Chat input keeps hijacking focus when the toolbar is open

[exigow]

Before submitting your bug report

• I believe this is a bug. I'll try to join the Continue Discord for questions
• I'm not able to find an open issue that reports the same bug
• I've seen the troubleshooting guide on the Continue Docs

Relevant environment info

- OS: Linux 6.1.138-1-MANJARO + i3wm
- Continue version: 1.0.25 (master)
- IDE version: IntelliJ (IC-223.8836.41)
- Model: ollama/gemma3:12b-it-qat
- default config (local testing with `./gradlew runIde`)

Description

The chat aggressively steals focus if the toolbar is visible and you start typing question.

It's 100% reproducible for me. I have to minimize the window every time to regain focus.

To reproduce

1. Type something in code editor
2. Open Continue tool with chat
3. Focus on chat text input and start typing question (+ don't send)
4. Go back to code editor and start typing code

Problem: Chat text input is always focused. I can't use IDE code editor/application menu. To fix that i need to hide the toolbar again and focus is restored (until the next focus in chat input).

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Log output

[exigow]

Important note: This problem occurs only when we start the IDE via ./gradlew runIde. Normal usage does not have this problem (which is interesting).