From ab042d4dd86b9a9c4d629f5b9c8e104a70f33f02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: picklesrus <picklesrus@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 16:15:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug #904 by explicitly grabbing focus on the workspace
 svg element. (#964)

---
 core/workspace_svg.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/workspace_svg.js b/core/workspace_svg.js
index 4945a60b7..0d68216f9 100644
--- a/core/workspace_svg.js
+++ b/core/workspace_svg.js
@@ -1358,6 +1358,10 @@ Blockly.WorkspaceSvg.prototype.markFocused = function() {
     this.options.parentWorkspace.markFocused();
   } else {
     Blockly.mainWorkspace = this;
+    // We call e.preventDefault in many event handlers which means we
+    // need to explicitly grab focus (e.g from a textarea) because
+    // the browser will not do it for us.
+    this.getParentSvg().focus();
   }
 };