Restore focus after selecting dashboard menu items

[adamint]

Description

Selecting an item from a dashboard button menu can leave keyboard focus on the page body. #17926 fixed the original Resources View Options case, but similar AspireMenuButton controls still reproduce the same issue.

This makes focus restoration the default for button-anchored menus. The trigger is focused before the item callback runs so callbacks that open a dialog or move focus elsewhere keep their intended focus.

User-facing usage

After selecting an item from a dashboard button menu, keyboard focus returns to the button that opened the menu instead of being lost.

Screenshots / Recordings

Grabacion.de.pantalla.2026-07-22.a.la.s.11.58.15.a.m.mov

Validation: Aspire.Dashboard.Components.Tests (185 passed).

Fixes #17656

Checklist

• Is this feature complete?
  • Yes. Ready to ship.
  • No. Follow-up changes expected.
• Are you including unit tests for the changes and scenario tests if relevant?
  • Yes
  • No
• Did you add public API?
  • Yes
    • If yes, did you have an API Review for it?
      • Yes
      • No
    • Did you add <remarks /> and <code /> elements on your triple slash comments?
      • Yes
      • No
  • No
• Does the change make any security assumptions or guarantees?
  • Yes
    • If yes, have you done a threat model and had a security review?
      • Yes
      • No
  • No

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Pull request overview

Makes keyboard-focus restoration the default for dashboard button menus.

Changes:

• Defaults AspireMenuButton to restore trigger focus.
• Restores focus before item callbacks run.
• Updates component tests for default and opt-out behavior.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
AspireMenuButton.razor.cs	Enables focus restoration by default.
AspireMenu.razor.cs	Reorders focus restoration before callbacks.
AspireMenuTests.cs	Tests default restoration, ordering, and opt-out.

Review details

• Files reviewed: 3/3 changed files
• Comments generated: 1
• Review effort level: Medium

[github-actions]

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[JamesNK]

No issues found. Reviewed the focus-restoration ordering, all AspireMenuButton call sites, the separate context-menu behavior, and regression coverage.