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Modal dialogs do not receive focus when opened

Bug #1239100 reported by Leif Arne Storset on 2013-10-12

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	vim (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

To reproduce with 2:7.3.547-6ubuntu5 on Ubuntu GNOME 13.04:

1. Open a file in GVIM.
2. Edit the file in another program.
3. Switch back to GVIM using one of
    * Alt-Tab switcher
    * Clicking on GVIM's title bar (not the client area)
    * The "Activities" switcher
    A modal dialog pops up saying 'W11: Warning: File "test" has changed since editing started'.

Expected: The modal dialog is focused, so that I can immediately dismiss it by pressing Enter or reload the file by pressing L.

Actual: The modal dialog is not focused. Keyboard input appears to be ignored.

Workaround: Switch away from GVIM and then back. (For instance, Alt+Tab twice.) The dialog receives focus. (You could also click using your mouse if you have time for such things.)

Revision history for this message

Leif Arne Storset (lastorset) wrote on 2013-10-12:

I can reproduce in the bare Vim source tree and reported it as https://code.google.com/p/vim/issues/detail?id=172. Sorry if this report was redundant!