Losing 'focus' in iPhoto

I have the following problem with the iPhoto app (version '09 8.1.2 (424)): the program window becomes 'inaccesible'.  If I click on it, I don't get 'focus' on iPhoto – the only way to get to it is by clicking on the icon in the tooltray.  Even then, the program doesn't seem to respond properly – most of the buttons don't work.  The fixes that seem to work (sometimes) are: moving Photo to a different 'Spaces' window, closing the program and reoppening, moving focus to finder, and back to iPhoto.  Nothing is consistant.
This is has been going on for a while (maybe 6 months), and it happens enough to be annoying, but not enough to make iPhoto unusable.
Anybody have a similar problem and/or a solution?
Thanks!

This  sounds like maybe a "Spaces" issue and should be asked in the Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard community.
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