The gadget with keyboard focus is the current receiver of keyboard gestures and user input. Gadgets that wish to receive keyboard input should request focus when clicked:

request-focus ( gadget -- )

The following example demonstrates defining a handler for a mouse click gesture which requests focus:

To nominate a single child as the default focusable child, implement a method on a generic word:

focusable-child* ( gadget -- child/f )

Gestures are sent to a gadget when it gains or loses focus; this can be used to change the gadget's appearance, for example by displaying a border:

gain-focus

lose-focus