# No Key Input in Digital Performer 7.2

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/no-key-input-in-digital-performer-7-2/5902>\
**Category:** General JUCE discussion\
**Created:** [November 17, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/no-key-input-in-digital-performer-7-2/5902 "2010-11-17T07:23:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![JuceProspector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@JuceProspector](https://forum.juce.com/u/JuceProspector)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/no-key-input-in-digital-performer-7-2/5902/1 "2010-11-17T07:23:18Z")

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I know this is a recurrent problem. I am not able to get key focus for a JUCE AU plugin running under Digital Performer 7.2. It works fine in Logic. This is on MAC OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.5. I have an older version of this plugin that uses VSTGUI so there is something that VSTGUI does or doesn’t do that makes this work, or something that JUCE does or doesn’t do that makes this not work. Any ideas.

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**Author:** ![JuceProspector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@JuceProspector](https://forum.juce.com/u/JuceProspector)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/no-key-input-in-digital-performer-7-2/5902/2 "2010-11-17T07:54:22Z")

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Aha! I simply needed to set JucePlugin\_EditorRequiresKeyboardFocus to 1 in jucePluginCharacteristics.h. Problem solved.