UITextField tab handling for Catalyst changed post macOS 12.2

iPadOS apps running via Catalyst on macOS now insert a tab character in UITextField when the tab is typed. When running in macOS 12.2 typing a tab character focused on the next UITextField.

The same code/app running on iPadOS (device or simulator) responds by focusing on the next UITextField when a tab is typed.

Was this a purposeful change in Catalyst? I have not been able to find anything that talks about this. And it is impacting the usability of our app in cases where we have multiple UITextFields present.

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Informal chat with Apple engineers at WWDC indicates they are viewing this issue as a bug. So hopefully tab key handling in UITextField will get reverted back to focusing on the next field.

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