fix(Suggestions): Focus search input when opening suggestions menu

[mmelko]

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved keyboard navigation in suggestions dropdown—focus now remains on the search input when opening via keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+Space, Alt+Escape) or toggling suggestions, allowing for continuous typing without focus shifts.

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• src/form/hooks/suggestions.tsx

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Changes redirect focus from the first suggestion item to the search input field in two keyboard-triggered flows within the suggestions hook. When opening suggestions via keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+Space or Alt+Escape) or programmatically, the focus target is shifted from firstElementRef to searchInputRef. No alterations to error handling or other control logic are present.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Suggestions Hook Focus Management src/form/hooks/suggestions.tsx	Modified keyboard-triggered focus behavior to direct focus to the search input instead of the first suggestion item when opening/activating suggestions menu via Ctrl+Space, Alt+Escape, or programmatic invocation.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~8 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• feat(Suggestions): Add lightbulb button and double-click to open suggestions #98: Related modification to the suggestions hook's focus and menu opening behavior in the same file.

Suggested reviewers

• lordrip

Poem

🐰 A focus shift, so small yet grand,
From suggestions deep to input's hand,
Where keystroke dances, Ctrl and Space,
Now search takes center stage and place!

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