FloatingFocusManager

import {FloatingFocusManager} from '@floating-ui/react';

This component should only be rendered when the floating element is open and directly wrap it.

function App() {
  const {context} = useFloating();
 
  return (
    <>
      {/* reference element */}
      {isOpen && (
        <FloatingFocusManager context={context}>
          {/* floating element */}
        </FloatingFocusManager>
      )}
    </>
  );
}

Props

interface FloatingFocusManagerProps {
  context: FloatingContext;
  disabled?: boolean;
  initialFocus?:
    | number
    | React.MutableRefObject<HTMLElement | null>;
  returnFocus?: boolean;
  guards?: boolean;
  modal?: boolean;
  visuallyHiddenDismiss?: boolean | string;
  closeOnFocusOut?: boolean;
  order?: Array<'reference' | 'floating' | 'content'>;
}

context

The context object returned from useFloating().

<FloatingFocusManager context={context}>
  {/* floating element */}
</FloatingFocusManager>

disabled

default: false

Disables all focus management entirely. Useful to delay focus management until after a transition completes or some other conditional state.

<FloatingFocusManager context={context} disabled>
  {/* floating element */}
</FloatingFocusManager>

initialFocus

default: 0

Which element to initially focus. Can be either a number (tabbable index as specified by the order) or a ref.

<FloatingFocusManager
  context={context}
  initialFocus={elementRef}
>
  {/* floating element */}
</FloatingFocusManager>

Negative number

You can set this to a negative number to ignore the initial focus. This is required to prevent conflicts if your floating element has no tabbable content and is instead controlled by the useListNavigation() Hook which has its own focus management.

<FloatingFocusManager context={context} initialFocus={-1}>
  {/* floating element */}
</FloatingFocusManager>

If there is no list navigation, then modal behavior’s focus trap will no longer work. To maintain the trap, you can place the initial focus on the floating element:

const {context, refs} = useFloating();
 
return (
  <FloatingFocusManager
    context={context}
    initialFocus={refs.floating}
  >
    {/* floating element */}
  </FloatingFocusManager>
);

returnFocus

default: true

Determines if focus should be returned to the reference element (or if that is not available, the previously focused element). This prop is ignored if the floating element lost focus.

<FloatingFocusManager context={context} returnFocus={false}>
  {/* floating element */}
</FloatingFocusManager>

guards

default: true

Determines if the focus guards are rendered. If not, focus can escape into the address bar/console/browser UI, like in native dialogs.

<FloatingFocusManager context={context} guards={false}>
  {/* floating element */}
</FloatingFocusManager>

modal

default: true

Determines if focus is “modal”, meaning focus is fully trapped inside the floating element and outside content cannot be accessed. This includes screen reader virtual cursors.

<FloatingFocusManager context={context} modal={false}>
  {/* floating element */}
</FloatingFocusManager>

Non-modal behavior

The floating element should be rendered after the reference element in the React tree. It can be portalled however.

Modal behavior

Ensure you have an explicit “close” button. This can be either visible to all users, or visually-hidden so it is only available to assistive tech (see visuallyHiddenDismiss). Touch-based screen readers often will not have an esc key available to dismiss the element, so an explicit close button is required, otherwise the user will be trapped in the floating element if they don’t want to select anything (thus needing to reload the page).

Comboboxes

When the reference element has a combobox role present, the focus manager behavior changes.

The listbox part (floating element) of a combobox (input + listbox popup) can be portalled and accessible to touch screen readers when using modal focus management, but DOM focus does not become modal. Screen reader virtual cursors do become modal, allowing a touch screen reader to immediately access the portalled listbox items.

visuallyHiddenDismiss

default: false

If your focus management is modal and there is no explicit close button available, you can use this prop to render a visually-hidden dismiss button at the start and end of the floating element. This allows touch-based screen readers to escape the floating element due to lack of an esc key.

<FloatingFocusManager context={context} visuallyHiddenDismiss>
  {/* floating element */}
</FloatingFocusManager>

You can pass a string which will be announced by the screen reader, e.g. for languages other than English. The default string when using true is Dismiss.

<FloatingFocusManager
  context={context}
  visuallyHiddenDismiss="Dismiss popup"
>
  {/* floating element */}
</FloatingFocusManager>

closeOnFocusOut

default: true

Determines whether focusout event listeners that control whether the floating element should be closed if the focus moves outside of it are attached to the reference and floating elements. This affects non-modal focus management.

<FloatingFocusManager context={context} closeOnFocusOut={false}>
  {/* floating element */}
</FloatingFocusManager>

order

default: ['content']

The order in which focus cycles.

<FloatingFocusManager
  context={context}
  // Initially focuses the floating element. Subsequent tabs
  // will cycle through the tabbable contents of the floating
  // element.
  order={['floating', 'content']}
  // Keeps focus on the reference element. Subsequent tabs
  // will cycle through the tabbable contents of the floating
  // element.
  order={['reference', 'content']}
>
  {/* floating element */}
</FloatingFocusManager>

Troubleshooting

Page scrolls to top when opening the floating element

This can happen if you’re placing the autoFocus prop on an element inside the floating element. This is because the floating element is initially rendered at the top-left of the page, and the browser scrolls to it when it receives focus.

Instead, use the initialFocus prop on <FloatingFocusManager> to focus the desired element, which waits for the position to be ready first.

Usage with <FloatingPortal>

Ensure the focus manager is rendered as a child (can be a nested descendant) of <FloatingPortal>.