diff --git a/src/vxfw/Button.zig b/src/vxfw/Button.zig
index 55000e0..70c3c8d 100644
--- a/src/vxfw/Button.zig
+++ b/src/vxfw/Button.zig
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ pub fn draw(self: *Button, ctx: vxfw.DrawContext) Allocator.Error!vxfw.Surface {
 
     var button_surf = try vxfw.Surface.initWithChildren(ctx.arena, self.widget(), surf.size, surf.children);
     @memset(button_surf.buffer, .{ .style = style });
-    button_surf.handles_mouse = true;
     button_surf.focusable = true;
     return button_surf;
 }
diff --git a/src/vxfw/Center.zig b/src/vxfw/Center.zig
index 958c70d..ab682de 100644
--- a/src/vxfw/Center.zig
+++ b/src/vxfw/Center.zig
@@ -12,16 +12,10 @@ child: vxfw.Widget,
 pub fn widget(self: *const Center) vxfw.Widget {
     return .{
         .userdata = @constCast(self),
-        .eventHandler = typeErasedEventHandler,
         .drawFn = typeErasedDrawFn,
     };
 }
 
-fn typeErasedEventHandler(ptr: *anyopaque, ctx: *vxfw.EventContext, event: vxfw.Event) anyerror!void {
-    const self: *const Center = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
-    return self.child.handleEvent(ctx, event);
-}
-
 fn typeErasedDrawFn(ptr: *anyopaque, ctx: vxfw.DrawContext) Allocator.Error!vxfw.Surface {
     const self: *const Center = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
     return self.draw(ctx);
diff --git a/src/vxfw/ListView.zig b/src/vxfw/ListView.zig
index 4cc3f3b..683791b 100644
--- a/src/vxfw/ListView.zig
+++ b/src/vxfw/ListView.zig
@@ -109,20 +109,6 @@ pub fn handleEvent(self: *ListView, ctx: *vxfw.EventContext, event: vxfw.Event)
                 self.ensureScroll();
                 return ctx.consumeAndRedraw();
             }
-
-            // All other keypresses go to our focused child
-            switch (self.children) {
-                .slice => |slice| {
-                    if (slice.len == 0) return;
-                    const child = slice[self.cursor];
-                    return child.handleEvent(ctx, event);
-                },
-                .builder => |builder| {
-                    if (builder.itemAtIdx(self.cursor, self.cursor)) |child| {
-                        return child.handleEvent(ctx, event);
-                    }
-                },
-            }
         },
         else => {},
     }
@@ -307,7 +293,6 @@ fn drawBuilder(self: *ListView, ctx: vxfw.DrawContext, builder: Builder) Allocat
     // Set state
     {
         surface.focusable = true;
-        surface.handles_mouse = true;
         // Assume we have more. We only know we don't after drawing
         self.scroll.has_more = true;
     }
diff --git a/src/vxfw/Padding.zig b/src/vxfw/Padding.zig
index 070a1b4..3c61f8a 100644
--- a/src/vxfw/Padding.zig
+++ b/src/vxfw/Padding.zig
@@ -43,16 +43,10 @@ pub fn vertical(padding: u16) PadValues {
 pub fn widget(self: *const Padding) vxfw.Widget {
     return .{
         .userdata = @constCast(self),
-        .eventHandler = typeErasedEventHandler,
         .drawFn = typeErasedDrawFn,
     };
 }
 
-fn typeErasedEventHandler(ptr: *anyopaque, ctx: *vxfw.EventContext, event: vxfw.Event) anyerror!void {
-    const self: *const Padding = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
-    return self.child.handleEvent(ctx, event);
-}
-
 fn typeErasedDrawFn(ptr: *anyopaque, ctx: vxfw.DrawContext) Allocator.Error!vxfw.Surface {
     const self: *const Padding = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
     return self.draw(ctx);
diff --git a/src/vxfw/SizedBox.zig b/src/vxfw/SizedBox.zig
index 90d2cad..b65e4ca 100644
--- a/src/vxfw/SizedBox.zig
+++ b/src/vxfw/SizedBox.zig
@@ -13,16 +13,10 @@ size: vxfw.Size,
 pub fn widget(self: *const SizedBox) vxfw.Widget {
     return .{
         .userdata = @constCast(self),
-        .eventHandler = typeErasedEventHandler,
         .drawFn = typeErasedDrawFn,
     };
 }
 
-fn typeErasedEventHandler(ptr: *anyopaque, ctx: *vxfw.EventContext, event: vxfw.Event) anyerror!void {
-    const self: *const SizedBox = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
-    return self.child.handleEvent(ctx, event);
-}
-
 fn typeErasedDrawFn(ptr: *anyopaque, ctx: vxfw.DrawContext) Allocator.Error!vxfw.Surface {
     const self: *const SizedBox = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
     const max: vxfw.MaxSize = .{
diff --git a/src/vxfw/SplitView.zig b/src/vxfw/SplitView.zig
index 8c19a9a..026d040 100644
--- a/src/vxfw/SplitView.zig
+++ b/src/vxfw/SplitView.zig
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ fn typeErasedDrawFn(ptr: *anyopaque, ctx: vxfw.DrawContext) Allocator.Error!vxfw
     }
 
     var surface = try vxfw.Surface.initWithChildren(ctx.arena, self.widget(), max, &self.children);
-    surface.handles_mouse = true;
     for (0..max.height) |row| {
         surface.writeCell(self.width + 1, @intCast(row), .{
             .char = .{ .grapheme = "│", .width = 1 },
diff --git a/src/vxfw/TextField.zig b/src/vxfw/TextField.zig
index 313ab8e..5db4811 100644
--- a/src/vxfw/TextField.zig
+++ b/src/vxfw/TextField.zig
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ pub fn draw(self: *TextField, ctx: vxfw.DrawContext) Allocator.Error!vxfw.Surfac
         .{ .width = max_width, .height = @max(ctx.min.height, 1) },
     );
     surface.focusable = true;
-    surface.handles_mouse = true;
 
     const base: vaxis.Cell = .{ .style = .{} };
     @memset(surface.buffer, base);
diff --git a/src/vxfw/vxfw.zig b/src/vxfw/vxfw.zig
index ab50792..bb98731 100644
--- a/src/vxfw/vxfw.zig
+++ b/src/vxfw/vxfw.zig
@@ -267,8 +267,6 @@ pub const Surface = struct {
 
     /// If this widget / Surface is focusable
     focusable: bool = false,
-    /// If this widget can handle mouse events
-    handles_mouse: bool = false,
 
     /// Cursor state
     cursor: ?CursorState = null,
@@ -332,7 +330,6 @@ pub const Surface = struct {
             .buffer = self.buffer[0 .. self.size.width * height],
             .children = self.children,
             .focusable = self.focusable,
-            .handles_mouse = self.handles_mouse,
         };
     }
 
@@ -340,8 +337,7 @@ pub const Surface = struct {
     /// always be translated to local Surface coordinates. Asserts that this Surface does contain Point
     pub fn hitTest(self: Surface, list: *std.ArrayList(HitResult), point: Point) Allocator.Error!void {
         assert(point.col < self.size.width and point.row < self.size.height);
-        if (self.handles_mouse)
-            try list.append(.{ .local = point, .widget = self.widget });
+        try list.append(.{ .local = point, .widget = self.widget });
         for (self.children) |child| {
             if (!child.containsPoint(point)) continue;
             const child_point: Point = .{