From ff355eb6888ef07022a7a9bee3267bfbd22f9130 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reza Bakhshi Laktasaraei <r.bakhshi72@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 09:22:19 +0330
Subject: [PATCH] Focus chat list on launch in screen reader mode

Initial focus went to the unnamed Dialogs::Widget container, so NVDA
announced the raw Qt class chain. Focus the accessible chat list instead
so the list and its selected chat are announced.
---
 Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp
index 01f239cf0e..f82edd8697 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp
@@ -2216,6 +2216,10 @@ void Widget::setInnerFocus(bool unfocusSearch) {
 			|| _searchHasFocus
 			|| _searchSuggestionsLocked)) {
 		_search->setFocus();
+	} else if (Ui::ScreenReaderModeActive()) {
+		// Focus the chat list itself, so the screen reader announces the list
+		// and its selected chat, instead of the unnamed dialogs container.
+		_inner->setFocus();
 	} else {
 		setFocus();
 	}