Multiselect: The class "p-highlight" is not applied to selected items

[PacoMPerez]

Describe the bug

After updating to version 17.16.0 the class "p-highlight" attached to <li> p-multiselect-item is not present on multiselect component after selection options, it also happening on prime ng 17.17.0 as in the documentation site still not present the "p-highlight" class on selected elements:

No class present:

I have also checked that the property data-p-highlight changes properly but the class is not applied.

But in Dropdown and Listbox components the class still applying properly after the update:

Environment

Running on local using Chrome.

Reproducer

No response

Angular version

17.2.3

PrimeNG version

17.16.0

Build / Runtime

Angular CLI App

Language

TypeScript

Node version (for AoT issues node --version)

20.10.0

Browser(s)

Chrome

Steps to reproduce the behavior

• Use any type of multiselect.
• Click on an option.
• Check how the "p-highlight" class is not added how it was done in previous versions.

Expected behavior

• Add again the "p-highlight" class to the <li> p-multiselect-item.

[cetincakiroglu]

Hi,

We've removed the p-highlight class from all elements with checkbox selection across all Prime UI Libraries. It's not a bug, it was a design decision.

Closing the issue, thanks for reporting!

[laurz94]

So, what is the plan to support keyboard usage? In a dropdown, arrowing between options or typing the value you want does not show which item is selected. Therefore, the user has no idea which item will be selected when they tab out of the control. It looks as though nothing is selected, but then a value appears in the control. This is bad UX.

[PacoMPerez]

In my case, to don't break styles that I had applied under that class now I use the attribute as a selector on my styles.