This from BufferView::Pimpl::workAreaDispatch: // Try to dispatch to an non-editable inset near this position DispatchResult res; if (inset) inset->dispatch(cur, cmd); // Dispatch to the temp cursor. // An inset (or LyXText) can assign this to bv->cursor() // if it wishes to do so. if (!res.dispatched()) res = cur.dispatch(cmd); I think that the code is a relic of the (not so distant) days when Inset::dispatch returned a DispatchResult rather than void. Should it not be rewritten as: if (inset) inset->dispatch(cur, cmd); DispatchResult const res = cur.dispatch(cmd); Or even as: DispatchResult const res = cur.dispatch(cmd); ? It seems to me that the cursor is now responsible for initiating the dispatch to the correct inset. Help! ;-) Angus