On 11/05/2012, at 11:56 PM, koko wrote:

> But what good is the responder chain if all views that acceptFirstResponder 
> are not part of it ?


Because the purpose of the responder chain is to provide a context for the 
keyboard and other shared inputs, like the menu bar. While the user can click 
in any view at any time, and the mouse location selects which view gets the 
message, the keyboard needs another way to select which object the message is 
sent to.

--Graham
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