Issue Summary

When the "More options" menu is expanded, keyboard focus does not move to the expanded menu items.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open the Jira DC homepage.
2. In the Site navigation section, locate the "Projects" control, expand it, and open any project.
3. Navigate to the "Issues in epic" button and activate it.
4. Using a keyboard and screen reader, navigate to the More options menu in the Actions column of any issue and activate it to expand the menu.
5. Observe that keyboard focus remains on the More options menu instead of moving to the first menu item.

Screen Recording

Incorrect Focus Management Issue

Actual Results

When the "More options" menu is expanded, keyboard focus does not move into the opened menu. Instead, focus remains on the trigger menu, preventing keyboard-only and screen reader users from interacting with the menu items in a predictable and accessible manner.

After expansion, the menu options cannot be reached using Up/Down arrow key navigation, which breaks expected keyboard interaction behavior for a menu component. As a result, users are unable to navigate through or activate any of the available actions using either keyboard or screen reader.

Expected Results

When the menu is expanded, keyboard focus should move into the menu and allow navigation through all menu items using standard keyboard interactions.

Apply the following changes:

• Ensure that when the “More options” menu expands, keyboard focus moves to the first option within the menu.
• Ensure that users can navigate through all options using the Up and Down arrow keys.
• Ensure that users can select the desired option by pressing the Enter or Spacebar key.
• Ensure that when the user presses the Esc key, the menu closes and focus returns to the “More options” menu.
• Modify the scripts to ensure that focus is managed correctly when opening and closing the menu.
• Ensure the associated listbox is placed within the logical reading and tab order of the “More options” menu (i.e., not rendered at the end of the DOM).

Refer to the Menu Button Pattern  for information on creating accessible menu button.

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 26.5.1
Operations - Windows11
Chrome - 149.0.7827.197 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Safari- Version 26.5
JAWS- Version 2026
NVDA- Version 2026.1
VoiceOver - Version Latest