Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873093
Title:
Gnome-terminal tab bar steals keyboard focus
Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
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)
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