Defect: UX-001: Applying a method picker selection does not restore keyboard focus

[eviltester]

Parent testing issue: #1

Source defect report: https://github.com/eviltester/anywaydata-ai-testing/blob/main/docs/testing/20260625/issue-230-001/defects/ux-001-apply-does-not-restore-focus.md
Testing artifact folder: https://github.com/eviltester/anywaydata-ai-testing/tree/main/docs/testing/20260625/issue-230-001
Original grid-table-editor story: eviltester/grid-table-editor#230
Original grid-table-editor PR: eviltester/grid-table-editor#247

The detailed defect report from the testing artifact is copied below.

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UX-001: Applying a method picker selection does not restore keyboard focus

Severity: Low to medium

Status: Defect candidate, repeatable in automated browser pass

Area: Method picker dialog, focus restoration, generator workflow

Evidence:

• Screenshot: ../screenshots/ux-regression-05-method-picker-search-httpmethod.png
• State data: ../support/ux-regression-flow-results.json, labels selected-httpmethod-before-apply and after-apply-httpmethod

Steps:

1. Open https://eviltester.github.io/grid-table-editor/generator.html.
2. Change the schema row type to domain.
3. Click Select domain command.
4. Search for internet.httpMethod.
5. Select internet.httpMethod.
6. Click Apply.

Observed:

The dialog closes and the row updates to internet.httpMethod, but focus moves to the document body. The captured state after apply was activeTag: "BODY" and focusOnPickerButton: false.

Expected:

After a modal apply action, focus should return to the invoking internet.httpMethod command picker button, matching the behavior observed for Escape, Cancel, and backdrop close.

Why this matters:

Keyboard users lose their position after applying a method and must rediscover where focus is. This is especially noticeable because the adjacent Cancel, Escape, and backdrop close paths do restore focus correctly.

[eviltester]

Fixed in eviltester/grid-table-editor commit b27d2c30f35ba7bd6b49b9888d164f6a1eed4e20 (Restore schema picker focus after apply).

What changed:

• Extended schema row focus restoration so the method picker trigger button can be captured/restored across row rerenders.
• Restored focus after the method picker apply path completes its row update and semantic validation rerender.
• Added a controller regression proving the replacement command picker button is focused after Apply.
• Added a generator browser regression for selecting internet.httpMethod and verifying focus returns to the row command button.

Verification completed:

• Focused Jest: shared-schema-editor-controller.test.js
• Focused browser regression: schema-edit.spec.js -g "method picker restores focus"
• pnpm run verify:ui passed
• pnpm run verify:local passed
• Pre-push verification passed during git push

Published to the test environment:

• Generator: https://eviltester.github.io/grid-table-editor/generator.html
• Publish run: https://github.com/eviltester/grid-table-editor/actions/runs/28232389925