fixup! try removing controllers to see how that simplifies things

Author: wagnermaciel

src/cdk-experimental/listbox/listbox.ts

@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ import {toSignal} from '@angular/core/rxjs-interop';
     '[attr.aria-orientation]': 'pattern.orientation()',
     '[attr.aria-multiselectable]': 'pattern.multiselectable()',
     '[attr.aria-activedescendant]': 'pattern.activedescendant()',
-    '(focusin)': 'pattern.onFocus()',
     '(keydown)': 'pattern.onKeydown($event)',
     '(mousedown)': 'pattern.onMousedown($event)',
   },
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ export class CdkListbox {
 
   /** A signal wrapper for directionality. */
   protected directionality = toSignal(this._dir.change, {
-    initialValue: 'ltr',
+    initialValue: this._dir.value,
   });
 
   /** The Option UIPatterns of the child CdkOptions. */

src/cdk-experimental/ui-patterns/behaviors/event-manager/event-manager.ts

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export abstract class EventManager<T extends Event> {
       submanager.handle(event);
     }
     for (const config of this.getHandlersForKey(event)) {
-      await config.handler(event);
+      config.handler(event);
       if (config.stopPropagation) {
         event.stopPropagation();
       }

src/cdk-experimental/ui-patterns/behaviors/list-typeahead/list-typeahead.ts

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class ListTypeahead<T extends ListTypeaheadItem> {
     this.timeout = setTimeout(() => {
       this.query.set('');
       this.anchorIndex.set(null);
-    }, this.inputs.delay() * 1000);
+    }, this.inputs.typeaheadDelay() * 1000);
   }
 
   /**

src/cdk-experimental/ui-patterns/listbox/listbox.ts

@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ export class ListboxPattern {
   keydown = computed(() => {
     const manager = new KeyboardEventManager();
 
+    console.log('prev key:', this.prevKey());
+    console.log('next key:', this.nextKey());
+
     if (!this.followFocus()) {
       manager
         .on(this.prevKey, () => this.prev())
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ export class ListboxPattern {
 
   /** Handles keydown events for the listbox. */
   onKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+    console.log(this.orientation());
     if (!this.disabled()) {
       this.keydown().handle(event);
     }