Return focus when dialog is closed to element focused before open

[adamint]

Pull Request

📖 Description

Exposes two functions to get the focused element and set focus in dialog-utils.js. Uses that in the dialog provider to get the focused element before the dialog is created (which messes with focus), and then to reset focus after close. Dialog doesn't always close immediately, so I added a small delay.

Before:

Grabacion.de.pantalla.2025-08-29.a.la.s.1.05.00.a.m.mov

After:

Grabacion.de.pantalla.2025-08-29.a.la.s.1.06.55.a.m.mov

🎫 Issues

Fixes #4094

👩‍💻 Reviewer Notes

You can test this using the Dialog samples.

📑 Test Plan

✅ Checklist

General

• I have added tests for my changes.
• I have tested my changes.
• I have updated the project documentation to reflect my changes.
• I have read the CONTRIBUTING documentation and followed the standards for this project.

Component-specific

• I have added a new component
• I have added Unit Tests for my new component
• I have modified an existing component
• I have validated the Unit Tests for an existing component

⏭ Next Steps

[MarvinKlein1508]

Just because I'm curious: what happens if I open the dialog via code somehow? Which element will be focused then?

For example in my case I open a modal directly in OnParameterSetAsync when a certain condition is invalid.

[vnbaaij]

I would say nothing happens then. I think this is done when the code from @dvoituron 's last review comment gets added

[adamint]

Just because I'm curious: what happens if I open the dialog via code somehow? Which element will be focused then?

For example in my case I open a modal directly in OnParameterSetAsync when a certain condition is invalid.

Whatever element that is currently focused at the time that OnParameterSetAsync is called. In my opinion, focus should always return back to the previous element so that users of screen readers can continue to navigate the page in order.

[dvoituron]

This new feature should be added to the “dev-v5” branch for the new Dialog component.

[vnbaaij]

@microsoft-github-policy-service agree

[vnbaaij]

@microsoft-github-policy-service rerun