Tab auto-completing shouldn't highlight the text bar

(#3829) Bug Confirmed Priority: P2 desktop ui

Observed behaviour

When using the tab key to autocomplete an emote,sticker,etc, the text area is highlighted as if it is being used to navigate the UI rather than just being used to auto-complete. On discord, auto-completing using the tab key doesn't highlight the text area and requires an additional tab press after the auto-complete is done to then highlight it.

Reproduction steps

  1. Open a channel, DM, etc where you can post messages and click the message box.
  2. Press the colon key ":" and type in a few letters to start the auto-complete process.
  3. Press the Tab key to finish the auto-complete process.

Build information

Stable Desktop 2026.1004.10845, Canary Web 2026.1010.134749, Linux 7.2.8-362.current (x64), Electron 44.4.1, Chrome 152.0.7977.78, Node 24.21.0

Platform

Linux

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Comment by bizo
bizoReviewer 1 vote
Status changed from Needs triage to Confirmed
CR: Canary Desktop 2026.1009.45608, Web 2026.1010.11814, Windows 11 10.0.26200 (x64), Electron 44.4.1, Chrome 152.0.7977.78, Node 24.21.0, Locale en-GB - Also noticed this when using tab to indent code inside a codeblock