Unable to set focus for Linux / X-Windows ($$$ for fix...)

Question

It appears whenever a modal window is opened on Linux X-Windows the focus is stolen from the window and you CANNOT use the keyboard to return to the form - let alone set the focus on the textbox.
This is not just for my modal forms but for something as fundamental as JOptionPane or simple code like this:
JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
if (chooser.showOpenDialog(parentComponent) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
From trolling through posts I can see no answers which is really sad for Linux good for Microsoft I guess. How can we deploy on Linux if you are forced to get carpal tunnel clicking on every form with the mouse ?
I would be willing to pay some consulting dollars to get this resolved.
Greg

Answer 1

Hm, I've developed quite a bit for X11 and linux, but I never noticed that effect. Can you post a SSCCE that reproduces the issue, just to be sure it is not a side-effect from your code?
It this is a persistent problem, you might want to make your dialog re-request the focus programmatically:
myDialog.setVisible(true);
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
  public void run(){
    myDialog.requestFocus();
}See if this does anything. If not, the problem is most likely not coming from swing.