I want to disable the input box while it is processing, and to re-enable and return the focus to it when processing is done This works to disable and re-enable the input box but it loses the focus when disabled and does not get it back when re-enabled. How to return the focus to the point where the…

Here the solution, including a spinner. The affected input attribute must be readonly instead of disabled: from dash import Dash, html, callback, Output, Input, dcc from time import sleep import dash_bootstrap_components as dbc input_tag = dbc.Input(id='input', debounce=500, autoFocus=True) output…

Hello @clodoaldo , You will need to leverage the clientside callback and use JS to reset the focus after the callback has run. You’ll need to use a dcc.Store or something to trigger it.

Regain focus after disabling input

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clodoaldo March 20, 2026, 5:07pm 3

So I should just RTFM

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Regain focus after disabling input

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