Thank you, Milan and Pete, for the answer.
At least I know now Evolution is working fine.

Have a nice Day


On Sam, 2016-10-15 at 07:34 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > 
> > I have been using Evolution for Years now and most of it works
> > great
> > though when I use the Auto-login option on my Ubuntu System (i have
> > no
> > other) Evolution prompts me for my Keyring Password, so far so
> > good.
> > But the Password Window pops up first and loses Focus as soon as
> > the
> > regular Evolution Window shows.
> > So I have to click into the Password Field to enter my Password.
> > That is a bit unconvinient, especially since a Keyboard Shortcut
> > like
> > [Alt + Tab] is not working on this.
> > 
> > My Ubuntu version is 16.04
> > and Evolution version is 3.18.5.2
> > 
> And Milan answered your question before - see
> 
>   https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2016-October/msg0001
> 6.html
> 
> Bottom line: not an Evolution problem.
> 
> The prompt for a password is from the keyring manager, not Evolution
> -
> it is that application that should be keeping the focus, and it is
> the
> window manager that determines where the focus is. I suspect you
> would
> have the same issue if it were some other application that first
> asked
> for the keyring.
> 
> From a practical point of view, I suspect the best thing you can do
> is
> to get rid of the autologin. At the moment you turn on your computer,
> it boots into Ubuntu, and then it asks for your keyring password as
> soon as it needs any sensitive information (not forgetting to click
> around trying to get the focus in the correct place); with a normal
> login your computer boots into Ubuntu, you enter your password to
> login, then everything works. Even without the focus issue, there are
> the same number of actions - and you don't use the autologin
> "feature",
> which is an abomination (IMHO).
> 
> P.
> 
> 
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