MatDialog - set focus on dialog itself

[VVKot]

Bug, feature request, or proposal:

I have MatDialog which is used for confirming deleting the element. I want to place focus initially on the dialog itself.
Is there a proper way to do it? Meaning that "tab loop" would be like so:

1. Dialog -> No button -> Yes button -> Dialog
   or, ideally, after jumping to buttons focus will be trapped there:
2. Dialog -> No button -> Yes button -> No button -> Yes button

What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?

Because of our app not having "trash bin" functionality as of now, deleting is permanent. So, I don't want to place focus on the "Yes" button.

Alternatively, I can place focus on the "No" button. But this would interfere with a highlight on the "Yes" button - I want to highlight intended action in the dialog.

Which versions of Angular, Material, OS, TypeScript, browsers are affected?

"@angular/cdk": "~7.1.0",
"@angular/material": "~7.1.0",

[jelbourn]

@crisbeto doesn't setting autoFocus: false do this now?

[crisbeto]

Yes, the only thing that autoFocus controls is whether to move focus to the first focusable element. If it's turned off, focus should just stay on the dialog.

[jelbourn]

@crisbeto we should probably make that more clear in the JsDoc, but closing this issue since that's the solution.

[VVKot]

Thanks, @jelbourn @crisbeto, I figured out why autoFocus was not working for me. I am opening dialog from one of the options in MatMenu. When the menu closes, it sets focus on itself, away from a dialog. You can check the small demo here:
https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-d3atgj
https://angular-d3atgj.stackblitz.io/

Should we reopen this issue? Or it is better to discuss in a separate one?

[jelbourn]

Yeah, that sounds like a separate bug

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