If while you have the menu bar open you press Esc, the Hub closes (you’ll see it for a flash).
Guess that can be a workaround for now? Still very annoying though…
I have the same issue with cubase 8 pro, if any window appears with a message to click on, it goes on background. Not even alt and tab brings it in front, only trying to click it blindly around where Yes or No messages appear or pressing space bar enables you to choose a option.
I have a similar problem to this. When the DAW (8.0.5) is loaded it’s impossible to bring it to focus using the Windows 7 taskbar. Here’s a video of this thing: - YouTube
Well, actually I am not sure, but your case could be that you double clicked the Cubase 8 bar, that way it shows you the desktop, if you double click it again, it will show you the solid background, you can still load projects either way.
I think it’s solved. However, I’m still not happy with the menu bar behaviour. I can’t close Cubase using the red x on the top right. I always have to quit Cubase using the menu.