keyboard loses focus after IDEA 2018.1.4 upgrade
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I just upgraded from 2018.1.3 to 2018.1.4. I'm noticing a new issue every time I use the keyboard shortcut for View->Quick documentation. After I press <ESC> to exit the popup, the keyboard focus is lost. This did not occur under 2018.1.3. This issue also does not occur if you use the mouse to bring up View->Quick Documentation.
The workaround is to use the mouse and click somewhere, but I would prefer to use the keyboard and not the mouse in this case.
Is this a known issue with the upgrade?
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ok, looks like this is actually a known issue
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-191839
The issue will be fixed in IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1.6. 2018.2 from https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/nextversion/ is not affected.
In the meantime another workaround is to press ALT-TAB to regain focus. Not ideal, but better than reaching for the mouse.
You can try 2018.1.5 RC with the fix: https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/IDEADEV/IDEA+2018.1+EAP .