From 099de678f07a9da24b802ae75822cb2dc8904b04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brandon Thomas <echelon@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:18:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] remove textarea focusing

---
 vocodes/src/modes/speak/Form.tsx | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vocodes/src/modes/speak/Form.tsx b/vocodes/src/modes/speak/Form.tsx
index 67e9ad2e4b..80413ecf76 100644
--- a/vocodes/src/modes/speak/Form.tsx
+++ b/vocodes/src/modes/speak/Form.tsx
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ class Form extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   }
   
   componentDidMount() {
-    this.textarea?.focus();
+    // NB(bt,2021-03-17): Turning off focusing for now since we're running the ad campaign
+    //this.textarea?.focus();
   }
 
   nonSpaceCharacterCount() : number {