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HTML

<button class="button">create and focus</button>
<br />
<div class="container"></div>

JavaScript

$('.button').on('click', function() {
  $('.container').html('<input type="text" class="newinput" value="">');
  $('.newinput').focus();
  $('.newinput').val("word");
})