides/extensions-list.md#keyboardnavigation) plugin. Read the details in the [Keyboard Navigation](guides/keyboard-navigation.md) article. 
:::


added in version 4.1

### Related API
- [keyboard_navigation](api/config/keyboard_navigation.md)
- [keyboard_navigation_cells](api/config/keyboard_navigation_cells.md)
- [addShortcut](api/method/addshortcut.md)
- [getShortcutHandler](api/method/getshortcuthandler.md)
- [removeShortcut](api/method/removeshortcut.md)

### Related Guides
- [Keyboard Navigation](guides/keyboard-navigation.md)