Issue Summary

When the sorting buttons are activated, the focus inappropriately moves to the top of the page.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open the Jira Cloud Homepage.
2. From the Sidebar navigation, expand Spaces and open any space.
3. Navigate to the "List" link and activate it.
4. In the data table, focus on a sortable column header button and activate it.
5. Observe that the focus moves inappropriately to the top of the page instead of remaining on the sortable column header button.

This is not reproducible in Global All Work Search.

Screen Recording

Focus Management Issue

Actual Results

When users activate sortable column header buttons such as "Assignee", "Reporter", "Priority", and others in the data table, the focus inappropriately moves to the top of the page instead of remaining on the activated button. As a result, keyboard-only and screen reader users are required to navigate through the page content again to return to the table.

Expected Results

Ensure that focus remains on the activated sortable column header button after a sorting action.

Avoid shifting focus to the top of the page when table content updates. If the table is dynamically re-rendered, programmatically restore focus to the same button using the JavaScript .focus() method.

Workaround

Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available

Environment

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
macOS Tahoe 26.3
Operations - Windows11
Chrome - Version 145.0.7632.160 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Safari- Version 26.3
JAWS- Version 2023
NVDA- Version 2025.3.2
VoiceOver - Version Latest