hotkey only gets focus the first time

[Jesse]

Binary package hint: hamster-applet

the new hamster-applet uses command line "hamster-time-tracker toggle" to drop down the panel window. unluckily it only gets the focus the first time.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Start gnome
2. Make sure the <Super>-H key is associated with the hamster applet
3. press <Super>-H. As we can see the "Activity" text box has the focus now
4. press <Super>-H twice more. Now the drop down disappears and reappears
Expected behavior:
the Activity text box has the focus again
Actual behavior:
No the focus is where it was.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: hamster-applet 2.31.92-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 21 16:25:59 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: hamster-applet

[sylvain bannier (bannier)]

this bug also affects me.
Hamster activity panel doesn't always take focus when pressing <super>+H key.

[sylvain bannier (bannier)]

Missing info : i'm using ubuntu 10.10 - Maverick Meerkat

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

I can confirm this with the ubuntu package, but I can't reproduce this with the latest hamster code.
It might be a packaging bug, or it was already fixed.

[Jan Battenfeld (jan-battenfeld)]

The Bug is still present in 12.10. However if you type "hamster-time-tracker toggle" from xterm it gets focus. So a workaround would be to bind Super-H (or whatever) to

   xterm -e hamster-time-tracker toggle

Little downside: there is a short flickering of the xterm as it opens and closes