Select: Focus previously focused item on open, not the selected one #3744
Description
Feature request
Overview
Current behavior is to always focus the selected item (using focusSelectedItem function in the code). This is not perfect in terms of accessibility. Would be nicer to have the current value retained when the listbox is closed and re-opened.
Ideally the focus doesn't leave the trigger element itself, and only aria-activedescendant is used to pseudo-focus child elements (that was also reported in #3636). Screen reader users prefer to set the focus on the individual elements in the listbox manually, as this gives more control.
Examples in other libraries
ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG) Select-Only Combobox Example:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/combobox/examples/combobox-select-only/#ex_label
Who does this impact? Who is this for?
Assistive technology users.
Additional context
Example video