♿️(frontend) fix focus restore when switching side panels

restore trigger focus on panel switch while panel remains open

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/SidePanel.tsx

@@ -177,17 +177,21 @@ export const SidePanel = () => {
 
   const asideRef = useRef<HTMLElement>(null)
 
-  const panelManagesFocus = activePanelId === PanelId.CHAT
-
   const focusAside = useCallback(() => {
     requestAnimationFrame(() => {
       asideRef.current?.focus({ preventScroll: true })
     })
   }, [])
 
-  useRestoreFocus(isSidePanelOpen && !panelManagesFocus, {
+  const handlePanelOpened = useCallback(() => {
-    onOpened: focusAside,
+    if (activePanelId === PanelId.CHAT) return
+    focusAside()
+  }, [activePanelId, focusAside])
+
+  useRestoreFocus(isSidePanelOpen, {
+    onOpened: handlePanelOpened,
     preventScroll: true,
+    activeKey: activePanelId,
   })
 
   return (

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/Tools.tsx

@@ -95,8 +95,13 @@ const ToolButton = ({
 
 export const Tools = () => {
   const { data } = useConfig()
-  const { openTranscript, openScreenRecording, activeSubPanelId, isToolsOpen } =
+  const {
-    useSidePanel()
+    openTranscript,
+    openScreenRecording,
+    activeSubPanelId,
+    isToolsOpen,
+    isSidePanelOpen,
+  } = useSidePanel()
   const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'moreTools' })
 
   // Restore focus to the element that opened the Tools panel
@@ -113,6 +118,7 @@ export const Tools = () => {
     },
     restoreFocusRaf: true,
     preventScroll: true,
+    shouldRestoreOnClose: () => !isSidePanelOpen,
   })
 
   const isTranscriptEnabled = useIsRecordingModeEnabled(

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/Chat.tsx

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function Chat({ ...props }: ChatProps) {
   const room = useRoomContext()
   const { send, chatMessages, isSending } = useChat()
 
-  const { isChatOpen } = useSidePanel()
+  const { isChatOpen, isSidePanelOpen } = useSidePanel()
   const chatSnap = useSnapshot(chatStore)
 
   // Keep track of the element that opened the chat so we can restore focus
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export function Chat({ ...props }: ChatProps) {
       })
     },
     preventScroll: true,
+    shouldRestoreOnClose: () => !isSidePanelOpen,
   })
 
   // Use useParticipants hook to trigger a re-render when the participant list changes.

src/frontend/src/hooks/useRestoreFocus.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ export type RestoreFocusOptions = {
   onClosed?: () => void
   restoreFocusRaf?: boolean
   preventScroll?: boolean
+  /** When the panel stays open but its content changes, update the restore target. */
+  activeKey?: string | null
+  /** Return false to skip restoring focus on close (e.g. when switching to another panel). */
+  shouldRestoreOnClose?: () => boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -22,9 +26,12 @@ export function useRestoreFocus(
     onClosed,
     restoreFocusRaf = false,
     preventScroll = true,
+    activeKey,
+    shouldRestoreOnClose,
   } = options
 
   const prevIsOpenRef = useRef(false)
+  const prevActiveKeyRef = useRef(activeKey)
   const triggerRef = useRef<HTMLElement | null>(null)
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -37,25 +44,41 @@ export function useRestoreFocus(
       onOpened?.()
     }
 
+    // Panel switched while staying open
+    if (wasOpen && isOpen && activeKey !== prevActiveKeyRef.current) {
+      const activeEl = document.activeElement as HTMLElement | null
+      triggerRef.current = resolveTrigger ? resolveTrigger(activeEl) : activeEl
+      onOpened?.()
+    }
+
     // Just closed
     if (wasOpen && !isOpen) {
       const trigger = triggerRef.current
-      if (trigger && document.contains(trigger)) {
+      const shouldRestore =
+        (shouldRestoreOnClose?.() ?? true) &&
+        trigger &&
+        document.contains(trigger)
+
+      if (shouldRestore) {
         const focus = () => trigger.focus({ preventScroll })
         if (restoreFocusRaf) requestAnimationFrame(focus)
         else focus()
       }
+
       triggerRef.current = null
       onClosed?.()
     }
 
     prevIsOpenRef.current = isOpen
+    prevActiveKeyRef.current = activeKey
   }, [
     isOpen,
+    activeKey,
     onClosed,
     onOpened,
     preventScroll,
     resolveTrigger,
     restoreFocusRaf,
+    shouldRestoreOnClose,
   ])
 }