Rich text editor: fix focus trapping and focus on modal close

[marcellamaki]

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Observed behavior

While most of the focus trapping within the RTE experience and surrounding page is working well, there are at least a few places where the focus is lost or redirected in a confusing way, whether for the screen reader user or the keyboard navigation user.

Errors and logs

On creation of a new question, the subsequent visible focus after TAB is to the "finish button". It is extremely time consuming to get back into the text editor, and extra confusing for the screen reader user who cannot visually orient

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Not refocused after modal close

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Expected behavior

• When the user selects the "new question" button, they should be directed to the text editor itself, with a visual focus outline for keyboard navigation
• When the user closes one of the pop up modal (for example, inserting an image), they should be redirected to the image inserted in the text editor, not popped out to the main window

User-facing consequences

Frustrating experience for keyboard nav users. Screen reader users will get totally lost

Context

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[Pinakapaanip]

@marcellamaki hey! iam a gsoc contributor can i work on this issue and slove it ??

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