Please apply the patch given here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335367 This fixes the problem with deskbar-applet when you have it in a bottom panel and when you hit enter it activated the wrong item.
Created attachment 84368 [details, diff] deskbar-applet-2.14-bottom-panel.patch The patch given on the gnome bug doesn't work directly with the ebuild for some reason. Here's a patch that will work with the ebuild without any modification.
new version 2.14.1.1 is now in portage which includes this fix plus many others. thanks.