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<textarea autofocus> places cursor at start if text is not empty
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Description
**Problem**
When using a `` with the `autofocus` attribute, the element correctly receives focus upon mounting. However, if the text is already present (either via `initial_value` or a `Signal`), the cursor is always placed at the beginning of the text.
This behavior feels unintuitive for editable fields — typically, users expect the cursor to be at the end of the existing content, or at least to have control over where it goes.
**Steps To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Create a `<textarea autofocus>` with a non-empty value.
- Run the app.
- Observe that the field gets focused, but the cursor is always at the beginning of the text.
**Expected behavior**
- Either the cursor should default to the end of the text when the field is auto-focused and non-empty.
- Or there should be a built-in way to specify cursor position (e.g. "start", "end", or a specific offset).
**Environment:**
- Dioxus version: 0.6.3
- Rust version: 1.85.1 (4eb161250 2025-03-15)
- OS info: Linux Mint 22.1
- `uname -srp`: Linux 6.8.0-56-generic x86_64
- App platform: desktop
**💡 Suggested Solution**
Ideally, this should be handled entirely within `Dioxus`, without relying on JavaScript or platform-specific workarounds. A declarative, renderer-agnostic solution would be ideal — one that works consistently across web, desktop, mobile, etc.
Thanks for the awesome work on Dioxus! 🙌
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