[$500] Category - The first item in the Category list is not highlighted by default

[kbecciv]

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Version Number: 1.4.44-0
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: n
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com.
2. Go to workspace chat.
3. Click + > Request money > Manual.
4. Proceed to confirmation page.
5. Click Category.

Expected Result:

The first item in the Category list will be highlighted by default.

Actual Result:

The first item in the Category list is not highlighted by default.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Bug6393813_1709030713631.20240227_072704.mp4

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Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @Santhosh-Sellavel (External)

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @arosiclair (Engineering), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[kbecciv]

We think that this bug might be related to #wave5-free-submitters
CC @dylanexpensify

[Krishna2323]

I think we decided to not focus on any list item until arrow keys are pressed or we have search inputs.

[arosiclair]

I think we decided to not focus on any list item until arrow keys are pressed or we have search inputs.

You have a link to where that was discussed?

[arosiclair]

It seems like we just updated the Category picker to include a search field and now the search field is focused by default:

Prod	Staging

This seems fine to me

[arosiclair]

Removed blocker label since this is low impact either way

[arosiclair]

Since the Merchant selector and Chat participants selector also behave the same way, I'll close this as not a bug