Back to Interop 2027 proposals

HTML `focusgroup`

Proposed by web-platform-tests/interop#1348
Participate in this proposal on GitHub

Direct 1-click actions are temporarily unavailable for Interop proposals pending repository app approval. Cast your vote by adding a +1 reaction or join the discussion directly on GitHub.

Open issue on GitHub

Explainer: https://open-ui.org/components/scoped-focusgroup.explainer/

focusgroup is a proposed HTML attribute that replaces the hand-rolled "roving tabindex" logic every UI library reimplements for toolbars, tabs, menus, listboxes, and radiogroups. Adding something like focusgroup="toolbar wrap" to a container gives its children directional (e.g. arrow key) navigation between items, a single guaranteed tab stop, and memory of the last-focused item, without JavaScript (selection state remains the author's responsibility).

Support for focusgroup landed in Chrome 150.

Discussion on GitHub (0)

No comments on GitHub yet

Be the first developer to share technical feedback or use cases on this Interop proposal.

Join discussion on GitHub

Signing in with GitHub allows you to cast one-click upvotes and submit structured use cases directly to the web-platform-dx/developer-signals repository.

Our GitHub App only requests access to issue discussions. It never requests or has access to your personal repositories or code.
Sign in with GitHub
Strict feedback template: Please be as concrete as possible. Specific examples from your production apps or projects provide the highest-value signal to standards editors and browser engineers.
Add your specific real-world use cases, even if they seem obvious to you.
0 / 5000 (min 10)
Are you having to use another feature instead, a polyfill, or is it blocking you completely? Why are the alternatives worse?
0 / 5000 (min 10)
Markdown formatting is supported.