On 6/14/13, Matthew Allen <fret@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When a new window is openned, but no child view has the focus yet. Where do > the key presses go? The window receives the corresponding B_KEY_{DOWN,UP} messages, but if there's no focus view, they get discarded. Those could be intercepted via either DispatchMessage() as mentioned the other day, or by attaching a BMessageFilter to the window. > Or do I just _have_ to set the focus somewhere? Yes. Regards, Rene