diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/plugins/plugin-search/plugin-search.component.html b/client/src/app/+admin/plugins/plugin-search/plugin-search.component.html
index f98ef690c..8edf03a89 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/plugins/plugin-search/plugin-search.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/plugins/plugin-search/plugin-search.component.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 </div>
 
 <div class="search-bar">
-  <input type="text" (input)="onSearchChange($event)" i18n-placeholder placeholder="Search..."/>
+  <input type="text" (input)="onSearchChange($event)" i18n-placeholder placeholder="Search..." autofocus />
 </div>
 
 <div class="alert alert-info" i18n *ngIf="pluginInstalled">
diff --git a/client/src/app/+login/login.component.html b/client/src/app/+login/login.component.html
index 3171e5b0f..0167066a0 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+login/login.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+login/login.component.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
               <label i18n for="username">User</label>
               <input
                 type="text" id="username" i18n-placeholder placeholder="Username or email address" required tabindex="1"
-                formControlName="username" class="form-control" [ngClass]="{ 'input-error': formErrors['username'] }" #usernameInput
+                formControlName="username" class="form-control" [ngClass]="{ 'input-error': formErrors['username'] }" autofocus
               >
             </div>
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/+login/login.component.ts b/client/src/app/+login/login.component.ts
index af747b7fa..d8ad49081 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+login/login.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+login/login.component.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { AfterViewInit, Component, ElementRef, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angula
 import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router'
 import { AuthService, Notifier, RedirectService, UserService } from '@app/core'
 import { HooksService } from '@app/core/plugins/hooks.service'
-import { InstanceAboutAccordionComponent } from '@app/shared/shared-instance'
 import { LOGIN_PASSWORD_VALIDATOR, LOGIN_USERNAME_VALIDATOR } from '@app/shared/form-validators/login-validators'
 import { FormReactive, FormValidatorService } from '@app/shared/shared-forms'
+import { InstanceAboutAccordionComponent } from '@app/shared/shared-instance'
 import { NgbAccordion, NgbModal, NgbModalRef } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { RegisteredExternalAuthConfig, ServerConfig } from '@shared/models'
 
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { RegisteredExternalAuthConfig, ServerConfig } from '@shared/models'
 })
 
 export class LoginComponent extends FormReactive implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
-  @ViewChild('usernameInput', { static: false }) usernameInput: ElementRef
   @ViewChild('forgotPasswordModal', { static: true }) forgotPasswordModal: ElementRef
 
   accordion: NgbAccordion
@@ -91,10 +90,6 @@ export class LoginComponent extends FormReactive implements OnInit, AfterViewIni
   }
 
   ngAfterViewInit () {
-    if (this.usernameInput) {
-      this.usernameInput.nativeElement.focus()
-    }
-
     this.hooks.runAction('action:login.init', 'login')
   }
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/autofocus.directive.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/autofocus.directive.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f087d79d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/autofocus.directive.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { AfterViewInit, Directive, ElementRef } from '@angular/core'
+
+@Directive({
+  selector: '[autofocus]'
+})
+export class AutofocusDirective implements AfterViewInit {
+  constructor (private host: ElementRef) { }
+
+  ngAfterViewInit () {
+    this.host.nativeElement.focus()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/index.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/index.ts
index 29f8b3650..8ea47bb33 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/angular/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export * from './autofocus.directive'
 export * from './bytes.pipe'
 export * from './duration-formatter.pipe'
 export * from './from-now.pipe'
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts
index 9d550996d..3e21d491a 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { LoadingBarHttpClientModule } from '@ngx-loading-bar/http-client'
 import { SharedGlobalIconModule } from '../shared-icons'
 import { AccountService, ActorAvatarInfoComponent, VideoAvatarChannelComponent } from './account'
 import {
+  AutofocusDirective,
   BytesPipe,
   DurationFormatterPipe,
   FromNowPipe,
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ import { VideoChannelService } from './video-channel'
     NumberFormatterPipe,
     BytesPipe,
     DurationFormatterPipe,
+    AutofocusDirective,
 
     InfiniteScrollerDirective,
     PeerTubeTemplateDirective,
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ import { VideoChannelService } from './video-channel'
     BytesPipe,
     NumberFormatterPipe,
     DurationFormatterPipe,
+    AutofocusDirective,
 
     InfiniteScrollerDirective,
     PeerTubeTemplateDirective,