From 91fad70130fa5828b8f37208686556342cae46d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thijs Louisse <Thijs.Louisse@ing.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 10:18:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ui): only use elementToFocusAfterHide when provided as
 HTMLElement

---
 .changeset/twelve-deers-punch.md                         | 5 +++++
 packages/ui/components/overlays/src/OverlayController.js | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/twelve-deers-punch.md

diff --git a/.changeset/twelve-deers-punch.md b/.changeset/twelve-deers-punch.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e15d3073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twelve-deers-punch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@lion/ui': patch
+---
+
+fix: only use elementToFocusAfterHide when provided as HTMLElement
diff --git a/packages/ui/components/overlays/src/OverlayController.js b/packages/ui/components/overlays/src/OverlayController.js
index d88f6f5aa..c2801589b 100644
--- a/packages/ui/components/overlays/src/OverlayController.js
+++ b/packages/ui/components/overlays/src/OverlayController.js
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ export class OverlayController extends EventTarget {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (this.elementToFocusAfterHide) {
+    if (this.elementToFocusAfterHide instanceof HTMLElement) {
       this.elementToFocusAfterHide.focus();
       this.elementToFocusAfterHide.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' });
     } else {