Index: applications/editors/josm/plugins/piclayer/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/piclayer/actions/GenericPicTransformAction.java
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--- applications/editors/josm/plugins/piclayer/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/piclayer/actions/GenericPicTransformAction.java	(revision 29531)
+++ applications/editors/josm/plugins/piclayer/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/piclayer/actions/GenericPicTransformAction.java	(revision 29595)
@@ -61,4 +61,5 @@
 
 	        if ( currentLayer != null && e.getButton() == MouseEvent.BUTTON1 ) {
+	            requestFocusInMapView();
 	            isDragging = true;
 	            prevMousePoint = new Point(e.getPoint());