Hello Polymer Team!

For the purpose of using <input> or any focusable component within the 
<dom-repeat> component, is there a way to ensure a stable template instance 
to array item mapping? I looked at the source code for the dom-repeat 
components and it looks like this happens when array items are modified but 
when a splice is applied to the array, a full re-render is performed. I 
found that when I use splice to add or remove items to the array, the focus 
does not behave as expected. The focus will act as if the template 
instances are bound to the array indexes such that if the n'th element is 
in focus and an array item with index <n is removed, the n'th element will 
still be in focus. I would expect that the n'th element (along with the 
focus) move to the n-1'th element.

It seems that there is enough information passed into the change observer 
for this to be possible (at least in the use case that I am considering). I 
think I will be able to make a simple problem specific implementation 
(without all the render debouncing, frame rate targeting, etc that 
dom-repeat has). But I don't understand the dom-repeat code enough to be 
able to properly redesign it. Perhaps someone could point me to the parts 
of dom-repeat that would need to be modified and I could have a go.

Regards,
Matthew

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