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fix(GlFilteredSearch): Keep active state on backspace on first token

Mark Florian requested to merge fix-filtered-search-backspace into main

What does this MR do?

This is a follow-up to !2705 (merged), which changed how the active state of tokens is managed on token destruction.

It introduced a small usability issue where if you repeatedly backspace to clear GlFilteredSearch of all tokens, you could no longer enter new tokens (though you could enter text), and you had to blur and then focus the component to fix it.

This change makes sure that if you backspace-to-delete the first token, then the new first token will be activated.

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  • All actions and functionality can be done with a keyboard.
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Edited by Mark Florian

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