Dash text input does not get focus

[Raven]

Binary package hint: dash

Found in 11.04 Natty Narwhal

I have yet to find the exact source of this bug, but occasionally when hitting super to get the dash, the text entry field in dash is not made the active widgit. As a result, the text I type will be entered into a textfield/textbox in the application I was previously using. Additionally, while in this state, the dash can not be closed again by pressing super or escape. It can only be closed by clicking on the top bar.

I'm sorry that I can not pinpoint the source, but this has happened to me multiple times already, so I thought fit to report it. I will try to find the source and report back if I do find it.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[Jorge Gustavo (jgr)]

I have no idea how to reproduce or debug this issue. Should I run unity in debug mode?
It is quite annoying, since the keystrokes goes to somewhere else.

$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 11.04

$ uname -a
Linux cagliari 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ dpkg -l | grep unity | awk '{print $2, $3}'
gir1.2-unity-3.0 3.8.4-0ubuntu1
gnome-themes-ubuntu 0.6.1
libmeanwhile1 1.0.2-3ubuntu1
libunity-misc0 0.2.1-0ubuntu2
libunity4 3.8.4-0ubuntu1
unity 3.8.14-0ubuntu1~natty1
unity-asset-pool 0.8.20-0ubuntu2
unity-common 3.8.14-0ubuntu1~natty1
unity-place-applications 0.2.46-0ubuntu3.1
unity-place-files 0.5.46-0ubuntu5.1

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

I have not faced this issue, I know the issue is there as I have seen
other bug reports as well but its important that we have the steps to
reproduce the issue so that its easy and less time consuming for
developers to work on the fix

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Jorge Gustavo <email address hidden> wrote:
> I have no idea how to reproduce or debug this issue. Should I run unity in debug mode?
> It is quite annoying, since the keystrokes goes to somewhere else.
>
> $ cat /etc/issue
> Ubuntu 11.04
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux cagliari 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> $ dpkg -l | grep unity | awk '{print $2, $3}'
> gir1.2-unity-3.0 3.8.4-0ubuntu1
> gnome-themes-ubuntu 0.6.1
> libmeanwhile1 1.0.2-3ubuntu1
> libunity-misc0 0.2.1-0ubuntu2
> libunity4 3.8.4-0ubuntu1
> unity 3.8.14-0ubuntu1~natty1
> unity-asset-pool 0.8.20-0ubuntu2
> unity-common 3.8.14-0ubuntu1~natty1
> unity-place-applications 0.2.46-0ubuntu3.1
> unity-place-files 0.5.46-0ubuntu5.1
>
> --
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774447
>
> Title:
>  Dash text input does not get focus
>
> Status in Unity:
>  Incomplete
> Status in “dash” package in Ubuntu:
>  Invalid
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: dash
>
>  Found in 11.04 Natty Narwhal
>
>  I have yet to find the exact source of this bug, but occasionally when
>  hitting super to get the dash, the text entry field in dash is not
>  made the active widgit.  As a result, the text I type will be entered
>  into a textfield/textbox in the application I was previously using.
>  Additionally, while in this state, the dash can not be closed again by
>  pressing super or escape.  It can only be closed by clicking on the
>  top bar.
>
>  I'm sorry that I can not pinpoint the source, but this has happened to
>  me multiple times already, so I thought fit to report it.  I will try
>  to find the source and report back if I do find it.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/774447/+subscriptions
>

[Jorge Gustavo (jgr)]

i) Today I noticed that this happens on the first time I access dash with the Super key. After booting and after some hard work (ie reading the email) I pressed the Super key and the dash appears, but without focus. I also noticed that the dash didn't go way by clicking outside it. So, I had to hit Super again to hide dash. Afterwards, it is working as expected.

ii) I can reproduce the error. After a reboot, the dash does not get the focus after the first attempt (using the Super key), and can not be dismissed by clicking outside it.

Today I upgraded from unity 3.8.14-0ubuntu1~natty1 to unity 3.8.16-0ubuntu1~natty1 and the behavior is the same.

Can someone else reproduce the bug?

[Jorge Gustavo (jgr)]

This bug can be reproduced (in my configuration) by:
compiz --replace
After compiz restarts, the dash can be activated with the Super key, but it does not get the focus.
I'm using:
nvidia 270.41.06-0ubuntu1
compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty1

[Antti Boman (antti-boman)]

I confirm the problem, too. When I access dash for the first time, whether with Super key or clicking the Ubuntu icon, the focus stays on the active application. Hiding the dash and reopening it solves the problem.

[Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h)]

I confirm this bug testing Oneiric Alpha 3 201100802.1.

How to reproduce.
Boot from a live usb, click on Super and try to type text.
You can't, even if you click on the dash search to get focus.

If you do something else (like opening an application), then next time you click on super the bug disappears.

[Jorge Gustavo (jgr)]

I confirm the same behavior in Oneiric. First time I access dash with the Super key, the text entry field in dash does not gets focus.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 5.10.0-0ubuntu3

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unity (5.10.0-0ubuntu3) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Oliver Grawert ]
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  * add linaros disable_standalone-clients.patch to make unity build with GLES

  [ Didier Roche ]
  * remove a symlink and replace with a real file for
    debian/patches/series.<arch> as not supported in non v3 (and we don't
    want v3 format with full source upstream derived branch)

unity (5.10.0-0ubuntu2) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Ricardo Salveti de Araujo ]
  * Enabling build with OpenGL ES2.0 support for ARM and disable maintainer
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