Can not search from dragged blueprint pin if another window is "Always on Top"

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If you have another window open on your desktop and have made that window “Always on Top” the editor’s search textbox will fail to obtain any keyboard input. Keyboard input will be ignored despite switching focus between the search textbox and any other UI element in the search window

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Set any window (other than the Editor) to “Always on Top” using your window manager (e.g. right click on the title bar and select “Always on Top”).
  2. Open a blueprint in the Editor.
  3. Drag from any blueprint pin, a search window pops-up. Attempt to type any search terms.
  4. No text appears in the search field.

You must disable “Always on Top” for the other window for the Editor to behave correctly.

Other notes:

  • Sometimes the keyboard input will transfer to the other window; e.g. if you had a text editor open with “Always on Top” set, your search terms will appear there instead!

  • I was able to reproduce this in under Gnome (3.26.2) and Xfce (4.12). I could not duplicate this behavior under KDE Plasma or Fluxbox.