[BUG] People picker: selectUsersById causes user dropdown to open up

[web265p3]

Describe the bug
Whenever I use the function selectUserById of the people picker component, the dropdown to pick a user opens up.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create the people picker component. ie:

<mgt-people-picker ngDefaultControl name="people" id="MY_TEST_ID"> </mgt-people-picker>
2. Call the selectUserById function:

(document.getElementById('MY_TEST_ID') as any).selectUsersById(['977c3cbe-e47e-xxxx-b92c-0739ad67ebbe']);
3. The dropdown of the people picker opens, because the focus is caught.

Expected behavior
The focus of the element should not be caught automatically just because selectUsersById is called. Usually a programmatical selection does not need additional user action.

Environment

• Browser Edge latest version
• Framework Angular as custom element

Additional context
I am using Angular and use the people picker as a custom element.

[web265p3]

Just figured out that this does not happen in older versions. For example in 2.6.2 everything works fine. So this is a bug of the current version 4.2.1

[musale]

I can't quit figure out how you're using this control @web265p3. Please could you explain a little more how you're utilizing it as a custom element?