Stylist-Windows can't be focussed, not usable

[Christoph Strobel]

The dialogs for style definition (font, paragraph, numbering, etc.) can be opened but never get the focus. After opening one of those dialogs, the user is stuck and can't get back.

Steps to reproduce (note: I'm using the german UI of AbiWord, so my translations of the menu item names or button captions may not be accurate):

1. Start AbiWord, open new Document.
2. Select Format->Style (Modify Style) from the menu.
3. "Styles" dialog opens, select either "Modify" for an existing style or "New" to create a new one.
4. "Modify Style" dialog opens. Select one of the items from the "Format"-pulldown-list ("Paragraph" for example) in the bottom right corner.
5. The selected dialog ("Paragraph for example) opens.
6. None of the items in the dialog can be clicked, edited or given focus via tab-key. The window can't be closed and the previous dialogs can't be closed either. The main menu is still accessible, but the dialogs stay open if the document is closed. Only killing and restarting AbiWord removes the dialogs.

(AbiWord v2.9.2 in Ubuntu 12.04)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.