From a70976a9116c48252f04f3770893e4e0ae9c9ab4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelsey Myers <52179263+kelsey-myers@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 15:33:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add focusPrependedElements prop to useFocusZone,
 FilteredActionList, and SelectPanel

---
 .../react/src/FilteredActionList/FilteredActionList.tsx    | 7 +++++++
 packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.tsx             | 7 +++++++
 packages/react/src/hooks/useFocusZone.ts                   | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/FilteredActionList.tsx b/packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/FilteredActionList.tsx
index fa5164ecc57..a0098cd38e1 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/FilteredActionList.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/FilteredActionList.tsx
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ export interface FilteredActionListProps extends Partial<Omit<GroupedListProps,
    * If false, sets initial focus to the first item in the list when rendered, enabling keyboard navigation immediately.
    */
   setInitialFocus?: boolean
+  /**
+   * Set to true to allow focus to move to elements that are dynamically prepended to the container.
+   * Default is false.
+   */
+  focusPrependedElements?: boolean
 }
 
 export function FilteredActionList({
@@ -130,6 +135,7 @@ export function FilteredActionList({
   onActiveDescendantChanged,
   disableSelectOnHover = false,
   setInitialFocus = false,
+  focusPrependedElements,
   ...listProps
 }: FilteredActionListProps): JSX.Element {
   const [filterValue, setInternalFilterValue] = useProvidedStateOrCreate(externalFilterValue, undefined, '')
@@ -260,6 +266,7 @@ export function FilteredActionList({
           },
           focusInStrategy: setInitialFocus ? 'initial' : 'previous',
           ignoreHoverEvents: disableSelectOnHover,
+          focusPrependedElements,
         }
       : undefined,
     [listContainerElement, usingRovingTabindex, onActiveDescendantChanged],
diff --git a/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.tsx b/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.tsx
index a705ea647a0..112327b846c 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.tsx
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ interface SelectPanelBaseProps {
    */
   disableFullscreenOnNarrow?: boolean
   showSelectAll?: boolean
+  /**
+   * Set to true to allow focus to move to elements that are dynamically prepended to the container.
+   * Default is false.
+   */
+  focusPrependedElements?: boolean
 }
 
 // onCancel is optional with variant=anchored, but required with variant=modal
@@ -193,6 +198,7 @@ function Panel({
   disableFullscreenOnNarrow,
   align,
   showSelectAll = false,
+  focusPrependedElements,
   ...listProps
 }: SelectPanelProps): JSX.Element {
   const titleId = useId()
@@ -884,6 +890,7 @@ function Panel({
             }}
             fullScreenOnNarrow={usingFullScreenOnNarrow}
             className={clsx(className, classes.FilteredActionList)}
+            focusPrependedElements={focusPrependedElements}
           />
           {footer ? (
             <div className={classes.Footer}>{footer}</div>
diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/useFocusZone.ts b/packages/react/src/hooks/useFocusZone.ts
index a4e5a7bce4d..94901937564 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/hooks/useFocusZone.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/useFocusZone.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ export interface FocusZoneHookSettings extends Omit<FocusZoneSettings, 'activeDe
    * any time.
    */
   disabled?: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * Set to true to allow focus to move to elements that are dynamically prepended to the container.
+   */
+  focusPrependedElements?: boolean
 }
 
 export function useFocusZone(

From dad0862e302a5c2a3c2a9ec16f45b1d640fac2f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelsey Myers <52179263+kelsey-myers@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 15:55:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Add focusPrependedElements prop to components

Add focusPrependedElements prop to useFocusZone, FilteredActionList, and SelectPanel
---
 .changeset/green-dryers-flow.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/green-dryers-flow.md

diff --git a/.changeset/green-dryers-flow.md b/.changeset/green-dryers-flow.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2a30486be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/green-dryers-flow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@primer/react": patch
+---
+
+Add focusPrependedElements prop to useFocusZone, FilteredActionList, and SelectPanel

From 1e526237caae42cca8b470fe7697729dfa7b8d3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelsey Myers <52179263+kelsey-myers@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 17:28:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] bump @primer/behaviours

---
 package-lock.json           | 8 ++++----
 packages/react/package.json | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1f149f43422..9f8b79cb759 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6396,9 +6396,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@primer/behaviors": {
-      "version": "1.9.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@primer/behaviors/-/behaviors-1.9.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-MIVSZlQGJzas44DZDwo4Dqiev289K918oDl/AcA+zTpQAjp+PrJ0LUxEnrSOapyivLYpRpmSCeF0XPh7NgXpCA==",
+      "version": "1.9.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@primer/behaviors/-/behaviors-1.9.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wssAE1ezYP3rZjt/dOPju3E7s3wsNkM08QoX33yA6hXUfuXTbGkEKsYnnbLT691/S/sNoZR2GMAkSkIyNDDyJA==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/@primer/css": {
@@ -26421,7 +26421,7 @@
         "@github/tab-container-element": "^4.8.2",
         "@lit-labs/react": "1.2.1",
         "@oddbird/popover-polyfill": "^0.5.2",
-        "@primer/behaviors": "^1.9.0",
+        "@primer/behaviors": "^1.9.1",
         "@primer/live-region-element": "^0.7.1",
         "@primer/octicons-react": "^19.21.0",
         "@primer/primitives": "10.x || 11.x",
diff --git a/packages/react/package.json b/packages/react/package.json
index 674a73e6c47..5bc08e3812c 100644
--- a/packages/react/package.json
+++ b/packages/react/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "@github/tab-container-element": "^4.8.2",
     "@lit-labs/react": "1.2.1",
     "@oddbird/popover-polyfill": "^0.5.2",
-    "@primer/behaviors": "^1.9.0",
+    "@primer/behaviors": "^1.9.1",
     "@primer/live-region-element": "^0.7.1",
     "@primer/octicons-react": "^19.21.0",
     "@primer/primitives": "10.x || 11.x",

From 635cc18a3afbf1d38d2c1bcc99bf83a06a905d51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelsey Myers <52179263+kelsey-myers@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 17:39:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update
 packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/FilteredActionList.tsx

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/FilteredActionList.tsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/FilteredActionList.tsx b/packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/FilteredActionList.tsx
index a0098cd38e1..90983ec2a75 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/FilteredActionList.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/FilteredActionList.tsx
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export function FilteredActionList({
           focusPrependedElements,
         }
       : undefined,
-    [listContainerElement, usingRovingTabindex, onActiveDescendantChanged],
+    [listContainerElement, usingRovingTabindex, onActiveDescendantChanged, focusPrependedElements],
   )
 
   useEffect(() => {