Stop plots eating events

How do I do this?

I want to receive key press and release events, as well as left button 
(button 1) press and release events.

Once the plot is first displayed I can get key press and release events, 
as well as scroll wheel events.

If I left click inside the plot area, from then on key press events do 
not happen, but key release still gets to my app.

Left click events never get through, but scroll and right or middle 
clicks do.

It seems the plot is swallowing the left click and key press events.

Can I configure it not to?

Regards,
James.

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