useFocusVisible returns false when using Full Keyboard Access on Apple devices

[saren44]

Provide a general summary of the issue here

When using Apple's Full Keyboard Access accessibility feature, useFocusVisible hook wrongly returns false after pressing space (default Activate key). This seems to be inconsistent with HTML's :focus-visible, which keeps taking effect (tested on Chrome 135.0.7049.115 and MacOS 15.3.1).

🤔 Expected Behavior?

useFocusVisible should stay true after pressing space in Full Keyboard Access mode

😯 Current Behavior

useFocusVisible is changed to false after pressing space in Full Keyboard Access mode

💁 Possible Solution

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🔦 Context

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🖥️ Steps to Reproduce

The issue is visible on the documentation page for useFocusVisible.

1. Turn on Full Keyboard Access accessibility setting
2. Go to https://react-spectrum.adobe.com/react-aria/useFocusVisible.html
3. Navigate around the page using Tab key. The Focus visible indicator in example is set to true
4. Press space to perform an action (e.g. open one of the drop-down menus)
5. The Focus visible indicator now displays false

Version

3.39.0

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Chrome

If other, please specify.

Safari, Firefox

What operating system are you using?

MacOS 15.3.1

🧢 Your Company/Team

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🕷 Tracking Issue

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[reidbarber]

Looks like Enter registers as a keyboard event, while Space registers as a virtual event (similar to using VO + Spacebar in VoiceOver). I think this is expected behavior currently and we'd need to determine if this is something we can account for without affecting other experiences. It would be nice to be in line with :focus-visible.