I have a significantly large form and the way the application is laid out, the form is in a scrolling div, so I can't use (because it doesn't seem to work) something like: private scrollToFirstInvalidControl() { const firstInvalidControl: HTMLElement = this.el.nativeElement.querySelector( "form .ng-invalid" ); firstInvalidControl.focus(); } This is a one-off thing, I also don't want it as a directive, it's just overkill, I just want to focus on the first invalid object in the formGroup after I run this.form.markAllAsTouched(); and walk away.. smooth scrolling would be a nice bonus, but not a huge deal. Continue reading...