feat(list): add disableTakeFocusOnClick option to CheckListPlugin (#7689)

[mrbuddhu]

Summary

Adds a disableTakeFocusOnClick option to the CheckListPlugin, allowing users to disable focusing the editor when a checklist item is clicked. This is especially useful on mobile, where focusing brings up the keyboard unnecessarily.

Fixes #7689

Test Plan

• Pass disableTakeFocusOnClick={true} to the CheckListPlugin.
• On mobile, clicking a checklist item toggles it without focusing or opening the keyboard.
• Default behavior (focus on click) is unchanged for existing users.

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Name	Status	Preview	Comments	Updated (UTC)
lexical	❌ Failed (Inspect)			Jul 21, 2025 7:43pm
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[ivailop7]

Not stealing the cursor focus upon clicking a checkbox should be the default behaviour IMO.

Playing with the PR preview, it only works if I tick the checkbox that is on the same line as the caret, but not if I check/uncheck box 1, when the caret is on line 3, it still steals the focus.

[etrepum]

This shouldn't be here

Suggested change

	export function registerCheckList(
	editor: LexicalEditor,
	options?: { disableTakeFocusOnClick?: boolean }
	): () => void;

[etrepum]

I think it would be more useful if it just worked in the expected way, especially on mobile. It's hard to review this without any live environment or tests that demonstrates the usage, it just adds a toggle but you can't turn it on without editing the code and running it locally.

For all I know there could be a separate issue related to focus if there happens to be an existing selection when this node is mutated but I can't quickly verify if that's the case or not.