Browser-laptop: Tab focus is set to URL bar even when URL is autopopulated

[srirambv]

• Did you search for similar issues before submitting this one?
  Yes

• Describe the issue you encountered:
  Tab focus is set to URL bar even when URL is autopopulated
  Reported on community

• Platform (Win7, 8, 10? macOS? Linux distro?):
  All

• Brave Version (revision SHA):
  Brave 0.16.0
  rev be76cd3
  Muon 3.2.101

• Steps to reproduce:

  1. Right click on a link and open in a new tab/ Control click a bookmark to open in a new tab
  2. Focus is set to URL bar, Should be set on the webview
  3. Focus should be on URL bar only when a new tab is opened and not when a link is opened in a new tab

• Actual result:
  Tab focus is set to URL bar even when URL is autopopulated

• Expected result:
  Focus should be on webview and not URL bar when URL is populated, similar to chrome

• Will the steps above reproduce in a fresh profile? If not what other info can be added?
  Yes

• Is this an issue in the currently released version?
  Yes

• Can this issue be consistently reproduced?
  Yes

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[alexwykoff]

@srirambv can you repro, @bbondy and I tried, but works fine on 0.17.x

[srirambv]

@bbondy @alexwykoff Still reproducible on Windows for 0.17.x upgrade from 0.16.9

[svenified]

In order to reproduce this, the following setting must be turned off:
Tabs -> Switch to new tabs immediately.
If it is turned on, the tab select correctly goes to the webview.

[cndouglas]

Still reproducible with Brave 0.18.21.

[juil]

Still reproducible in Brave 0.23.19
MacOS 10.13

Would it also be possible to include the Chrome functionality of escaping the focus from the URL bar using esc?