[Bug 53305] New: SketchUp 2017: Keyboard entry doesn't work correctly after reinstall.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53305

Bug ID: 53305
           Summary: SketchUp 2017: Keyboard entry doesn't work correctly
                    after reinstall.
           Product: Wine
           Version: 7.0-rc6
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

SketchUp 2017 stopped working so I reinstalled.  Now it works again, very
nicely* but keyboard entry doesn't work correctly.  I thought that it was just
the [Esc] key (to cancel an operation) but numerical entry (to set dimensions
etc) don't work.  Keyboard shortcuts continue to work.

Exploring the behaviour, it seems that if I move or resize the SketchUp window,
then the keys work until after an operation.  This doesn't apply to internal
windows like toolbars or attributes like 'Materials'.  It feels like the cursor
click on the drawing space steals focus from the part of the program that
listens for data or cancellation.  Nevertheless, mid-operation, you can still
cancel it by selecting a new operation (using a tool shortcut like [M] or [B])
so it isn't deaf to the keyboard input all together.

Any ideas?

* Works nicely, although this needs to be open in the background, as usual and
without effect:
Bug 50775  -  Sketchup Make 2017 displays error message about
sketchup_webhelper.exe

[Bug 53305] SketchUp 2017: Keyboard entry doesn't work correctly after reinstall.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53305

--- Comment #1 from Bing Crossbow  ---
Further playing:  Switching windows then back ([Alt]+[Tab], [Alt]+[Tab]) also
restores focus.  [Alt]+[Tab], [Esc] does not.  It may be as simple as the main
window having focus stolen from it (possibly by the aforementioned
sketchup_webhelper.exe error popup window (which I always leave open as it
seems to do no harm but will just return almost as soon as cancelled).

Any help very gratefully received.  Bit of a noob, obvs.

[Bug 53305] SketchUp 2017: Keyboard entry doesn't work correctly after reinstall.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53305

--- Comment #2 from Bing Crossbow  ---
SOLVED!  By the power of NOOB!

The problem was the open but minimised 'Instructor Window'.  It is clearly
trying (and failing, MWAH HA HA HA!) to connect to the interwebs.  It then
steals focus from the task at hand.

SOLUTION:  Close the Instructor window if your installation is trying and
failing to connect to the internet (very possibly related to Bug 50775).