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Keyboard focus is getting lost after activating home control in left navigation pane in windows.

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#2600 opened on Sep 5, 2025

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Description

Description

User Impact: Keyboard dependent users will find it difficult to identify the currently focused element if keyboard focus is getting lost after activating home control in left navigation pane in windows.

Refer Attachment:

  1. Keyboard focus get lost after activating Home tab item present in left navigation pane.mp4

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9c3f3f02-2faa-4307-ba14-f80c3c7c7bde

Expected behavior

Keyboard focus shouldn't be lost home tab item after activating it, it should remain on the home control.

Actual behavior

Keyboard focus is getting lost after activating home control in left navigation pane in windows. On press tab key, focus is moving to 'Github' control.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open the URL: https://docs.pwabuilder.com/#/builder/android in latest edge browser.
  2. PWA Builder - packaging page will be displayed on screen.
  3. Press tab key to reach 'Ham burger menu button' and activate it.
  4. Now press tab key to reach to the home control and activate it.
  5. Verify whether keyboard focus is getting lost after activating home control in left navigation pane in windows or not.

Environment

OS: Windows 11 Enterprise Insider Preview Version 24H2 (OS Build 26100.3775) Browser Microsoft Edge Version 135.0.3179.85 (Official build) (64-bit) URL: https://docs.pwabuilder.com/#/builder/

Additional Information

  • Bug still occurs when all/other plugins are disabled?

Contributor guide

Tech stack
javascripthtmlcss
Domain
accessibility
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Understanding of keyboard navigationBasic DOM manipulation
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
Investigate the home control in the left navigation pane (likely part of the sidebar component). The issue states that after activating the home control, pressing Tab moves focus to the 'Github' link instead of staying on the home control. Look at the click event handler for the home control—it likely needs to call `focus()` on the control or prevent default focus shift. Check if there is an `aria activedescendant` or `tabindex` management. The fix should ensure focus remains on the activated element or moves to the next logical element as per standard keyboard navigation.