How to Set Focus on Input Field using JQuery

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Given the following HTML structure:

<div class="wrapper">
    <div class="top">
        <a href="http://example.com" class="link">click here</a>
    </div>
    <div class="middle">
        some text
    </div>
    <div class="bottom">
        <form>
            <input type="text" class="post">
            <input type="submit">
        </form>
    </div>
<div>

which will be repeated several times on the page, how do I set the focus on the input field in the .bottom div when a user clicks on the link in the .top div?

I am currently making the .bottom div appear successfully on click using the JQuery code below, but can't seem to figure out how to set focus on the input field at the same time.

$('.link').click(function() {
    $(this).parent().siblings('div.bottom').show();
});

Thanks!

html jquery
4 Answers
user_2380740 
//$GLOBALS['sitename'] is our domain site URL
//$_GET['s'] is the search parameter of our search, and we want to highlight that term searched...    
jQuery(document).ready(function($){  
        let loc=location.href;
        switch(loc) 
        {

    case "<?php echo $GLOBALS['sitename'] ?>?s=<?php echo $_GET['s'] ?>":       
        {       
        let searchf= $("form.search-form").find("input[type='search']:first");
//searchf.val('').focus();      
//empty the value to allow a new search and focus on the field....this works but better to highlight the searched term to allow the user to decide if want to type in something else or just hit again search. In case we want to empty the searched term 
           setTimeout(function (){
           searchf.delay(1000).focus().select(); 
           }, 1000);    
        break;
//.... end of relevant code 
        }
user_5587240
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