Family Search Indexing Lookup Menu on Ubuntu

Hi all,

I've gotten Family Search Indexing working on Ubuntu, except for the lookup menu. When I click on the dropdown menu for a surname, lookup doesn't appear as an option. I can bring the lookup window up with ctrl-L, but then the cursor won't go into the lookup box. If I bring a different window to the foreground, then bring Family Search Indexing back to the foreground, the cursor is then in the lookup box, and I can use it normally.

By the way, I tried this on Kubuntu (with KDE instead of Gnome) and it worked correctly.

Has anyone got lookup working correctly on Ubuntu? Are there any tricks to this?

Ken Farnsworth

kafarnsworth wrote:Hi all,

I've gotten Family Search Indexing working on Ubuntu, except for the lookup menu. When I click on the dropdown menu for a surname, lookup doesn't appear as an option. I can bring the lookup window up with ctrl-L, but then the cursor won't go into the lookup box. If I bring a different window to the foreground, then bring Family Search Indexing back to the foreground, the cursor is then in the lookup box, and I can use it normally.

By the way, I tried this on Kubuntu (with KDE instead of Gnome) and it worked correctly.

Has anyone got lookup working correctly on Ubuntu? Are there any tricks to this?

Ken Farnsworth

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