diff --git a/redo/uitask_windows.c b/redo/uitask_windows.c
index ac8141b..5dad117 100644
--- a/redo/uitask_windows.c
+++ b/redo/uitask_windows.c
@@ -8,6 +8,36 @@
 // this also assumes WC_TABCONTROL is longer than areaWindowClass
 #define NCLASSNAME (sizeof WC_TABCONTROL / sizeof WC_TABCONTROL[0])
 
+void uimsgloop_area(MSG *msg)
+{
+	// don't call TranslateMessage(); we do our own keyboard handling
+	DispatchMessage(msg);
+}
+
+void uimsgloop_tab(HWND active, HWND focus, MSG *msg)
+{
+	BOOL hasChildren;
+	BOOL idm;
+
+	// THIS BIT IS IMPORTANT: if the current tab has no children, then there will be no children left in the dialog to tab to, and IsDialogMessageW() will loop forever
+	hasChildren = SendMessageW(focus, msgTabCurrentTabHasChildren, 0, 0);
+	if (hasChildren)
+		tabEnterChildren(focus);
+	idm = IsDialogMessageW(active, msg);
+	if (hasChildren)
+		tabLeaveChildren(focus);
+	if (idm != 0)
+		return;
+	TranslateMessage(msg);
+	DispatchMessage(msg);
+}
+
+void uimsgloop_else(MSG *msg)
+{
+	TranslateMessage(msg);
+	DispatchMessage(msg);
+}
+
 void uimsgloop(void)
 {
 	MSG msg;
@@ -15,8 +45,6 @@ void uimsgloop(void)
 	HWND active, focus;
 	WCHAR classchk[NCLASSNAME];
 	BOOL dodlgmessage;
-	BOOL istab;
-	BOOL idm;
 
 	for (;;) {
 		SetLastError(0);
@@ -26,38 +54,34 @@ void uimsgloop(void)
 		if (res == 0)		// WM_QUIT
 			break;
 		active = GetActiveWindow();
-		if (active != NULL) {
-			// bit of logic involved here:
-			// we don't want dialog messages passed into Areas, so we don't call IsDialogMessageW() there
-			// as for Tabs, we can't have both WS_TABSTOP and WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT set at the same time, so we hotswap the two styles to get the behavior we want
-			// theoretically we could use the class atom to avoid a wcscmp()
-			// however, raymond chen advises against this - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/10/11/240744.aspx (and we're not in control of the Tab class, before you say anything)
-			// we could also theoretically just send msgAreaDefocuses directly, but what DefWindowProc() does to a WM_APP message is undocumented
-			dodlgmessage = TRUE;
-			istab = FALSE;
-			focus = GetFocus();
-			if (focus != NULL) {
-				if (GetClassNameW(focus, classchk, NCLASSNAME) == 0)
-					xpanic("error getting name of focused window class for Area check", GetLastError());
-				if (wcscmp(classchk, areaWindowClass) == 0)
-					dodlgmessage = FALSE;
-				else if (wcscmp(classchk, WC_TABCONTROL) == 0)
-					// THIS BIT IS IMPORTANT
-					// if the current tab has no children, then there will be no children left in the dialog to tab to, and IsDialogMessageW() will loop forever
-					istab = (BOOL) SendMessageW(focus, msgTabCurrentTabHasChildren, 0, 0);
-			}
-			if (dodlgmessage) {
-				if (istab)
-					tabEnterChildren(focus);
-				idm = IsDialogMessageW(active, &msg);
-				if (istab)
-					tabLeaveChildren(focus);
-				if (idm != 0)
-					continue;
-			}
+		if (active == NULL) {
+			uimsgloop_else(&msg);
+			continue;
 		}
-		TranslateMessage(&msg);
-		DispatchMessageW(&msg);
+
+		// bit of logic involved here:
+		// we don't want dialog messages passed into Areas, so we don't call IsDialogMessageW() there
+		// as for Tabs, we can't have both WS_TABSTOP and WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT set at the same time, so we hotswap the two styles to get the behavior we want
+		// theoretically we could use the class atom to avoid a wcscmp()
+		// however, raymond chen advises against this - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/10/11/240744.aspx (and we're not in control of the Tab class, before you say anything)
+		// we could also theoretically just send msgAreaDefocuses directly, but what DefWindowProc() does to a WM_APP message is undocumented
+		focus = GetFocus();
+		if (focus != NULL) {
+			if (GetClassNameW(focus, classchk, NCLASSNAME) == 0)
+				xpanic("error getting name of focused window class for Area check", GetLastError());
+			if (wcscmp(classchk, areaWindowClass) == 0) {
+				uimsgloop_area(&msg);
+				continue;
+			} else if (wcscmp(classchk, WC_TABCONTROL) == 0) {
+				uimsgloop_tab(active, focus, &msg);
+				continue;
+			}
+			// else fall through
+		}
+
+		if (IsDialogMessage(active, &msg) != 0)
+			continue;
+		uimsgloop_else(&msg);
 	}
 }