diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 8fb6238..c5ee34c 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -865,6 +865,9 @@ pub trait App: 'static
 	/// view before it is focused. A widget that never appears is dropped.
 	fn take_focus_request( &mut self ) -> Option<crate::types::WidgetId> { None }
 
+	/// Return `true` once to drop the keyboard focus, which folds the on-screen keyboard; a [`take_focus_request`](Self::take_focus_request) in the same cycle wins.
+	fn take_blur_request( &mut self ) -> bool { false }
+
 	/// Called on every pointer motion (mouse move, button press, button
 	/// release). `x`, `y` are in physical pixels of the main surface,
 	/// the same coordinate space as widget rects. Default: no-op.
diff --git a/src/event_loop/app_data.rs b/src/event_loop/app_data.rs
index e8f767e..07ad927 100644
--- a/src/event_loop/app_data.rs
+++ b/src/event_loop/app_data.rs
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ pub struct AppData<A: App>
 	/// Surface currently holding keyboard focus (updated on keyboard
 	/// enter/leave).
 	pub keyboard_focus:      SurfaceFocus,
+	/// The current press landed on the widget that already held the focus, not the press that gives it.
+	pub press_on_focused:    bool,
 	/// Per-touch-id tracking of which surface each active touch belongs to
 	/// (populated on `down`, cleared on `up`/`cancel`).
 	pub touch_focus:         HashMap<i32, SurfaceFocus>,
diff --git a/src/event_loop/run.rs b/src/event_loop/run.rs
index c594a96..eabc991 100644
--- a/src/event_loop/run.rs
+++ b/src/event_loop/run.rs
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ pub( crate ) fn try_run<A: App>( mut app: A ) -> Result<(), RunError>
 		canvas_pool:         Vec::new(),
 		pointer_focus:       SurfaceFocus::Main,
 		keyboard_focus:      SurfaceFocus::Main,
+		press_on_focused:    false,
 		touch_focus:         std::collections::HashMap::new(),
 		cached_view:            None,
 		cached_overlays: None,
@@ -912,6 +913,14 @@ pub( crate ) fn try_run<A: App>( mut app: A ) -> Result<(), RunError>
 			}
 		}
 
+		if data.app.take_blur_request()
+		{
+			let qh    = data.qh.clone();
+			let focus = data.keyboard_focus;
+			data.set_focus( focus, None, &qh );
+			data.focus_retry = None;
+		}
+
 		// Focus the widget with the requested WidgetId if the app requests it.
 		// Walks main + every overlay because the targeted widget can live
 		// on any of them (a search field on a launcher overlay, a text
diff --git a/src/event_loop/text_editing/selection.rs b/src/event_loop/text_editing/selection.rs
index 0d13b44..ce58807 100644
--- a/src/event_loop/text_editing/selection.rs
+++ b/src/event_loop/text_editing/selection.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ impl<A: App> AppData<A>
 			find_handlers( &self.surface( focus ).frame.widget_rects, idx ),
 			Some( WidgetHandlers::TextEdit { select_on_focus: true, .. } ),
 		);
-		if select_on_focus { return; }
+		if select_on_focus && !self.press_on_focused { return; }
 		let ( rect, value, multiline, secure, align, font_size ) = match self.text_input_geometry( focus, idx )
 		{
 			Some( v ) => v,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ impl<A: App> AppData<A>
 			find_handlers( &self.surface( focus ).frame.widget_rects, idx ),
 			Some( WidgetHandlers::TextEdit { select_on_focus: true, .. } ),
 		);
-		if select_on_focus { return; }
+		if select_on_focus && !self.press_on_focused { return; }
 		let ( rect, value, multiline, secure, align, font_size ) = match self.text_input_geometry( focus, idx )
 		{
 			Some( v ) => v,
diff --git a/src/input/pointer/press.rs b/src/input/pointer/press.rs
index 90d6568..4633905 100644
--- a/src/input/pointer/press.rs
+++ b/src/input/pointer/press.rs
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ impl<A: App> AppData<A>
 			ss.needs_redraw = true;
 			result
 		};
+		self.press_on_focused = outcome.hit_idx.is_some() && self.surface( focus ).focused_idx == outcome.hit_idx;
 		self.set_focus( focus, outcome.hit_idx, qh );
 		if let Some( msg ) = outcome.initial_slider_msg
 		{
diff --git a/src/input/touch/mod.rs b/src/input/touch/mod.rs
index a59d508..9f92cb2 100644
--- a/src/input/touch/mod.rs
+++ b/src/input/touch/mod.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ impl<A: App> TouchHandler for AppData<A>
 			ss.needs_redraw = true;
 			result
 		};
+		self.press_on_focused = outcome.hit_idx.is_some() && self.surface( focus ).focused_idx == outcome.hit_idx;
 		self.set_focus( focus, outcome.hit_idx, qh );
 		if let Some( msg ) = outcome.initial_slider_msg
 		{