diff --git a/minigui.d b/minigui.d
index c3a3d5a..9c23bca 100644
--- a/minigui.d
+++ b/minigui.d
@@ -8171,6 +8171,8 @@ class Window : Widget {
 				dispatchCharEvent(e);
 			},
 		);
+
+		this.inputProxy.populateXic();
 		// done
 		//+/
 		}
diff --git a/simpledisplay.d b/simpledisplay.d
index efbf9b1..1733a5a 100644
--- a/simpledisplay.d
+++ b/simpledisplay.d
@@ -14764,17 +14764,7 @@ mixin DynamicLoad!(XRandr, "Xrandr", 2, XRandrLibrarySuccessfullyLoaded) XRandrL
 
 			// input context
 			//TODO: create this only for top-level windows, and reuse that?
-			if (XDisplayConnection.xim !is null) {
-				xic = XCreateIC(XDisplayConnection.xim,
-						/*XNInputStyle*/"inputStyle".ptr, XIMPreeditNothing|XIMStatusNothing,
-						/*XNClientWindow*/"clientWindow".ptr, window,
-						/*XNFocusWindow*/"focusWindow".ptr, window,
-						null);
-				if (xic is null) {
-					import core.stdc.stdio : stderr, fprintf;
-					fprintf(stderr, "XCreateIC failed for window %u\n", cast(uint)window);
-				}
-			}
+			populateXic();
 
 			if (sdpyWindowClassStr is null) loadBinNameToWindowClassName();
 			if (sdpyWindowClassStr is null) sdpyWindowClass = "DSimpleWindow";
@@ -14947,6 +14937,20 @@ mixin DynamicLoad!(XRandr, "Xrandr", 2, XRandrLibrarySuccessfullyLoaded) XRandrL
 			}
 		}
 
+		void populateXic() {
+			if (XDisplayConnection.xim !is null) {
+				xic = XCreateIC(XDisplayConnection.xim,
+						/*XNInputStyle*/"inputStyle".ptr, XIMPreeditNothing|XIMStatusNothing,
+						/*XNClientWindow*/"clientWindow".ptr, window,
+						/*XNFocusWindow*/"focusWindow".ptr, window,
+						null);
+				if (xic is null) {
+					import core.stdc.stdio : stderr, fprintf;
+					fprintf(stderr, "XCreateIC failed for window %u\n", cast(uint)window);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		void selectDefaultInput(bool forceIncludeMouseMotion) {
 			auto mask = EventMask.ExposureMask |
 				EventMask.KeyPressMask |