Comment 3 for bug 177027

Hmm, not sure why it's doing that here then. I've tried logging in and out.

A couple of other things that may be worth thinking about:
Also some other dialogues that appear from using the notification area like the network-manager icon dismiss its dialogue if you click anywhere else on the screen.

Some applets change the background colour (e.g. the menu and volume applets) when displaying the dialogue, some appear pushed in (e.g. the time applet)