"Applications Places Systems" menu area stealing focus

[Henrik Nilsen Omma]

Willie Walker wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> When I press Ctrl+Alt+Tab to give focus to the top panel, I've found
> that the "Applications Places Systems" menu area at the top left of the
> display happily grabs keyboard focus.  
>
> The problem is that once I've done Ctrl+Alt+Tab and then get into this
> menu area via keyboard traversal, I often cannot seem to get keyboard
> focus out of this area using the keyboard alone.  I've tried Ctrl+Alt
> +Tab again, Escape, arrowing around, starting a new app, etc.   I find
> myself needing to click the mouse somewhere else to unstick the focus.
> I've done a cursory search of the archives, but haven't found anything
> related to this.  
>
> Is there a magic keystroke I'm missing?
>   
Hi Willie,

I've found a workaround, but this does seem like a bug/issue that should 
be reported (I'll do that). Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right changes the 
view to the next view-pane. You then get focus on your applications 
again and you can repeat to get back to your original desktop by 
pressing Ctrl+Alt+Right/Left.

- Henrik