JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<input type="text" id="first" name="a">
<input type="text" id="second" name="b">
JavaScript
setTimeout(function(){
$("input#first").focus();
console.log("input focused: " + $("input").is(":focus")
+ "\r\n input#first focused: " + $("input#first").is(":focus")
+ "\r\n input:focus id: " + $("input:focus").attr("id")
+ "\r\n $('input').not(':focus').length: " + $("input").not(":focus").length
+ "\r\n $('input:not(:focus)').length: " + $("input:not(:focus)").length
+ "\r\n focused count: " + $("input:focus").length);
}, 1000);