Shadow DOM: support `activeElement` in shadow roots
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 165
- Forks
- 42
- Avg merge
- 1d 11h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 9
Description
When the active element for a document is inside a shadow root document.activeElement points to the host element rather than the actually focused element. To access the actually focused element the ShadowRoot.activeElement must be inspected.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked CodePen example and search the TypeScript codebase for document.activeElement handling. The work is done when focus inside a shadow root can be obtained through ShadowRoot.activeElement rather than only resolving to the host element.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100