Hello Howard,
This is an accessibility feature that is a major demand for all UI components - the focused element to be scrolled into view.
If you need to somehow disable this feature for a custom scenario, please contact the support team with more technical details on the case so that they can assist you on that.
Regards,
Ianko
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