fix #616

Author: PalmerAL

Diff for: js/webviews.js

@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ ipc.on('captureData', function (e, data) {
 
 /* focus the view when the window is focused */
 
-window.addEventListener('focus', function () {
+ipc.on('windowFocus', function () {
   if (document.activeElement === document.body) {
     webviews.focus()
   }

Diff for: main/main.js

@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ function createWindowWithBounds (bounds, shouldMaximize) {
     return true
   })
 
+  mainWindow.on("focus", function() {
+    sendIPCToWindow(mainWindow, 'windowFocus')
+  })
+
   mainWindow.on('minimize', function () {
     sendIPCToWindow(mainWindow, 'minimize')
   })

Diff for: main/viewManager.js

@@ -64,7 +64,12 @@ function setBounds (id, bounds) {
 }
 
 function focusView (id) {
-  viewMap[id].webContents.focus()
+  // empty views can't be focused because they won't propogate keyboard events correctly, see https://github.com/minbrowser/min/issues/616
+  if (viewMap[id].webContents.getURL() !== '') {
+    viewMap[id].webContents.focus()
+  } else {
+    mainWindow.webContents.focus()
+  }
 }
 
 function hideCurrentView () {