Public bug reported: I'm not sure when it started, but using the version of Gnome-Terminal in latest ubuntu (GT 3.34.2), I regularly find the tab bar stealing keyboard focus.
This is dangerous. The problem is usually that I click on a tab, leave the mouse there, and start typing. The tab bar then steals the first character typed. Sometimes I click in the terminal window, and then move the mouse out of the way (to the tab bar). Sometimes it happens later, when the mouse drifts onto a tab (maybe I knock it slightly while typing). There are many cases in which the unexpected loss of a character typed could lead to significant damage. For example, rm *~ losing the tilde. Or sudo rm -rf /mnt/1/* losing the 1. I have preferred click to focus (as opposed to focus-follows-mouse) in X for nearly 30 years. Gnome-Terminal should not pervert this preference. Reported upstream - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome- terminal/-/issues/245 Not clear that this is 100% a bug with gnome-terminal, or whether it is an interaction between it and another part of the XWayland/gnome/gnome- shell setup. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-terminal 3.34.2-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-46.38-generic 5.3.18 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-46-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Apr 16 10:16:15 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-15 (31 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug eoan wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873093 Title: Gnome-terminal tab bar steals keyboard focus To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1873093/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
