Keep focus of "find" when returning to LyX window

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 7/10/22 20:21, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> To reproduce:
>
> 1. Open (simple) search, and put your cursor in the search line edit.
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> 2. Select a different window (e.g., alt-tab).
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> 3. Go back to the LyX window.
>
> For me, the focus is now in the main work area instead of the search line edit. Can anyone reproduce? Strangely, this doesn't happen with Advanced Find.
>
> Has anyone else previously found this annoying? I came across this when I wanted to paste in something from a clipboard manager and wanted it to go in the "find" line edit. Instead, it gets pasted in the main work area.
>
> Commenting out the line with "case QEvent::WindowActivate" in GuiView::event() fixes things for me. I'm not suggesting to remove that code especially since I don't understand it, but I'm just mentioning this observation in case it leads to something.
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> Scott
>
I can confirm it with LyX 2.3.6.1 on Linux Mint. I don't alt-tab very 
often, so it's never happened to me (hence not particularly annoying).

Paul