diff --git a/new/container_windows.c b/new/container_windows.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..152ce3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/new/container_windows.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// 7 april 2015
+#include "uipriv_windows.h"
+
+/*
+all container windows (including the message-only window, hence this is not in container_windows.c) have to call the sharedWndProc() to ensure messages go in the right place and control colors are handled properly
+*/
+
+/*
+all controls that have events receive the events themselves through subclasses
+to do this, all container windows (including the message-only window; see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q104069) forward WM_COMMAND to each control with this function, WM_NOTIFY with forwardNotify, etc.
+*/
+static LRESULT forwardCommand(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
+{
+	HWND control = (HWND) lParam;
+
+	// don't generate an event if the control (if there is one) is unparented (a child of the initial parent window)
+	if (control != NULL && IsChild(initialParent, control) == 0)
+		return SendMessageW(control, msgCOMMAND, wParam, lParam);
+	return DefWindowProcW(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
+}
+
+static LRESULT forwardNotify(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
+{
+	NMHDR *nmhdr = (NMHDR *) lParam;
+	HWND control = nmhdr->hwndFrom;
+
+	// don't generate an event if the control (if there is one) is unparented (a child of the initial parent window)
+	if (control != NULL && IsChild(initialParent, control) == 0)
+		return SendMessageW(control, msgNOTIFY, wParam, lParam);
+	return DefWindowProcW(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
+}
+
+BOOL sharedWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam, LRESULT *lResult)
+{
+	switch (uMsg) {
+	case WM_COMMAND:
+		*lResult = forwardCommand(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
+		return TRUE;
+	case WM_NOTIFY:
+		*lResult = forwardNotify(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
+		return TRUE;
+/*TODO	case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC:
+	case WM_CTLCOLORBTN:
+		// read-only TextFields and Textboxes are exempt
+		// this is because read-only edit controls count under WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC
+		if (windowClassOf((HWND) lParam, L"edit", NULL) == 0)
+			if (textfieldReadOnly((HWND) lParam))
+				return FALSE;
+		if (SetBkMode((HDC) wParam, TRANSPARENT) == 0)
+			xpanic("error setting transparent background mode to Labels", GetLastError());
+		paintControlBackground((HWND) lParam, (HDC) wParam);
+		*lResult = (LRESULT) hollowBrush;
+		return TRUE;
+*/	}
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+// TODO add function names to errors
+void resize(uiControl *control, HWND parent, RECT r)
+{
+	uiSizing d;
+	HDC dc;
+	HFONT prevFont;
+	TEXTMETRICW tm;
+	SIZE size;
+
+	dc = GetDC(parent);
+	if (dc == NULL)
+		logLastError("error getting DC for preferred size calculations");
+	prevFont = (HFONT) SelectObject(dc, hMessageFont);
+	if (prevFont == NULL)
+		logLastError("error loading control font into device context for preferred size calculation");
+	if (GetTextMetricsW(dc, &tm) == 0)
+		logLastError("error getting text metrics for preferred size calculations");
+	if (GetTextExtentPoint32W(dc, L"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", 52, &size) == 0)
+		logLastError("error getting text extent point for preferred size calculations");
+	d.baseX = (int) ((size.cx / 26 + 1) / 2);
+	d.baseY = (int) tm.tmHeight;
+	d.internalLeading = tm.tmInternalLeading;
+	if (SelectObject(dc, prevFont) != hMessageFont)
+		logLastError("error restoring previous font into device context after preferred size calculations");
+	if (ReleaseDC(parent, dc) == 0)
+		logLastError("error releasing DC for preferred size calculations");
+	(*(control->resize))(control, r.left, r.top, r.right - r.left, r.bottom - r.top, &d);
+}
diff --git a/new/uipriv_windows.h b/new/uipriv_windows.h
index d415100..0138b34 100644
--- a/new/uipriv_windows.h
+++ b/new/uipriv_windows.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ extern HWND initialParent;
 
 // util_windows.c
 extern WCHAR *toUTF16(const char *);
+
+// container_windows.c
 extern BOOL sharedWndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM, LRESULT *);
 extern void resize(uiControl *, HWND, RECT);
 
diff --git a/new/util_windows.c b/new/util_windows.c
index 39bffc3..0bd76a0 100644
--- a/new/util_windows.c
+++ b/new/util_windows.c
@@ -16,86 +16,3 @@ WCHAR *toUTF16(const char *str)
 		logLastError("error converting from UTF-8 to UTF-16 in toUTF16()");
 	return wstr;
 }
-
-/*
-all container windows (including the message-only window, hence this is not in container_windows.c) have to call the sharedWndProc() to ensure messages go in the right place and control colors are handled properly
-*/
-
-/*
-all controls that have events receive the events themselves through subclasses
-to do this, all container windows (including the message-only window; see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q104069) forward WM_COMMAND to each control with this function, WM_NOTIFY with forwardNotify, etc.
-*/
-static LRESULT forwardCommand(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
-{
-	HWND control = (HWND) lParam;
-
-	// don't generate an event if the control (if there is one) is unparented (a child of the initial parent window)
-	if (control != NULL && IsChild(initialParent, control) == 0)
-		return SendMessageW(control, msgCOMMAND, wParam, lParam);
-	return DefWindowProcW(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
-}
-
-static LRESULT forwardNotify(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
-{
-	NMHDR *nmhdr = (NMHDR *) lParam;
-	HWND control = nmhdr->hwndFrom;
-
-	// don't generate an event if the control (if there is one) is unparented (a child of the initial parent window)
-	if (control != NULL && IsChild(initialParent, control) == 0)
-		return SendMessageW(control, msgNOTIFY, wParam, lParam);
-	return DefWindowProcW(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
-}
-
-BOOL sharedWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam, LRESULT *lResult)
-{
-	switch (uMsg) {
-	case WM_COMMAND:
-		*lResult = forwardCommand(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
-		return TRUE;
-	case WM_NOTIFY:
-		*lResult = forwardNotify(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
-		return TRUE;
-/*TODO	case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC:
-	case WM_CTLCOLORBTN:
-		// read-only TextFields and Textboxes are exempt
-		// this is because read-only edit controls count under WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC
-		if (windowClassOf((HWND) lParam, L"edit", NULL) == 0)
-			if (textfieldReadOnly((HWND) lParam))
-				return FALSE;
-		if (SetBkMode((HDC) wParam, TRANSPARENT) == 0)
-			xpanic("error setting transparent background mode to Labels", GetLastError());
-		paintControlBackground((HWND) lParam, (HDC) wParam);
-		*lResult = (LRESULT) hollowBrush;
-		return TRUE;
-*/	}
-	return FALSE;
-}
-
-// TODO add function names
-void resize(uiControl *control, HWND parent, RECT r)
-{
-	uiSizing d;
-	HDC dc;
-	HFONT prevFont;
-	TEXTMETRICW tm;
-	SIZE size;
-
-	dc = GetDC(parent);
-	if (dc == NULL)
-		logLastError("error getting DC for preferred size calculations");
-	prevFont = (HFONT) SelectObject(dc, hMessageFont);
-	if (prevFont == NULL)
-		logLastError("error loading control font into device context for preferred size calculation");
-	if (GetTextMetricsW(dc, &tm) == 0)
-		logLastError("error getting text metrics for preferred size calculations");
-	if (GetTextExtentPoint32W(dc, L"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", 52, &size) == 0)
-		logLastError("error getting text extent point for preferred size calculations");
-	d.baseX = (int) ((size.cx / 26 + 1) / 2);
-	d.baseY = (int) tm.tmHeight;
-	d.internalLeading = tm.tmInternalLeading;
-	if (SelectObject(dc, prevFont) != hMessageFont)
-		logLastError("error restoring previous font into device context after preferred size calculations");
-	if (ReleaseDC(parent, dc) == 0)
-		logLastError("error releasing DC for preferred size calculations");
-	(*(control->resize))(control, r.left, r.top, r.right - r.left, r.bottom - r.top, &d);
-}