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Summary

Controlled Dialogs introduced in #1205 have no DialogTrigger, so Radix's triggerRef is null and its close handler has nothing to focus. Closing a dialog drops keyboard and screen-reader users onto <body> instead of the control that opened it.

This adds the focus contract discussed in #1209: DialogTrigger asChild for a colocated opener, and an explicit restoreFocusRef for external or dynamic openers.

Refs #1209

Changes

Shared primitive: ds/ui/Dialog.tsx

  • DialogContent accepts restoreFocusRef and onCloseAutoFocus.
  • On close, a caller-supplied onCloseAutoFocus runs first. If it doesn't prevent default and restoreFocusRef.current is still connected, we preventDefault() (skipping Radix's null-trigger focus) and focus that element. Otherwise Radix's normal trigger behaviour runs, so DialogTrigger keeps working.
  • The isConnected check avoids restoring focus to a stale node.
  • The helper is intentionally not exported from the component file, to keep React Fast Refresh working.
  • The contract is documented in the file header.

Call sites

  • npm-stats/BaselineSection.tsx: colocated opener, now uses <DialogTrigger asChild>.
  • LoginModal + LoginModalProvider: the modal is opened through openLoginModal() from many places, so the provider captures document.activeElement at call time and passes it as restoreFocusRef. No caller changes are needed.
  • routes/admin/roles.$roleId.tsx: one shared dialog with one opener per row. Each row's click handler records its own button in openerRef. After a confirmed removal the row no longer exists, so focus is handed to the table container (tabIndex={-1}) rather than falling back to <body>.
  • The row's icon-only remove button also gets type="button" and an aria-label.

Not in this PR

  • Drawer and Takeover need the same two props (same Radix behaviour).
  • Remaining controlled call sites still need a trigger or restoreFocusRef: DeployDialog, ExampleDeployDialog, AvatarCropModal, BuilderAssistant, LibrariesOverlay, SearchModal, CartDrawer, ProductDrawer, stats/npm/index.tsx, and the /ds examples and audit specimens.
  • The browser-level regression test (open, close with Escape and the close button, assert focus returns to the opener).

How to test

  1. Tab to the opener, press Enter to open the dialog.
  2. Close with Escape, then check document.activeElement is the opener.
  3. Repeat closing with the close button.

Cases to check:

  • npm stats: the Add baseline button.
  • Any control that calls openLoginModal().
  • /admin/roles/:roleId: open from the second row and cancel, focus should return to that row's button. Confirm a removal, focus should land on the table, not <body>.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Accessibility Improvements
    • Improved keyboard focus restoration when login, baseline search, and role-removal dialogs close.
    • Focus returns to the triggering control or an appropriate table location after removing a user.
    • Added focus restoration support for controlled dialogs without an associated trigger.
    • Added an accessible label to role-removal controls.
  • User Experience
    • Updated the baseline search dialog to use standard trigger behavior for more consistent interaction.

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DialogContent now supports focus restoration to a referenced element when a dialog closes. Login, baseline search, and role-member removal flows update their dialog wiring and focus targets.

Changes: Focus restoration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Dialog focus contract
src/components/ds/ui/Dialog.tsx
DialogContent accepts restoreFocusRef and composes close-focus handling with the caller’s callback.
Login modal opener tracking
src/components/LoginModal.tsx, src/contexts/LoginModalContext.tsx
LoginModal accepts the focus reference, and LoginModalProvider passes the active non-body element as the restoration target.
Baseline dialog trigger wiring
src/components/npm-stats/BaselineSection.tsx
The Add button uses DialogTrigger asChild, and the dialog content is placed inside the root Dialog.
Role removal focus targets
src/routes/admin/roles.$roleId.tsx
The removal dialog receives its opener reference. After successful removal, the restoration target is the focusable table container.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Opener
  participant DialogContent
  participant RadixContent
  Opener->>DialogContent: open dialog and provide restoreFocusRef
  DialogContent->>RadixContent: register composed close handler
  RadixContent->>DialogContent: invoke handler on close
  DialogContent->>Opener: restore focus to current target
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This change restores focus to the opener after a dialog closes, in the login, baseline search and role-removal flows. The earlier concern about a missing focus indicator after removal is resolved. No merge-blocking issues remain.

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- Line 393: Update the dialog target’s className to retain the existing styling
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Comment thread src/routes/admin/roles.$roleId.tsx Outdated
<div
ref={tableFocusRef}
tabIndex={-1}
className="bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 rounded-lg shadow-lg overflow-hidden outline-none"

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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sed -n '380,400p' 'src/routes/admin/roles.$roleId.tsx'
rg -n --glob '*.{css,tsx,ts}' 'outline-none|focus-visible:ring|focus:ring' src | head -80

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#!/bin/bash
set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- role focus flow ---'
sed -n '80,180p' 'src/routes/admin/roles.$roleId.tsx'
printf '%s\n' '--- surrounding role component ---'
sed -n '300,410p' 'src/routes/admin/roles.$roleId.tsx'
printf '%s\n' '--- candidate global styles ---'
fd -t f -e css -e scss -e ts -e tsx . | head -120
printf '%s\n' '--- global focus selectors and outline rules ---'
rg -n --glob '*.{css,scss}' '(:focus|:focus-visible|outline|ring)' . | head -120

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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- Dialog focus restoration ---'
rg -n -C 8 'restoreFocusRef|\.focus\(' src/components/ds/ui/Dialog.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- global focus rules ---'
sed -n '1638,1662p' src/styles/app.css
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Restore a visible focus indicator on the table target.

After successful removal, the dialog calls focus() on this tabIndex={-1} element. outline-none removes its outline, and no focus ring is defined. Add a focus ring so the focus move remains visible.

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className="bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 rounded-lg shadow-lg overflow-hidden outline-none"
className="bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 rounded-lg shadow-lg overflow-hidden outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500"
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In `@src/routes/admin/roles`.$roleId.tsx at line 393, Update the dialog target’s
className to retain the existing styling while adding a visible focus ring for
the element focused after successful removal; do not leave the focus indicator
suppressed by outline-none without an equivalent focus style.

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Confirmed the login case on the live homepage in the desktop in-app browser: clicked “Log in to subscribe”, observed focus on “Close dialog”, pressed Escape, then read document.activeElement. It was BODY rather than the newsletter button. That gives us a concrete regression case for this fix. I have not yet verified this PR in the browser. Before merging, the remaining checks are Escape and close-button restoration, opening from a second table row, and successful async deletion returning focus to a visible table fallback. The fallback currently has outline-none, so its focused state needs checking too.

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Updated the branch against current main, preserving the newer OAuth popup flow while keeping the opener ref. Also removed outline-none from the table fallback so its native focus indicator is not suppressed. The full pnpm test suite and commit hooks passed. In an isolated browser fixture using this actual Dialog component, Escape restored a colocated opener, Escape and the close button restored the second row opener, and asynchronous row removal restored focus to the table fallback. Those are component-level checks, not a test of the authenticated admin page or the full login flow. Head is now 5104305; CI and the remaining integration checks still need to complete before merging.

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Thanks a lot @tannerlinsley for testing this, merging main, and fixing the table fallback focus ring! 🙏

I read through your merge. The OAuth popup flow is unchanged, and the login modal still gets its opener through restoreFocusRef. Let me know if you'd like anything else changed here.

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