From a4103ab0e27be898f6219821b761e0be04fae3d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew KeepCoding <andrewkeepcoding@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 14:57:14 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Set focus to the search box when the app is loaded

---
 CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Pages/Shell.xaml.cs | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Pages/Shell.xaml.cs b/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Pages/Shell.xaml.cs
index e69e2ac4..2da7650a 100644
--- a/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Pages/Shell.xaml.cs
+++ b/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Pages/Shell.xaml.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ public Shell()
         BackdropMaterial.SetApplyToRootOrPageBackground(this, true);
 #endif
         Current = this;
+
+        Loaded += Shell_Loaded;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -36,9 +38,13 @@ protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
     {
         samplePages = e.Parameter as IEnumerable<ToolkitFrontMatter>;
         SetupNavigationMenu();
-        base.OnNavigatedTo(e); 
+        base.OnNavigatedTo(e);
     }
 
+    private void Shell_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        searchBox.Focus(FocusState.Programmatic);
+    }
 
     private void SetupNavigationMenu()
     {