diff --git a/angular/bootstrap/src/components/slider/slider.component.ts b/angular/bootstrap/src/components/slider/slider.component.ts
index 628bdb6705..82242f53c1 100644
--- a/angular/bootstrap/src/components/slider/slider.component.ts
+++ b/angular/bootstrap/src/components/slider/slider.component.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ import {
 	Directive,
 	TemplateRef,
 	ViewEncapsulation,
+	afterRenderEffect,
+	contentChild,
 	forwardRef,
 	inject,
 	input,
 	output,
+	signal,
 	viewChild,
-	contentChild,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import {NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR} from '@angular/forms';
 import {callWidgetFactory} from '../../config';
@@ -56,12 +58,48 @@ export class SliderHandleDirective {
 	imports: [UseDirective, SliderHandleDirective],
 	template: `
 		<ng-template auSliderHandle #handle let-state="state" let-directives="directives" let-item="item">
-			<button [auUse]="[directives.handleDirective, {item}]">&nbsp;</button>
+			<button [auUse]="[directives.handleDirective, {item}]" (keydown)="onKeyDown($event)">&nbsp;</button>
 		</ng-template>
 	`,
 })
 class SliderDefaultHandleSlotComponent {
 	readonly handle = viewChild.required<TemplateRef<SliderSlotHandleContext>>('handle');
+
+	/**
+	 * When the element moves up the DOM Angluar removes the focus
+	 * To avoid this we need to manually focus the element by calling the HTMLElement.focus
+	 * after the change, afterRenderEffect is executed after each render of the component
+	 * and when the signal inside is changed. On each key stroke we set the `refocus` signal
+	 * to the element that needs to be focused and we put the `equal` function to always return
+	 * `false` in order to trigger the change even when the element is the same
+	 */
+	readonly refocus = signal<HTMLElement | undefined>(undefined, {equal: () => false});
+
+	constructor() {
+		afterRenderEffect(() => {
+			this.refocus()?.focus();
+		});
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Key handler that sets the refocus element only on the key strokes that move
+	 * the element up the DOM
+	 * @param event object containting key stroke and the target element
+	 */
+	onKeyDown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+		switch (event.key) {
+			case 'ArrowDown':
+			case 'ArrowLeft':
+			case 'Home':
+			case 'ArrowUp':
+			case 'ArrowRight':
+			case 'End':
+				this.refocus.set(event.target as HTMLElement);
+				break;
+			default:
+				break;
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/src/components/slider/slider.ts b/core/src/components/slider/slider.ts
index 6bd57ef5c1..31afe49818 100644
--- a/core/src/components/slider/slider.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/slider/slider.ts
@@ -726,7 +726,6 @@ export function createSlider(config?: PropsConfig<SliderProps>): SliderWidget {
 							return;
 					}
 					event.preventDefault();
-					event.stopPropagation();
 				}
 			},
 			mousedown: (event: MouseEvent) => {
diff --git a/e2e/slider/slider.e2e-spec.ts b/e2e/slider/slider.e2e-spec.ts
index 739d495b00..d27d128176 100644
--- a/e2e/slider/slider.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/slider/slider.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -334,43 +334,17 @@ test.describe(`Slider tests`, () => {
 			expect((await sliderPO.sliderProgressState())[0]).toEqual('left: 40%; width: 43%; height: 100%;');
 		});
 
-		test(`should move handle on key strokes`, async ({page}) => {
+		test(`should move handle on key strokes and keep the focus`, async ({page}) => {
 			const sliderPO = new SliderPO(page, 1);
 
 			await page.goto('#/slider/range');
 			await sliderPO.locatorRoot.waitFor();
 
 			const expectedState = {...defaultExpectedHandleState};
-			assign(expectedState, [
-				{
-					...expectedState[0],
-					value: '0',
-					ariaLabel: '0',
-					ariaValueText: '0',
-					style: 'left: 0%;',
-				},
-				{
-					...expectedState[1],
-					value: '40',
-					ariaLabel: '40',
-					ariaValueText: '40',
-					style: 'left: 40%;',
-				},
-			]);
-
 			const minLabelLocator = sliderPO.locatorMinLabelHorizontal;
 			const maxLabelLocator = sliderPO.locatorMaxLabelHorizontal;
 
 			await sliderPO.locatorHandle.nth(0).click();
-			await page.keyboard.press('Home');
-
-			await expect.poll(async () => (await sliderPO.sliderHandleState()).at(0)).toEqual(expectedState[0]);
-			expect((await sliderPO.sliderHandleState()).at(1)).toEqual(expectedState[1]);
-			expect((await sliderPO.sliderProgressState())[0]).toEqual('left: 0%; width: 40%; height: 100%;');
-
-			await expect(minLabelLocator).toBeHidden();
-			await expect(maxLabelLocator).toBeVisible();
-
 			await page.keyboard.press('End');
 
 			assign(expectedState, [
@@ -394,8 +368,36 @@ test.describe(`Slider tests`, () => {
 			expect((await sliderPO.sliderHandleState()).at(1)).toEqual(expectedState[1]);
 			expect((await sliderPO.sliderProgressState())[0]).toEqual('left: 40%; width: 60%; height: 100%;');
 
+			await expect(sliderPO.locatorHandle.nth(1)).toBeFocused();
 			await expect(minLabelLocator).toBeVisible();
 			await expect(maxLabelLocator).toBeHidden();
+
+			await page.keyboard.press('Home');
+
+			assign(expectedState, [
+				{
+					...expectedState[0],
+					value: '0',
+					ariaLabel: '0',
+					ariaValueText: '0',
+					style: 'left: 0%;',
+				},
+				{
+					...expectedState[1],
+					value: '40',
+					ariaLabel: '40',
+					ariaValueText: '40',
+					style: 'left: 40%;',
+				},
+			]);
+
+			await expect.poll(async () => (await sliderPO.sliderHandleState()).at(0)).toEqual(expectedState[0]);
+			expect((await sliderPO.sliderHandleState()).at(1)).toEqual(expectedState[1]);
+			expect((await sliderPO.sliderProgressState())[0]).toEqual('left: 0%; width: 40%; height: 100%;');
+
+			await expect(sliderPO.locatorHandle.nth(0)).toBeFocused();
+			await expect(minLabelLocator).toBeHidden();
+			await expect(maxLabelLocator).toBeVisible();
 		});
 
 		test(`should add / remove combined label from dom`, async ({page}) => {
diff --git a/svelte/bootstrap/src/components/slider/SliderDefaultHandle.svelte b/svelte/bootstrap/src/components/slider/SliderDefaultHandle.svelte
index 3934c0dfba..12cd7ce25b 100644
--- a/svelte/bootstrap/src/components/slider/SliderDefaultHandle.svelte
+++ b/svelte/bootstrap/src/components/slider/SliderDefaultHandle.svelte
@@ -2,7 +2,43 @@
 	import type {SliderSlotHandleContext} from './slider.gen';
 
 	let {item, directives}: SliderSlotHandleContext = $props();
+
+	let refocusElement: HTMLElement | undefined = $state(undefined);
+	let updateTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout;
+
+	// Manually keep focus as scheduling goal elements are re-ordered.
+	// Svelte currently does not retain focus as elements are moved, even when keyed.
+	// See discussion here: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/3973
+	$effect(() => {
+		if (refocusElement) {
+			updateTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+				refocusElement?.focus();
+				refocusElement = undefined;
+			});
+		}
+	});
+
+	/**
+	 * Key handler that sets the refocus element only on the key strokes that move
+	 * the element up the DOM
+	 * @param event object containting key stroke and the target element
+	 */
+	function onkeydown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+		switch (event.key) {
+			case 'ArrowUp':
+			case 'ArrowRight':
+			case 'End':
+			case 'ArrowDown':
+			case 'ArrowLeft':
+			case 'Home':
+				refocusElement = event.target as HTMLElement;
+				clearTimeout(updateTimeout);
+				break;
+			default:
+				break;
+		}
+	}
 </script>
 
 <!-- svelte-ignore a11y_consider_explicit_label -->
-<button use:directives.handleDirective={{item}}> &nbsp; </button>
+<button {onkeydown} use:directives.handleDirective={{item}}> &nbsp; </button>