From 004c0fbdf56fc7a569a3fa9b7a41cef8b7b79b50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Denis Fomin <fominde@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:21:38 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] set the focus when the first tab is opened

---
 data/gui/message_window.ui | 1 -
 src/message_window.py      | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/gui/message_window.ui b/data/gui/message_window.ui
index 1f0795854..b801f8290 100644
--- a/data/gui/message_window.ui
+++ b/data/gui/message_window.ui
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
         <child>
           <object class="GtkNotebook" id="notebook">
             <property name="visible">True</property>
-            <property name="can_focus">True</property>
             <property name="scrollable">True</property>
             <property name="tab_border">0</property>
           </object>
diff --git a/src/message_window.py b/src/message_window.py
index 0ab0b5dfc..f8099a24a 100644
--- a/src/message_window.py
+++ b/src/message_window.py
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@ class MessageWindow(object):
         self.notebook.set_show_border(gajim.config.get('tabs_border'))
         self.show_icon()
 
-        gobject.idle_add(self.notebook.grab_focus)
-
     def change_account_name(self, old_name, new_name):
         if old_name in self._controls:
             self._controls[new_name] = self._controls[old_name]
@@ -307,6 +305,7 @@ class MessageWindow(object):
         # NOTE: we do not call set_control_active(True) since we don't know
         # whether the tab is the active one.
         self.show_title()
+        gobject.timeout_add(500, control.msg_textview.grab_focus)
 
     def on_tab_eventbox_button_press_event(self, widget, event, child):
         if event.button == 3: # right click