From e3d17becbdff79eca83a19e6d1559c64ccfffb9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Dodson <adodson@google.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 15:28:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Improve workspace comment keyboard navigation behavior. 
 (#9211)

* fix: Prevent tabbing into workspace comments.

* fix: Focus workspace comments when navigating to them using the keyboard.
---
 core/comments/comment_editor.ts  | 1 +
 core/keyboard_nav/line_cursor.ts | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/comments/comment_editor.ts b/core/comments/comment_editor.ts
index 9a1907e91..69dadd884 100644
--- a/core/comments/comment_editor.ts
+++ b/core/comments/comment_editor.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export class CommentEditor implements IFocusableNode {
       dom.HTML_NS,
       'textarea',
     ) as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+    this.textArea.setAttribute('tabindex', '-1');
     dom.addClass(this.textArea, 'blocklyCommentText');
     dom.addClass(this.textArea, 'blocklyTextarea');
     dom.addClass(this.textArea, 'blocklyText');
diff --git a/core/keyboard_nav/line_cursor.ts b/core/keyboard_nav/line_cursor.ts
index aeb80cff1..a301c3b37 100644
--- a/core/keyboard_nav/line_cursor.ts
+++ b/core/keyboard_nav/line_cursor.ts
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ export class LineCursor extends Marker {
       block.workspace.scrollBoundsIntoView(
         block.getBoundingRectangleWithoutChildren(),
       );
+    } else if (newNode instanceof RenderedWorkspaceComment) {
+      newNode.workspace.scrollBoundsIntoView(newNode.getBoundingRectangle());
     }
   }