Show desktop and spotlight

When I show desktop aka F11, and then open spotlight, spotlight is not at the forefront.
<spotlight f11 picture>
Is there a fix? If not, how can I report this as a bug to apple?

Leopard update fixed it.

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You have to take the computer to the Apple store to have it checked out.
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recently my hard drive icon has disappeared from my Macbook Pro (10.7.4) desk top and does not show up in spotlight or finder searches! I have tried several fixes posted online for earlier operating systems with no luck.
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Hello Apple users/ develpers.....
I have been thinking about this long and hard and it seems like there should be some way to display separate Full-Screen Apps and/or mulitple Desktops.
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