[focusgroup] Allow directional movement from items with a negative tabindex.#57266
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…bindex. This ensures that when focus is placed on an element within a focusgroup with tabindex="-1", a user can use directional focus navigation (arrow keys) to move focus FROM that element TO another focusgroup item. Like when using tab navigation, there is no ability to use the keyboard to move focus TO an element with tabindex="-1" See issue on OpenUI: openui/open-ui#1358 Explainer update PR: openui/open-ui#1356 Bug: 4021071 Change-Id: I31966312b26e0337efbc440d2bad06399c7f29ef Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/7486357 Commit-Queue: Jacques Newman <janewman@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Mason Freed <masonf@chromium.org> Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#1571940}
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This ensures that when focus is placed on an element within a focusgroup
with tabindex="-1", a user can use directional focus navigation (arrow
keys) to move focus FROM that element TO another focusgroup item. Like
when using tab navigation, there is no ability to use the keyboard to
move focus TO an element with tabindex="-1"
See issue on OpenUI: openui/open-ui#1358
Explainer update PR: openui/open-ui#1356
Bug: 4021071
Change-Id: I31966312b26e0337efbc440d2bad06399c7f29ef
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/7486357
Commit-Queue: Jacques Newman <janewman@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Mason Freed <masonf@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#1571940}