Keep focus of "find" when returning to LyX window

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 09:30:32AM -0400, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> On 7/10/22 20:21, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > To reproduce:
> > 
> > 1. Open (simple) search, and put your cursor in the search line edit.
> > 
> > 2. Select a different window (e.g., alt-tab).
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 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).

Thanks for confirming, Paul, and for the data point!

Scott
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