Some apps launched from gnome-shell dash don't get correct focus

Bug #1822562 reported by Rocko
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Bug Description

If I launch (eg) nautilus from gnome-terminal, the address bar gets focus so I can press CTRL-L to immediately start typing in an directory path, and if I launch (eg) gnome-calculator from gnome-terminal, the data entry field gets focus so I can start typing in a calculation. This is how these apps used to work if you launched them from ubuntu-dock or the gnome-shell dash, eg in 18.04 and 18.10 and earlier in 19.04.

However, now in 19.04 when I launch these apps from the gnome-shell dash or ubuntu-dock (or the latest dash-to-dock from git), I have to click on them before I can do anything - eg typing CTRL-L in nautilus does absolutely nothing.

Some other apps are also affected - eg if I launch gnome-terminal from the dash, I have to click on it before I can start typing.

Not all apps are like this, though: eg with chrome and firefox I can type CTRL-L to start typing in the address bar.

It's obviously not critical, because there's an easy workaround (click on the app with the mouse first), but it's annoying and a regression.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock 64ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-8.9-generic 5.0.1
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu23
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Apr 1 17:04:42 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-03-19 (13 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20190318)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Rocko (rockorequin) wrote :
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1817924, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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