fix issues with commit message panel losing focus

pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCommitClose(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) handleCommitFocused(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	if _, err := g.SetViewOnTop("commitMessage"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	message := gui.Tr.TemplateLocalize(
 		"CloseConfirm",
 		Teml{

pkg/gui/view_helpers.go

@@ -133,8 +133,15 @@ func (gui *Gui) switchFocus(g *gocui.Gui, oldView, newView *gocui.View) error {
 			},
 		)
 		gui.Log.Info(message)
-		gui.State.PreviousView = oldView.Name()
+
+		// second class panels should never have focus restored to them because
+		// once they lose focus they are effectively 'destroyed'
+		secondClassPanels := []string{"confirmation", "menu"}
+		if !utils.IncludesString(secondClassPanels, oldView.Name()) {
+			gui.State.PreviousView = oldView.Name()
+		}
 	}
+
 	newView.Highlight = true
 	message := gui.Tr.TemplateLocalize(
 		"newFocusedViewIs",

pkg/utils/utils.go

@@ -204,3 +204,13 @@ func getDisplayStringArrays(displayables []Displayable) [][]string {
 	}
 	return stringArrays
 }
+
+// IncludesString if the list contains the string
+func IncludesString(list []string, a string) bool {
+	for _, b := range list {
+		if b == a {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}

pkg/utils/utils_test.go

@@ -376,3 +376,38 @@ func TestMin(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.EqualValues(t, s.expected, Min(s.a, s.b))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIncludesString(t *testing.T) {
+	type scenario struct {
+		list     []string
+		element  string
+		expected bool
+	}
+
+	scenarios := []scenario{
+		{
+			[]string{"a", "b"},
+			"a",
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"a", "b"},
+			"c",
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"a", "b"},
+			"",
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{""},
+			"",
+			true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range scenarios {
+		assert.EqualValues(t, s.expected, IncludesString(s.list, s.element))
+	}
+}