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:focus-visible

CSS pseudo-class that matches a focused element only when the browser judges that a focus indicator should be drawn, in practice mostly for keyboard focus.

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Calling .focus() on a tabindex="-1" option takes keyboard input away from the listbox

Browsers keep exactly one focused element in the DOM. A dev.to walkthrough of custom dropdown bugs shows what happens to keyboard and screen reader users when a widget moves real focus into the list and sets aria-activedescendant as well.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+12
Incentives20
Confidence55