From e1016ad902edef66bd587c9899d7c3b010f82c18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrzej Kapolka <drzej.k@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 14:40:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] What matters is the active state, not the focus.

---
 interface/src/Application.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 0f50d67a69..4816d96c87 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -1056,7 +1056,9 @@ void Application::chooseVoxelPaintColor() {
         _voxelPaintColor->setData(selected);
         _voxelPaintColor->setIcon(createSwatchIcon(selected));
     }
-    _glWidget->setFocus();
+    
+    // restore the main window's active state
+    _window->activateWindow();
 }
     
 void Application::initMenu() {