Bug: losing focus in ledger

[Jack]

Hi,
> On Sonntag, 20. Dezember 2020 22:18:12 CET Jack wrote:
>
>> On 2020.12.20 10:59, Ivan Perez wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm using KMM KMyMoney-5.1.0-eb19959-x86_64.AppImage and the ledger is
>>> losing the focus on the transaction I am working on when I switch
>>> desktops
>>> and come back.
>>>
>>> This is a problem as I often need to switch desktops to check other
>>> info
>>> against KMM.
>>>
>>> Info:
>>> - Version: KMyMoney-5.1.0-eb19959-x86_64.AppImage.
>>> - OS: Ubuntu 18.04
>>> - Desktop: Gnome (Flashback Metacity)
>>>
>>> Steps:
>>> - Open a ledger with many transactions.
>>> - Click on a transaction near the beginning (top of the list).
>>> - Go to a different desktop (click on desktop switcher or via
>>> keyboard).
>>> - Return to desktop where KMM is.
>>>
>>> What happens:
>>> - The focus is back on the last transaction in the ledger.
>>>
>>> What should happen:
>>> - The focus should remain where it was.
>> Hello Ivan,
>>
>> I haven't actually tried this myself yet, but I'd be more tempted to
>> blame the Window Manager.  Can you test with any other app which also
>> has lots of things on the window which might get focus?  Can you also
>> try it with some other View which has multiple items displayed and see
>> if the focus changes.  Also, what happens if you edit a transaction and
>> then switch  desktops?  Are you still in edit mode with focus on the
>> same field, or has something changed?  All just things to get more
>> information to help focus in on the problem.
> In case Ivan means KMyMoney's view selector by 'desktop' then it is true.
> Switching desktops or activities (both KDE/plasma contstructs) this does
> not affect the selection of a transaction, at least not for me and maybe
> many others.
Since me mentioned "Desktop switcher" I thought he meant the window 
manager's virtual or multiple desktop feature.  Actually, Ivan could 
also try just switching focus to a different application and then back 
as yet another test.