With horizontal listbox, first chip gets focused on parent wrapper click
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Description
#### What is the expected behavior?
".mat-chip-list-wrapper" should not catch click event
#### What is the current behavior?
When you click outside of the chips in the ".mat-chip-list-wrapper" container that is full width due to flex property, the first chip of the wrapper get selected.
#### What are the steps to reproduce?
Use the official chips example https://odjogmnnjkj.angular.stackblitz.io/ and click on the far right of the chips. The first chip will get focused.

#### Which versions of Angular, Material, OS, TypeScript, browsers are affected?
Angular 7.2.12, Material 7.3.6, Typescript 3.1.1
Issue found on:
- mac OS High Sierra with Chrome 73.0.3683.86, Safari 12.1, Firefox
- windows 10 enterprise using Chrome 73.0.3683.103, Edge and Firefox 60.6.1esr
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the official chips example and reproduce the click in the empty space of the full-width .mat-chip-list-wrapper. Trace the wrapper's click and focus behavior, then verify that clicking outside the chips no longer focuses the first chip while clicking a chip still works.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- angular, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100