Dash doesn't get the focus on pressing the super key first time after login

For additional information take a look to bug 852506 comment 2.

Note: I have found a user workaround for the problem of the dash not being closed pressing Esc.

The workaround is the next one:

   * Press Alt+F2: Dash is opened, without no focus
   * Press Alt+F1: Launcher receives the focus
   * Press Esc: no focus in any window
   * Press Alt+F2: Dash is opened, with focus

It is a nasty workaround, but at least the users could use the dash until this bug is solved.

Is this inconsistency worked on? It really lowers the workflow (even if it is only once after booting up) and the overall impression I got of the very nice Unity design.

I am getting behavior like this, but not only the first time after login. Right now, it is all the time. If I have any window(s) open and I press the Super key, the dash opens only in the background, and makes my other windows completely unresponsive and unmoveable. I am not yet sure what triggered this, as it seemed to be working OK yesterday after I upgraded to Oneiric.

Apologies. I thought my system was up to date, but it was not. The problem appears to be resolved after a round of updates.

i have seen this issue many times and also easily reproduce able.also find a duplicate one of this bug
bug# 861738

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

@alisonrowland This issue is not currently resolved. I have 4 different computers running Ubuntu 11.10 (32-bit and 64-bit), all up-to-date with the latest updates, and the issue is still there on all 4 of my computers.

The common attitude I've found in Software update center (Ubuntu x64 11.10).
I've opened txt file from ntfs partition in gedit. There was some english text and some unreadable chars. I've tried to ctrl+c some text from gedit and paste it in other window. This didn't work. I've done this throu context menu in gedit - copypaste worked, but after that my keyboard doesn't type in Ubuntu Software update center. But it's still working in Dash, skype, firefox.
After system restart - all works fine, until I open a text file in gedit again...
Any suggessions ? Thanks!

It also didnt work in terminal window after editing text in gedit

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Super confirmed. It even affects the first time you right click a launcher icons. When you hover the context menu of the launcher icon you can not select anything from it until you right click the icon again.

@ Luis. The bug concerning the quicklists has a different report -> Bug #819721.

The bug does not happen in Unity 2D mode

When is the fix going to be released? This is really frustrating and avoiding a smooth workflow.
And the killer phrase: what will people new to Ubuntu think when they try to use the Dash for searching the first time.

Hello Guruprasad, or anyone else affected,

Accepted unity into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

This bug has been resolved. I have installed the proposed version on two laptops, logged in several times with different users, and the search bar always got the focus.

Didier: why was that marked invalid?

Didier meant to mark the nux task invalid it seems :)

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 4.28.0-0ubuntu2

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unity (4.28.0-0ubuntu2) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * Cherry-pick some additional fixes:
    - fix a regression where transparency is setup on the panel (LP: #830949)
    - the wrong commit causing a crash was revert. Revert the revert and
      revert the right guilty commit.

unity (4.28.0-0ubuntu1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - don't segfault in geis_configuration_get_value() (lp: #850623)
    - get focus on dash by pressing the super key first time after login
      (lp: #860805)
    - clicking on panel when dash is open no longer causes maximized window
      to raise (lp: #873100)
    - window management, alt-tab - After using 'show desktop' to minimise all
      windows, opening any new window also incorrectly restores all
      the minimised windows (lp: #871801)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in
      unity::switcher::SwitcherModel::DetailSelectionWindow() (lp: #834630)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strcmp0() (lp: #832151)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in nux::BaseWindow::GetInputWindowId()
      (when onboard is used) (lp: #865890)
    - fix multi-monitor crashers (lp: #838128, #864037, #864784, #868120)
    - Fix SIGSEGV after SwitcherController desctruction (lp: #887465)
    - Fix for "right-clicking launcher when choosing a workspace causes
      quicklists to freeze" (lp: #791810)
  * debian/patches/add_postrelease_buildfix.patch:
    - add post-release fix to build in a clean env
  * backport some additional reverts or regression fixes
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:54:44 +0100