# tui/focus-widget
Set the calling panel's authoritative widget-focus slot to the widget with
the given `:id`. The focused widget receives keyboard events exclusively.
## Syntax
[tui/focus-widget id]
## Parameters
- `id` — string `:id` of a Focusable widget in the panel's tree
## Examples
# On entering an edit mode, focus the commit-msg input [tui/focus-widget "commit-msg"]
## Returns
`true`.
## See Also
`tui/focused-widget-id`, `tui/cycle-focus`, `tui/clear-focus`