diff --git a/packages/csr/src/reactive-runtime.ts b/packages/csr/src/reactive-runtime.ts
index 63ad9ccb..ad2738b0 100644
--- a/packages/csr/src/reactive-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/csr/src/reactive-runtime.ts
@@ -3047,6 +3047,122 @@ export const REACTIVE_RUNTIME = String.raw`
     syncDialogs();
   }
 
+  /*
+   * Roving arrow-key focus, the ARIA pattern shared by tabs, menus, sidebars
+   * and steppers. A container marked data-wrn-roving owns its
+   * [data-wrn-roving-item] descendants: exactly one carries tabindex="0" so
+   * Tab reaches the group once, and the arrow keys move within it.
+   *
+   * This lives here rather than in each component because it is the same code
+   * five times over, and because focus bookkeeping cannot be held in component
+   * state -- a client function writing after it returns has that write dropped.
+   */
+  var ROVING_SELECTOR = "[data-wrn-roving]";
+  var ROVING_ITEM_SELECTOR = "[data-wrn-roving-item]";
+
+  function rovingItems(container) {
+    var found = [];
+    var candidates = container.querySelectorAll(ROVING_ITEM_SELECTOR);
+    for (var index = 0; index < candidates.length; index += 1) {
+      var candidate = candidates[index];
+      // A nested group owns its own items; do not steal them.
+      if (candidate.closest(ROVING_SELECTOR) !== container) continue;
+      if (candidate.hasAttribute("disabled")) continue;
+      if (candidate.getAttribute("aria-disabled") === "true") continue;
+      /*
+       * Deliberately not a size check. The test DOM reports every element as
+       * zero-sized, so measuring here would make the whole feature impossible
+       * to cover -- the same trap the dialog visibility check fell into.
+       */
+      if (candidate.hasAttribute("hidden")) continue;
+      if (candidate.closest('[data-show="false"]')) continue;
+      found.push(candidate);
+    }
+    return found;
+  }
+
+  function rovingActiveIndex(items) {
+    for (var index = 0; index < items.length; index += 1) {
+      var item = items[index];
+      if (item.getAttribute("aria-selected") === "true") return index;
+      var current = item.getAttribute("aria-current");
+      if (current === "page" || current === "step" || current === "true") return index;
+    }
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  function applyRovingTabindex(items, activeIndex) {
+    for (var index = 0; index < items.length; index += 1) {
+      items[index].setAttribute("tabindex", index === activeIndex ? "0" : "-1");
+    }
+  }
+
+  function syncRovingGroup(container) {
+    var items = rovingItems(container);
+    if (!items.length) return;
+    applyRovingTabindex(items, rovingActiveIndex(items));
+  }
+
+  function syncRovingGroups() {
+    var groups = document.querySelectorAll(ROVING_SELECTOR);
+    for (var index = 0; index < groups.length; index += 1) syncRovingGroup(groups[index]);
+  }
+
+  function handleRovingKeydown(event) {
+    var target = event.target;
+    if (!target || !target.closest) return;
+    var item = target.closest(ROVING_ITEM_SELECTOR);
+    if (!item) return;
+    var container = item.closest(ROVING_SELECTOR);
+    if (!container) return;
+
+    var items = rovingItems(container);
+    var index = items.indexOf(item);
+    if (index === -1) return;
+
+    var orientation = container.getAttribute("data-wrn-roving") || "horizontal";
+    var horizontal = orientation === "horizontal" || orientation === "both";
+    var vertical = orientation === "vertical" || orientation === "both";
+    var key = event.key;
+    var next = -1;
+
+    if ((horizontal && key === "ArrowRight") || (vertical && key === "ArrowDown")) {
+      next = (index + 1) % items.length;
+    } else if ((horizontal && key === "ArrowLeft") || (vertical && key === "ArrowUp")) {
+      next = (index - 1 + items.length) % items.length;
+    } else if (key === "Home") {
+      next = 0;
+    } else if (key === "End") {
+      next = items.length - 1;
+    } else {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    event.preventDefault();
+    applyRovingTabindex(items, next);
+    if (items[next].focus) items[next].focus();
+  }
+
+  function setupRovingFocus() {
+    if (window.__wrnexusRovingBound) return;
+    window.__wrnexusRovingBound = true;
+
+    document.addEventListener("keydown", handleRovingKeydown, true);
+
+    if (typeof MutationObserver === "function") {
+      new MutationObserver(function () {
+        window.setTimeout(syncRovingGroups, 0);
+      }).observe(document.documentElement, {
+        subtree: true,
+        childList: true,
+        attributes: true,
+        attributeFilter: ["aria-selected", "aria-current", "disabled", "aria-disabled", "hidden"],
+      });
+    }
+
+    syncRovingGroups();
+  }
+
   function hydrateScopes(root) {
     var host = root || document;
 
@@ -5264,6 +5380,7 @@ export const REACTIVE_RUNTIME = String.raw`
   window.__wrnexusHydrateAsyncBoundaries = hydrateAsyncBoundaries;
   setupAnchoredOverlays();
   setupModalDialogs();
+  setupRovingFocus();
   window.__wrnexusRepositionAnchored = repositionAnchored;
   window.__wrnexusHydrateScopes = hydrateScopes;
   window.__wrnexusInvalidateClientModule = function (url) { clientModuleCache.delete(url); };
diff --git a/packages/csr/test/reactive.test.ts b/packages/csr/test/reactive.test.ts
index 71a178dc..bef6017c 100644
--- a/packages/csr/test/reactive.test.ts
+++ b/packages/csr/test/reactive.test.ts
@@ -894,3 +894,102 @@ test("comments are ignored inside interpreted statements", () => {
   (win.document.querySelector("button") as unknown as HTMLElement).click();
   expect(win.document.querySelector("#out")?.textContent).toBe("2");
 });
+
+test("roving focus moves with arrow keys and wraps", () => {
+  const win = mount(
+    `<div data-wrn-roving="horizontal">
+       <button data-wrn-roving-item id="a">A</button>
+       <button data-wrn-roving-item id="b">B</button>
+       <button data-wrn-roving-item id="c">C</button>
+     </div>`,
+  );
+  const doc = win.document;
+  const a = doc.querySelector("#a") as unknown as HTMLElement;
+  const c = doc.querySelector("#c") as unknown as HTMLElement;
+
+  expect(a.getAttribute("tabindex")).toBe("0");
+  expect(doc.querySelector("#b")!.getAttribute("tabindex")).toBe("-1");
+
+  a.focus();
+  a.dispatchEvent(new win.KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "ArrowRight", bubbles: true }));
+  expect(doc.activeElement!.id).toBe("b");
+  expect(doc.querySelector("#b")!.getAttribute("tabindex")).toBe("0");
+  expect(a.getAttribute("tabindex")).toBe("-1");
+
+  doc
+    .querySelector("#b")!
+    .dispatchEvent(new win.KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "ArrowLeft", bubbles: true }));
+  expect(doc.activeElement!.id).toBe("a");
+
+  a.dispatchEvent(new win.KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "ArrowLeft", bubbles: true }));
+  expect(doc.activeElement!.id).toBe("c");
+
+  c.dispatchEvent(new win.KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "ArrowRight", bubbles: true }));
+  expect(doc.activeElement!.id).toBe("a");
+});
+
+test("roving focus honours Home and End and skips disabled items", () => {
+  const win = mount(
+    `<div data-wrn-roving="vertical">
+       <button data-wrn-roving-item id="a">A</button>
+       <button data-wrn-roving-item id="b" disabled>B</button>
+       <button data-wrn-roving-item id="c">C</button>
+     </div>`,
+  );
+  const doc = win.document;
+  const a = doc.querySelector("#a") as unknown as HTMLElement;
+  a.focus();
+
+  a.dispatchEvent(new win.KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "ArrowDown", bubbles: true }));
+  expect(doc.activeElement!.id).toBe("c");
+
+  doc
+    .querySelector("#c")!
+    .dispatchEvent(new win.KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "Home", bubbles: true }));
+  expect(doc.activeElement!.id).toBe("a");
+
+  a.dispatchEvent(new win.KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "End", bubbles: true }));
+  expect(doc.activeElement!.id).toBe("c");
+});
+
+test("horizontal roving ignores vertical arrows so the page still scrolls", () => {
+  const win = mount(
+    `<div data-wrn-roving="horizontal">
+       <button data-wrn-roving-item id="a">A</button>
+       <button data-wrn-roving-item id="b">B</button>
+     </div>`,
+  );
+  const a = win.document.querySelector("#a") as unknown as HTMLElement;
+  a.focus();
+  a.dispatchEvent(new win.KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "ArrowDown", bubbles: true }));
+  expect(win.document.activeElement!.id).toBe("a");
+});
+
+test("roving tabindex starts on the selected item, not the first", () => {
+  const win = mount(
+    `<div data-wrn-roving="horizontal">
+       <button data-wrn-roving-item id="a">A</button>
+       <button data-wrn-roving-item id="b" aria-selected="true">B</button>
+     </div>`,
+  );
+  expect(win.document.querySelector("#b")!.getAttribute("tabindex")).toBe("0");
+  expect(win.document.querySelector("#a")!.getAttribute("tabindex")).toBe("-1");
+});
+
+test("nested roving groups do not capture the outer group items", () => {
+  const win = mount(
+    `<div data-wrn-roving="horizontal" id="outer">
+       <button data-wrn-roving-item id="a">A</button>
+       <div data-wrn-roving="vertical" id="inner">
+         <button data-wrn-roving-item id="x">X</button>
+         <button data-wrn-roving-item id="y">Y</button>
+       </div>
+       <button data-wrn-roving-item id="b">B</button>
+     </div>`,
+  );
+  const doc = win.document;
+  const a = doc.querySelector("#a") as unknown as HTMLElement;
+  a.focus();
+  a.dispatchEvent(new win.KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "ArrowRight", bubbles: true }));
+  expect(doc.activeElement!.id).toBe("b");
+});