diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
index 29f884cd7c..a6ab5f21dd 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Support\PerfSample.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Graphics\SpriteRenderable.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Widgets\Widget.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Widgets\RootWidget.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Widgets\WidgetLoader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Widgets\ChromeMetrics.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Widgets\WidgetUtils.cs" />
@@ -351,5 +350,5 @@
       <Install>false</Install>
     </BootstrapperPackage>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />  
-</Project>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/RootWidget.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/RootWidget.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index b3dea3a885..0000000000
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/RootWidget.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-#region Copyright & License Information
-/*
- * Copyright 2007-2017 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
- * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
- * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version. For more
- * information, see COPYING.
- */
-#endregion
-
-using OpenRA.Graphics;
-
-namespace OpenRA.Widgets
-{
-	public class RootWidget : ContainerWidget
-	{
-		public RootWidget()
-		{
-			IgnoreMouseOver = true;
-		}
-
-		public override bool HandleKeyPress(KeyInput e)
-		{
-			if (e.Event == KeyInputEvent.Down)
-			{
-				var hk = Hotkey.FromKeyInput(e);
-
-				if (hk == Game.Settings.Keys.DevReloadChromeKey)
-				{
-					ChromeProvider.Initialize(Game.ModData);
-					return true;
-				}
-
-				if (hk == Game.Settings.Keys.HideUserInterfaceKey)
-				{
-					foreach (var child in Children)
-						child.Visible ^= true;
-
-					return true;
-				}
-
-				if (hk == Game.Settings.Keys.TakeScreenshotKey)
-				{
-					if (e.Event == KeyInputEvent.Down)
-						Game.TakeScreenshot = true;
-
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-
-			return base.HandleKeyPress(e);
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Widget.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Widget.cs
index 4cbda54be8..ca7e85bb7b 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Widget.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Widget.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 {
 	public static class Ui
 	{
-		public static Widget Root = new RootWidget();
+		public static Widget Root = new ContainerWidget();
 
 		public static long LastTickTime = Game.RunTime;
 
@@ -128,6 +128,29 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 		/// <param name="e">Key input data</param>
 		public static bool HandleKeyPress(KeyInput e)
 		{
+			if (e.Event == KeyInputEvent.Down)
+			{
+				var hk = Hotkey.FromKeyInput(e);
+
+				if (hk == Game.Settings.Keys.DevReloadChromeKey)
+				{
+					ChromeProvider.Initialize(Game.ModData);
+					return true;
+				}
+
+				if (hk == Game.Settings.Keys.HideUserInterfaceKey)
+				{
+					Root.Visible ^= true;
+					return true;
+				}
+
+				if (hk == Game.Settings.Keys.TakeScreenshotKey)
+				{
+					Game.TakeScreenshot = true;
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (KeyboardFocusWidget != null)
 				return KeyboardFocusWidget.HandleKeyPressOuter(e);