That seems normal that totem doesn't eat your keyboard event when you are on an another working space. With a dual screen, should totem quit when you type "q" to an IM window somewhere else by example?
** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs -- Totem doesn't accept keypresses in full-screen mode until mouse click https://launchpad.net/bugs/42181 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs