Find/replace UI tests: unify focus validation #2356
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The find/replace UI tests currently validate for proper focus only in specific situations, usually restricted to when running on GTK. On the one hand, this makes debugging more difficult in case the focus was not properly set in the beginning, e.g., because the workbench window was not active when the test started. On the other hand, it makes the test execution more prone to be indeterministic and platform-specific, as GTK-specific code is involved.
This change provides three improvements to mitigate these issues:
Issues were investigated in the context of #2254 and this also serves as a preparation for that PR.