Set focus to first empty input or textarea in a Form

Question

I want to set focus to the first empty input or textarea element, in a Form

I know that the following jQuery code sets focus to the first input or textarea on a page but how do i limit it to a specific form?

$("textarea:empty,input:text[value='']").first().focus();

cloned · Answer

You can just target your form first and then find() the first empty element inside the form:

$("#your-form").find("textarea:empty,input:text[value='']").first().focus();

this focuses the first empty field inside a form with id your-form :

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