adobe/react-spectrum

Searchable Select: scroll to selected item does not work

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#9,031 opened on Oct 14, 2025

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Description

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If we have a searchable select with a long item list, it should scroll to the first selected item on open.

🤔 Expected Behavior?

Scroll to the first selected item.

😯 Current Behavior

It does not scroll.

💁 Possible Solution

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🔦 Context

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🖥️ Steps to Reproduce

https://stackblitz.com/edit/rac-searchable-select-scroll-into-view?file=src%2FSelect.tsx

Version

1.13.0

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Chrome

If other, please specify.

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What operating system are you using?

macOS

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Research direction
Look at the Select component's open state and find the listbox rendering. Check if the selected item has a ref and whether scrollIntoView is called when the popup opens. Trace the logic for searchable selects and how the listbox is initially positioned.
Tech stack
reacttypescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
GitTypeScriptReact
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60