diff --git a/core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java b/core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java
index e1ff8c30f..cb02e1f9a 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java
@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ public class PGL {
 
       pg.parent.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
       pg.parent.add(canvasAWT, BorderLayout.CENTER);
+      System.out.println("focus requested result was " + canvasAWT.requestFocusInWindow());
       pg.parent.removeListeners(pg.parent);
       pg.parent.addListeners(canvasAWT);
 
diff --git a/core/src/processing/opengl/PGraphicsOpenGL.java b/core/src/processing/opengl/PGraphicsOpenGL.java
index 312a1403b..8242d2b80 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/opengl/PGraphicsOpenGL.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/opengl/PGraphicsOpenGL.java
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ public class PGraphicsOpenGL extends PGraphics {
 
   @Override
   public void requestFocus() {  // ignore
-    pgl.requestFocus();
+    //pgl.requestFocus();
   }
 
 
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 131cfafbe..c7109e5f6 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/1786
 X several additional functions for data classes
 X change to the binary table file format
 X   not backwards compatible, b/c this feature is unannounced
+X parse exception thrown when using getChildren() on an XML object
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/1796
 
 andres
 A PImage not drawn after resize()/get() in P2D/P3D