diff --git a/frontend/src/components/modal/SuggestionsPanel.vue b/frontend/src/components/modal/SuggestionsPanel.vue
index e56d7a5..8b61677 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/modal/SuggestionsPanel.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/modal/SuggestionsPanel.vue
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ import SuggestionsCategoryGroup from './SuggestionsCategoryGroup.vue'
import AliasPickerDialog from './AliasPickerDialog.vue'
const props = defineProps({ imageId: { type: Number, required: true } })
+// 'accepted' lets the parent return focus to the tag input after a suggestion is
+// applied (operator-asked 2026-06-08).
+const emit = defineEmits(['accepted'])
const store = useSuggestionsStore()
const modal = useModalStore()
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ async function onAccept(s) {
try {
await store.accept(s)
await modal.reloadTags()
+ emit('accepted')
} catch (e) {
toast({ text: `Accept failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
}
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ async function onAliasConfirm(canonicalTagId) {
await store.aliasAccept(aliasTarget.value, canonicalTagId)
aliasDialog.value = false
await modal.reloadTags()
+ emit('accepted')
} catch (e) {
toast({ text: `Alias failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/modal/TagAutocomplete.vue b/frontend/src/components/modal/TagAutocomplete.vue
index 7200f09..87c1a20 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/modal/TagAutocomplete.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/modal/TagAutocomplete.vue
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ function focusInput () {
nextTick(() => inputRef.value?.focus?.())
}
onMounted(focusInput)
+// Exposed so the parent (TagPanel) can hand focus back to this field after an
+// auto-suggestion is accepted, keeping the keyboard flow on the input instead
+// of dropping to (operator-asked 2026-06-08). Mobile guard preserved.
+defineExpose({ focus: focusInput })
// Single text input; no kind dropdown. Client-side mirror of the
// backend's parse_kind_prefix lives below — kept in sync with
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/modal/TagPanel.vue b/frontend/src/components/modal/TagPanel.vue
index dfd00c2..64aafa3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/modal/TagPanel.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/modal/TagPanel.vue
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
@@ -60,6 +62,12 @@ import FandomSetDialog from './FandomSetDialog.vue'
const modal = useModalStore()
const suggestions = useSuggestionsStore()
const errorMsg = ref(null)
+const tagInputRef = ref(null)
+
+// Return focus to the tag input after a suggestion is accepted (from the
+// Suggestions panel or the autocomplete dropdown) so the operator can keep
+// typing the next tag without re-clicking the field (operator-asked 2026-06-08).
+function focusTagInput() { tagInputRef.value?.focus?.() }
async function onRemove(tagId) {
errorMsg.value = null
@@ -84,6 +92,7 @@ async function onAcceptSuggestion(s) {
try {
await suggestions.accept(s)
await modal.reloadTags()
+ focusTagInput()
} catch (e) { errorMsg.value = e.message }
}