1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.test/src/org/eclipse/egit/ui/common/EGitTestCase.java b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.test/src/org/eclipse/egit/ui/common/EGitTestCase.java
index 190feddfce..d7826dc3b4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.egit.ui.test/src/org/eclipse/egit/ui/common/EGitTestCase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.egit.ui.test/src/org/eclipse/egit/ui/common/EGitTestCase.java
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.egit.ui.common;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
 import org.eclipse.egit.ui.test.Eclipse;
 import org.eclipse.egit.ui.test.TestUtil;
 import org.eclipse.swtbot.eclipse.finder.SWTWorkbenchBot;
 import org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.exceptions.WidgetNotFoundException;
 import org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.junit.SWTBotJunit4ClassRunner;
+import org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.widgets.SWTBotShell;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -40,6 +44,18 @@ public abstract class EGitTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Before
+	public void activateShell() {
+		SWTBotShell[] shells = bot.shells();
+		for (SWTBotShell shell : shells) {
+			if (Eclipse.isEclipseShell(shell)) {
+				shell.activate();
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		fail("No active Eclipse shell found!");
+	}
+
 	@After
 	public void resetWorkbench() {
 		new Eclipse().reset();