fix(react-combobox): Remove _getAriaActiveDescendantValue, compute aria-activedescendantvalue in state, and update currentPendingValue when the options change

change/@fluentui-react-12283c65-5330-4f04-9ce2-532900d9be76.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "fix(ComboBox): fix(react-combobox): Remove _getAriaActiveDescendantValue, compute aria-activedescendantvalue in state, and update currentPendingValue when the options change.",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/react",
+  "email": "esteban.230@hotmail.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}

packages/react/etc/react.api.md

@@ -3943,6 +3943,7 @@ export interface IComboBoxProps extends ISelectableDroppableTextProps<IComboBox,
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export interface IComboBoxState {
+    ariaActiveDescendantValue?: string;
     currentPendingValue?: string;
     currentPendingValueValidIndex: number;
     currentPendingValueValidIndexOnHover: number;

packages/react/src/components/ComboBox/ComboBox.tsx

@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ export interface IComboBoxState {
 
   /** When taking input, this will store the actual text that is being entered */
   currentPendingValue?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The id of the current focused combo item, otherwise the id of the currently selected element,
+   * null otherwise
+   */
+  ariaActiveDescendantValue?: string;
 }
 
 enum SearchDirection {
@@ -347,9 +353,9 @@ class ComboBoxInternal extends React.Component<IComboBoxInternalProps, IComboBox
       text,
       onMenuOpen,
       onMenuDismissed,
-      hoisted: { selectedIndices },
+      hoisted: { selectedIndices, currentOptions },
     } = this.props;
-    const { isOpen, currentPendingValueValidIndex } = this.state;
+    const { isOpen, currentPendingValueValidIndex, currentPendingValue } = this.state;
 
     // If we are newly open or are open and the pending valid index changed,
     // make sure the currently selected/pending option is scrolled into view
@@ -404,6 +410,35 @@ class ComboBoxInternal extends React.Component<IComboBoxInternalProps, IComboBox
     if (!isOpen && prevState.isOpen && onMenuDismissed) {
       onMenuDismissed();
     }
+
+    let newCurrentPendingValueValidIndex = currentPendingValueValidIndex;
+    const options = currentOptions.map((item, index) => ({ ...item, index }));
+
+    // If currentOptions differs from the previous currentOptions we need to update the currentPendingValueValidIndex
+    // otherwise, it will be out of sync with the currentOptions. This can happen when the options are filtered.
+    if (!shallowCompare(prevProps.hoisted.currentOptions, currentOptions) && currentPendingValue) {
+      newCurrentPendingValueValidIndex =
+        this.props.allowFreeform || this.props.allowFreeInput
+          ? this._processInputChangeWithFreeform(currentPendingValue)
+          : this._updateAutocompleteIndexWithoutFreeform(currentPendingValue);
+    }
+
+    let descendantText = undefined;
+
+    if (isOpen && selectedIndices.length) {
+      descendantText = options[selectedIndices[0]]?.id ?? this._id + '-list' + selectedIndices[0];
+    } else if (isOpen && this._hasFocus() && newCurrentPendingValueValidIndex !== -1) {
+      descendantText =
+        options[newCurrentPendingValueValidIndex].id ?? this._id + '-list' + newCurrentPendingValueValidIndex;
+    } else {
+      descendantText = undefined;
+    }
+
+    if (descendantText !== this.state.ariaActiveDescendantValue) {
+      this.setState({
+        ariaActiveDescendantValue: descendantText,
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   public componentWillUnmount(): void {
@@ -579,7 +614,7 @@ class ComboBoxInternal extends React.Component<IComboBoxInternalProps, IComboBox
       hoisted: { suggestedDisplayValue },
     } = this.props;
 
-    const { isOpen } = this.state;
+    const { isOpen, ariaActiveDescendantValue } = this.state;
 
     // If the combo box has focus, is multiselect, and has a display string, then use that placeholder
     // so that the selected items don't appear to vanish. This is not ideal but it's the only reasonable way
@@ -623,7 +658,7 @@ class ComboBoxInternal extends React.Component<IComboBoxInternalProps, IComboBox
           aria-describedby={
             errorMessage !== undefined ? mergeAriaAttributeValues(ariaDescribedBy, errorMessageId) : ariaDescribedBy
           }
-          aria-activedescendant={this._getAriaActiveDescendantValue()}
+          aria-activedescendant={ariaActiveDescendantValue}
           aria-required={required}
           aria-disabled={disabled}
           aria-controls={isOpen ? this._id + '-list' : undefined}
@@ -801,8 +836,9 @@ class ComboBoxInternal extends React.Component<IComboBoxInternalProps, IComboBox
   /**
    * Process the new input's new value when the combo box allows freeform entry
    * @param updatedValue - the input's newly changed value
+   * @returns the index of the matched option, -1 if no match was found
    */
-  private _processInputChangeWithFreeform(updatedValue: string): void {
+  private _processInputChangeWithFreeform(updatedValue: string): number {
     const { currentOptions } = this.props.hoisted;
     let newCurrentPendingValueValidIndex = -1;
 
@@ -818,7 +854,7 @@ class ComboBoxInternal extends React.Component<IComboBoxInternalProps, IComboBox
       }
 
       this._setPendingInfo(updatedValue, newCurrentPendingValueValidIndex, updatedValue);
-      return;
+      return newCurrentPendingValueValidIndex;
     }
 
     // Remember the original value and then make the value lowercase for comparison
@@ -865,14 +901,15 @@ class ComboBoxInternal extends React.Component<IComboBoxInternalProps, IComboBox
 
     // Set the updated state
     this._setPendingInfo(originalUpdatedValue, newCurrentPendingValueValidIndex, newSuggestedDisplayValue);
+    return newCurrentPendingValueValidIndex;
   }
 
   /**
    * Process the new input's new value when the combo box does not allow freeform entry
    * @param updatedValue - the input's newly changed value
+   * @returns the index of the matched option
    */
-  private _processInputChangeWithoutFreeform(updatedValue: string): void {
-    const { currentOptions } = this.props.hoisted;
+  private _processInputChangeWithoutFreeform(updatedValue: string): number {
     const { currentPendingValue, currentPendingValueValidIndex } = this.state;
 
     if (this.props.autoComplete === 'on') {
@@ -892,32 +929,18 @@ class ComboBoxInternal extends React.Component<IComboBoxInternalProps, IComboBox
           updatedValue = normalizeToString(currentPendingValue) + updatedValue;
         }
 
-        const originalUpdatedValue: string = updatedValue;
-        updatedValue = updatedValue.toLocaleLowerCase();
-
-        // If autoComplete is on, attempt to find a match where the text of an option starts with the updated value
-        const items = currentOptions
-          .map((item, i) => ({ ...item, index: i }))
-
-          .filter(
-            option =>
-              isNormalOption(option) && !option.disabled && option.text.toLocaleLowerCase().indexOf(updatedValue) === 0,
-          );
-
-        // If we found a match, update the state
-        if (items.length > 0) {
-          this._setPendingInfo(originalUpdatedValue, items[0].index, getPreviewText(items[0]));
-        }
+        const matchingIndex = this._updateAutocompleteIndexWithoutFreeform(updatedValue);
 
         // Schedule a timeout to clear the pending value after the timeout span
         this._autoCompleteTimeout = this._async.setTimeout(() => {
           this._autoCompleteTimeout = undefined;
         }, ReadOnlyPendingAutoCompleteTimeout);
-        return;
+
+        return matchingIndex;
       }
     }
 
-    // If we get here, either autoComplete is off or we did not find a match with autoComplete on.
+    // If we get here, autoComplete is off.
     // Remember we are not allowing freeform, so at this point, if we have a pending valid value index
     // use that; otherwise use the selectedIndex
     const index = currentPendingValueValidIndex >= 0 ? currentPendingValueValidIndex : this._getFirstSelectedIndex();
@@ -927,6 +950,30 @@ class ComboBoxInternal extends React.Component<IComboBoxInternalProps, IComboBox
     // to allow us to select all content in the input to
     // give the illusion that we are readonly (e.g. freeform off)
     this._setPendingInfoFromIndex(index);
+    return index;
+  }
+
+  private _updateAutocompleteIndexWithoutFreeform(updatedValue: string): number {
+    const { currentOptions } = this.props.hoisted;
+    const originalUpdatedValue: string = updatedValue;
+    updatedValue = updatedValue.toLocaleLowerCase();
+
+    // If autoComplete is on, attempt to find a match where the text of an option starts with the updated value
+    const items = currentOptions
+      .map((item, i) => ({ ...item, index: i }))
+
+      .filter(
+        option =>
+          isNormalOption(option) && !option.disabled && option.text.toLocaleLowerCase().indexOf(updatedValue) === 0,
+      );
+
+    // If we found a match, update the state
+    if (items.length > 0) {
+      this._setPendingInfo(originalUpdatedValue, items[0].index, getPreviewText(items[0]));
+      return items[0].index;
+    }
+
+    return -1;
   }
 
   private _getFirstSelectedIndex(): number {
@@ -2377,25 +2424,6 @@ class ComboBoxInternal extends React.Component<IComboBoxInternalProps, IComboBox
     );
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Get the aria-activedescendant value for the combo box.
-   * @returns the id of the current focused combo item, otherwise the id of the currently selected element,
-   * null otherwise
-   */
-  private _getAriaActiveDescendantValue(): string | undefined {
-    const { currentOptions, selectedIndices } = this.props.hoisted;
-    const { isOpen, currentPendingValueValidIndex } = this.state;
-    const options = currentOptions.map((item, index) => ({ ...item, index }));
-    let descendantText =
-      isOpen && selectedIndices?.length
-        ? options[selectedIndices[0]].id ?? this._id + '-list' + selectedIndices[0]
-        : undefined;
-    if (isOpen && this._hasFocus() && currentPendingValueValidIndex !== -1) {
-      descendantText = options[currentPendingValueValidIndex].id ?? this._id + '-list' + currentPendingValueValidIndex;
-    }
-    return descendantText;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Get the aria autocomplete value for the combo box
    * @returns 'inline' if auto-complete automatically dynamic, 'both' if we have a list of possible values to pick from