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Bug 105594 - gnome-terminal losses keyboard focus forever
gnome-terminal losses keyboard focus forever
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
: 105750 109775 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-02-08 19:14 UTC by Amit
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.1/2.2


Description Amit 2003-02-08 19:14:52 UTC 
This phenomenon seems to occur almost randomly i.e I cannot re-produce it.
When I'm using gnome-terminal 2.2.1 (Debian Sid), esp. when other apps are
running, I lose keyboard focus and cannot type anything into the terminal!
I can paste stuff into it by using the mouse, but the keyboard is useless.
Only workaround is to restart the terminal. This gets a little annoying
esp. when I'm in the middle of something.
Comment 1 Amit 2003-02-08 22:43:31 UTC 
This bug should be changed, I can regain focus by using the <tab> key
but not the mouse, trying to regain focus using the mouse fails...
Comment 2 bjoern 2003-03-14 21:40:10 UTC 
In my experience the lost-focus-bug is triggered by clicking on an
already active term-tab. Focus can be regained by adding a new tab.
Comment 3 marten ter borgh 2003-03-19 11:40:33 UTC 
*** Bug 105750 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Mariano Suárez-Alvarez 2003-06-30 06:26:25 UTC 
*** Bug 109775 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Mariano Suárez-Alvarez 2003-07-02 00:07:41 UTC 
Clicking on an active tab gives it focus; that's so on GtkNotebooks in
general, and g-t should not change it, I guess. 

The tab key does take focus away from the tab into the notebook page,
as does the down key, for example; maybe there are other keys that do
that.

Clicking on the terminal screen does give it focus, at least in very
recent g-t, so maybe this bug got fixed away. I'll close it if no one
complains...