Comment 30 for bug 1605937

Regarding focus stealing, I might have found a way to prove if it is wingpanel or not that is responsible.

I put this superuser answer: http://superuser.com/a/533254 in a script that outputs to a file, and made a shortcut with gnome-control-center (creates a keyboard shortcut with dconf in /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/; gsettings or switchboard (with -plug-keyboard) should get the same result; gnome-settings-daemon enables the shortcut).

Long story short, when clicks fail to interact with a window I can push the hotkey to find out what the currently active window actually is. After using indicators, it tends to be difficult to switch focus to a window; I have found that wingpanel indeed remained active at that time.

I'm still waiting for an opportunity to check what steals focus spontaneously (sometimes focus goes away from a window while it is in use).