PowerToys Run: cursor not always placed in search dialog when hot-key activated

[PhabGuy]

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.900]
PowerToys version: 0.19.1
PowerToy module for which you are reporting the bug (if applicable): PowerToys Run

When I activate PT Run with the Alt-Space hot-key, the application does not always place the cursor in the search box.

When I press Alt-Space, PT Run appears. However, often and without an apparent pattern, the cursor will not be active in the search dialog box. I need to manual click in the search dialog box before I can type the search letters.

I expect the cursor will always be placed in the search dialog box and ready for me to type, whenever I activate PT Run with the hot-key.

[PhabGuy]

UPDATE: The issue occurs when the last PT Run search result was selected with the mouse.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Use Alt-Space to activate PR Run.
2. Enter a search to obtain a set of search results.
3. Use the mouse to click on one of the search results. This selects and opens that search result.
   Later...
4. Use Alt-Space to activate PR Run.
5. The cursor is not inside the search dialog box. The previous search results are visible and the last selected item is highlighted.

Expected result:
At step 4, I expect the search dialog box is activate with the cursor inside it so I can immediately start typing a search query.

Cheers!

Brad

[PhabGuy]

Clarification: At step 4, after typing Alt-Space, I expect the search dialog box to have the focus with the typing cursor placed inside so I can immediately start typing a new search query. This is essentially the behaviour you currently get if the previous search result was selected using keyboard arrows (instead of the mouse).

[stach101]

I am having the same experience with PT Run, the typing cursor is not automatically within the search box when PT run is activated, so I have to click on it to start typing. I did not have this behaviour with the release 0.18.2

[nima5jneb]

I am having the same experience with PT Run, the typing cursor is not automatically within the search box when PT run is activated, so I have to click on it to start typing. I did not have this behaviour with the release 0.18.2

Same here.

[lwestfall]

See also: #4891

[PhabGuy]

@crutkas Many thanks for adding this to the v0.21 release.

[crutkas]

Yeah, i can repro this with the steps for @phabguy did. We don't force the focus here then from the mouse click.

@somil55 / @alekhyareddy28 fyi. mouse based interaction for list directly causes this behavior

[crutkas]

We just released 0.20 and this should be resolved there. Please try it out.

[PhabGuy]

Tested it with 0.20 and it appears to be fixed, thanks so much!!