feat(focus-monitor): Add eventual detection mode option to focus monitor

src/cdk/a11y/focus-monitor/focus-monitor.spec.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ import {Component, NgZone} from '@angular/core';
 import {ComponentFixture, fakeAsync, flush, inject, TestBed, tick} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {A11yModule} from '../index';
-import {FocusMonitor, FocusOrigin, TOUCH_BUFFER_MS} from './focus-monitor';
+import {
+  FocusMonitor,
+  FocusMonitorDetectionMode,
+  FocusOrigin,
+  FOCUS_MONITOR_DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+  TOUCH_BUFFER_MS,
+} from './focus-monitor';
 
 
 describe('FocusMonitor', () => {
@@ -239,8 +245,63 @@ describe('FocusMonitor', () => {
 
     flush();
   }));
+
+  it('should clear the focus origin after one tick with "immediate" detection',
+     fakeAsync(() => {
+       dispatchKeyboardEvent(document, 'keydown', TAB);
+       tick(2);
+       buttonElement.focus();
+
+       // After 2 ticks, the timeout has cleared the origin. Default is 'program'.
+       expect(changeHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith('program');
+     }));
 });
 
+describe('FocusMonitor with "eventual" detection', () => {
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<PlainButton>;
+  let buttonElement: HTMLElement;
+  let focusMonitor: FocusMonitor;
+  let changeHandler: (origin: FocusOrigin) => void;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [A11yModule],
+      declarations: [
+        PlainButton,
+      ],
+      providers: [
+        {
+          provide: FOCUS_MONITOR_DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+          useValue: {
+            detectionMode: FocusMonitorDetectionMode.EVENTUAL,
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    }).compileComponents();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(inject([FocusMonitor], (fm: FocusMonitor) => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(PlainButton);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    buttonElement = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button'))!.nativeElement;
+    focusMonitor = fm;
+
+    changeHandler = jasmine.createSpy('focus origin change handler');
+    focusMonitor.monitor(buttonElement).subscribe(changeHandler);
+    patchElementFocus(buttonElement);
+  }));
+
+
+  it('should not clear the focus origin, even after a few seconds', fakeAsync(() => {
+    dispatchKeyboardEvent(document, 'keydown', TAB);
+    tick(2000);
+
+    buttonElement.focus();
+
+    expect(changeHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith('keyboard');
+  }));
+});
 
 describe('cdkMonitorFocus', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {

src/cdk/a11y/focus-monitor/focus-monitor.ts

@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ import {
   Directive,
   ElementRef,
   EventEmitter,
+  Inject,
   Injectable,
+  InjectionToken,
   NgZone,
   OnDestroy,
+  Optional,
   Output,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import {Observable, of as observableOf, Subject, Subscription} from 'rxjs';
@@ -36,6 +39,30 @@ export interface FocusOptions {
   preventScroll?: boolean;
 }
 
+/** Detection mode used for attributing the origin of a focus event. */
+export const enum FocusMonitorDetectionMode {
+  /**
+   * Any mousedown, keydown, or touchstart event that happened in the previous
+   * tick or the current tick will be used to assign a focus event's origin (to
+   * either mouse, keyboard, or touch). This is the default option.
+   */
+  IMMEDIATE,
+  /**
+   * A focus event's origin is always attributed to the last corresponding
+   * mousedown, keydown, or touchstart event, no matter how long ago it occured.
+   */
+  EVENTUAL
+}
+
+/** Injectable service-level options for FocusMonitor. */
+export interface FocusMonitorOptions {
+  detectionMode?: FocusMonitorDetectionMode;
+}
+
+/** InjectionToken for FocusMonitorOptions. */
+export const FOCUS_MONITOR_DEFAULT_OPTIONS =
+    new InjectionToken<FocusMonitorOptions>('cdk-focus-monitor-default-options');
+
 type MonitoredElementInfo = {
   unlisten: Function,
   checkChildren: boolean,
@@ -82,6 +109,12 @@ export class FocusMonitor implements OnDestroy {
   /** The number of elements currently being monitored. */
   private _monitoredElementCount = 0;
 
+  /**
+   * The specified detection mode, used for attributing the origin of a focus
+   * event.
+   */
+  private readonly _detectionMode: FocusMonitorDetectionMode;
+
   /**
    * Event listener for `keydown` events on the document.
    * Needs to be an arrow function in order to preserve the context when it gets bound.
@@ -134,7 +167,12 @@ export class FocusMonitor implements OnDestroy {
     this._windowFocusTimeoutId = setTimeout(() => this._windowFocused = false);
   }
 
-  constructor(private _ngZone: NgZone, private _platform: Platform) {}
+  constructor(
+      private _ngZone: NgZone, private _platform: Platform,
+      @Optional() @Inject(FOCUS_MONITOR_DEFAULT_OPTIONS) options:
+          FocusMonitorOptions|null) {
+    this._detectionMode = options?.detectionMode || FocusMonitorDetectionMode.IMMEDIATE;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Monitors focus on an element and applies appropriate CSS classes.
@@ -284,15 +322,19 @@ export class FocusMonitor implements OnDestroy {
 
   /**
    * Sets the origin and schedules an async function to clear it at the end of the event queue.
+   * If the detection mode is 'eventual', the origin is never cleared.
    * @param origin The origin to set.
    */
   private _setOriginForCurrentEventQueue(origin: FocusOrigin): void {
     this._ngZone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
       this._origin = origin;
-      // Sometimes the focus origin won't be valid in Firefox because Firefox seems to focus *one*
-      // tick after the interaction event fired. To ensure the focus origin is always correct,
-      // the focus origin will be determined at the beginning of the next tick.
-      this._originTimeoutId = setTimeout(() => this._origin = null, 1);
+
+      if (this._detectionMode === FocusMonitorDetectionMode.IMMEDIATE) {
+        // Sometimes the focus origin won't be valid in Firefox because Firefox seems to focus *one*
+        // tick after the interaction event fired. To ensure the focus origin is always correct,
+        // the focus origin will be determined at the beginning of the next tick.
+        this._originTimeoutId = setTimeout(() => this._origin = null, 1);
+      }
     });
   }
 

tools/public_api_guard/cdk/a11y.d.ts

@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ export declare class EventListenerFocusTrapInertStrategy implements FocusTrapIne
     preventFocus(focusTrap: ConfigurableFocusTrap): void;
 }
 
+export declare const FOCUS_MONITOR_DEFAULT_OPTIONS: InjectionToken<FocusMonitorOptions>;
+
 export declare const FOCUS_TRAP_INERT_STRATEGY: InjectionToken<FocusTrapInertStrategy>;
 
 export interface FocusableOption extends ListKeyManagerOption {
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ export declare class FocusKeyManager<T> extends ListKeyManager<FocusableOption &
 }
 
 export declare class FocusMonitor implements OnDestroy {
-    constructor(_ngZone: NgZone, _platform: Platform);
+    constructor(_ngZone: NgZone, _platform: Platform, options: FocusMonitorOptions | null);
     _onBlur(event: FocusEvent, element: HTMLElement): void;
     focusVia(element: HTMLElement, origin: FocusOrigin, options?: FocusOptions): void;
     focusVia(element: ElementRef<HTMLElement>, origin: FocusOrigin, options?: FocusOptions): void;
@@ -105,6 +107,15 @@ export declare class FocusMonitor implements OnDestroy {
     static ɵprov: i0.ɵɵInjectableDef<FocusMonitor>;
 }
 
+export declare const enum FocusMonitorDetectionMode {
+    IMMEDIATE = 0,
+    EVENTUAL = 1
+}
+
+export interface FocusMonitorOptions {
+    detectionMode?: FocusMonitorDetectionMode;
+}
+
 export interface FocusOptions {
     preventScroll?: boolean;
 }