From 9a95dea56720cef94041b5d140175e9174120d9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vineeth <66076509+vineethkuttan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 11:41:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [0.81] - Fix Focus Outline for Programmatical focus
 (#16282)

* Remove Focus Outline for Programmatical Focus

* Change files

* format changes
---
 ...ative-windows-85a3d26d-f9c2-4888-9e32-a6a3f9f4a2b9.json | 7 +++++++
 .../Fabric/Composition/RootComponentView.cpp               | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 change/react-native-windows-85a3d26d-f9c2-4888-9e32-a6a3f9f4a2b9.json

diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-85a3d26d-f9c2-4888-9e32-a6a3f9f4a2b9.json b/change/react-native-windows-85a3d26d-f9c2-4888-9e32-a6a3f9f4a2b9.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f758b17fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-85a3d26d-f9c2-4888-9e32-a6a3f9f4a2b9.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "Remove Focus Outline for Programmatical Focus",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "66076509+vineethkuttan@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Fabric/Composition/RootComponentView.cpp b/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Fabric/Composition/RootComponentView.cpp
index b2a6b887ee3..3c2f49fa834 100644
--- a/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Fabric/Composition/RootComponentView.cpp
+++ b/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Fabric/Composition/RootComponentView.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void RootComponentView::SetFocusedComponent(
     m_focusedComponent = value;
     if (focusState == winrt::Microsoft::ReactNative::FocusState::Programmatic) {
       focusState =
-          (!m_useKeyboardForProgrammaticFocus || m_focusState == winrt::Microsoft::ReactNative::FocusState::Pointer)
+          (!m_useKeyboardForProgrammaticFocus || m_focusState != winrt::Microsoft::ReactNative::FocusState::Keyboard)
           ? winrt::Microsoft::ReactNative::FocusState::Pointer
           : winrt::Microsoft::ReactNative::FocusState::Keyboard;
     }

From f9c37958e5f57dc8f1e106920e1ac85ede69d60c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vineethkuttan <66076509+vineethkuttan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:57:38 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Change files

---
 ...ive-windows-6edc9831-103f-4ab1-ad63-20824f1d2d3e.json} | 4 ++--
 change/react-native-windows-capture-null-guard-main.json  | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 rename change/{react-native-windows-85a3d26d-f9c2-4888-9e32-a6a3f9f4a2b9.json => react-native-windows-6edc9831-103f-4ab1-ad63-20824f1d2d3e.json} (62%)

diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-85a3d26d-f9c2-4888-9e32-a6a3f9f4a2b9.json b/change/react-native-windows-6edc9831-103f-4ab1-ad63-20824f1d2d3e.json
similarity index 62%
rename from change/react-native-windows-85a3d26d-f9c2-4888-9e32-a6a3f9f4a2b9.json
rename to change/react-native-windows-6edc9831-103f-4ab1-ad63-20824f1d2d3e.json
index 2f758b17fd8..9eba3d9e8df 100644
--- a/change/react-native-windows-85a3d26d-f9c2-4888-9e32-a6a3f9f4a2b9.json
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-6edc9831-103f-4ab1-ad63-20824f1d2d3e.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "type": "patch",
-  "comment": "Remove Focus Outline for Programmatical Focus",
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "Fix Focus Outline for Programmatical focus",
   "packageName": "react-native-windows",
   "email": "66076509+vineethkuttan@users.noreply.github.com",
   "dependentChangeType": "patch"
diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-capture-null-guard-main.json b/change/react-native-windows-capture-null-guard-main.json
index dd867f51aa1..66033062c7b 100644
--- a/change/react-native-windows-capture-null-guard-main.json
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-capture-null-guard-main.json
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-{"type":"prerelease","dependentChangeType":"patch","email":"collindanielschneide@gmail.com","packageName":"react-native-windows","comment":"Null-check the capturing component view before notifying OnPointerCaptureLost (crash when the capturing component was unmounted)"}
+{
+    "type": "prerelease",
+    "dependentChangeType": "patch",
+    "email": "collindanielschneide@gmail.com",
+    "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+    "comment": "Null-check the capturing component view before notifying OnPointerCaptureLost (crash when the capturing component was unmounted)"
+}
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