<div class='type'>Compose Modifier</div>

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<h2 id="requestfocusonhierarchyactive">requestFocusOnHierarchyActive</h2>

<div class='sourceset sourceset-android'>Android</div>


```kotlin
public fun Modifier.requestFocusOnHierarchyActive(): Modifier
```


This Modifier is used in conjunction with `hierarchicalFocusGroup` and will request focus on the
following focusable element when needed (i.e. this needs to be before that element in the
Modifier chain). The focusable element is usually a
`androidx.wear.compose.foundation.rotary.rotaryScrollable` (or, in some rarer cases a
`androidx.compose.foundation.focusable` or `androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusTarget`)

Multiple `requestFocusOnHierarchyActive` Modifiers shouldn't be siblings, in those cases they
need to surround each with a `hierarchicalFocusGroup`, and at most one of them should have active
= true, to inform which `requestFocusOnHierarchyActive` should get the focus.

NOTE: This shouldn't be used together with `FocusRequester.requestFocus` calls in
`LaunchedEffect`.