X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FDesktop.java;h=f8d2bf034db89a0c101b125e2a4d1b12d13c74f2;hb=367c039ca47ca16fbf722c53acde68a3842784c3;hp=e1356b4fe1b608dfd4e0144d724582922ce6880f;hpb=d99d6a98cd0a7009e94ca4166f48741af75cde1e;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
index e1356b4..f8d2bf0 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
@@ -358,6 +358,18 @@ public class Desktop extends jalview.jbgui.GDesktop implements
       {
         jvnews.refreshNews();
         jvnews.toFront();
+        // try real hard to get focus when the news is first opened
+        new Thread(new Runnable() {
+          @Override
+          public void run()
+          {
+            while (jvnews.isVisible() && !jvnews.requestFocusInWindow())
+            {
+              try { Thread.sleep(50); } catch (InterruptedException x) {}; 
+            }
+            
+          }
+        }).start();
       }
     }
   }