From d746ba892dd2ca16d24932c654225692f4ba19ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Young <jeff@rokeby.ie>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 20:14:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Make sure the postion relative tool gets activated when used.

Fixes: lp:1836978
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1836978
---
 pcbnew/tools/position_relative_tool.cpp | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pcbnew/tools/position_relative_tool.cpp b/pcbnew/tools/position_relative_tool.cpp
index fe57ea3cb2..f8cde51e94 100644
--- a/pcbnew/tools/position_relative_tool.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/tools/position_relative_tool.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ int POSITION_RELATIVE_TOOL::SelectPositionRelativeItem( const TOOL_EVENT& aEvent
     STATUS_TEXT_POPUP   statusPopup( frame() );
     bool                done = false;
 
+    Activate();
+
     statusPopup.SetText( _( "Select reference item..." ) );
 
     picker->SetClickHandler(