System, method, and computer-readable medium for displaying keyboard cues in a window

In a computer system having an operating system, the operating system configured to display windows in a window hierarchy wherein a top-level window is superior to a child window, a method of displaying a keyboard cue, comprising:

• recognizing a first input event, triggered by an input device, that invokes the creation of a window in the window hierarchy;
• passing to the window a state indicator configured to reflect the input device;
• in response to one state of the state indicator, displaying the window with the keyboard cue displayed;
• and
• in response to a second state of the state indicator, displaying the window with the keyboard cue hidden.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for displaying a window in a window hierarchy, which when executed, comprise:

• recognizing that an input event directed to a current window in the window hierarchy was generated by an input device different from a prior input device;
• identifying whether the current window is a top-level window in the window hierarchy;
• if the current window is not the top-level window in the window hierarchy, passing a message up the window hierarchy indicating a change in the input device;
• and
• receiving from an operating system a message directing the current window to:
• if the input device that generated the input event is a keyboard, display a keyboard cue in the current window.