As part of the big bug review for 16.04 LTS I have tested this on 15.10 using the steps provided in the comment above and the bug is still there.
A good workaround is to simply press the <super> for for a second. You can then grab the launcher's focus as before. ** Tags added: desktop-bugscrub-triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/970038 Title: Launcher do not want to appear To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/970038/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs