Web - App focus on compose box even when edit message is present

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Action Performed:

1. Open the app
2. Open any report
3. Send any message
4. Edit the message
5. Visit any other report
6. Revisit report opened in step 2

Expected Result:

App should keep the focus on edit message

Actual Result:

App shifts the focus on main compose box even when report has ongoing edit message

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.59.0
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: n
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

focus.on.main.compose.even.when.edit.message.mp4

Recording.4090.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @dhanashree-sawant
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1693420650403989

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @stitesExpensify (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[hannojg]

I think that might be introduced by

• Performance: chat input #25758

just not sure if its really a deploy blocker? [app functionality remains imo]

[luacmartins]

Yea, I agree this is NAB. Removing the label.

[stitesExpensify]

@hannojg should I assign this to you since it's related to that other PR?

[hannojg]

I am not sure if this really needs to be fixed?

[mountiny]

I think we can close this one