diff --git a/menuitem.go b/menuitem.go
index 31e736f..3768c8e 100644
--- a/menuitem.go
+++ b/menuitem.go
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/tomo/input"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/tomo/event"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/objects/layouts"
 
+var _ tomo.Object = new(MenuItem)
+
 // MenuItem is a selectable memu item.
 type MenuItem struct {
-	tomo.ContainerBox
+	box tomo.ContainerBox
 
-	label *Label
-	icon  *Icon
+	label       *Label
+	icon        *Icon
 	labelActive bool
 	
 	on struct {
@@ -25,27 +27,39 @@ func NewMenuItem (text string) *MenuItem {
 
 // NewIconMenuItem creates a new menu item with the specified icon and text.
 func NewIconMenuItem (icon tomo.Icon, text string) *MenuItem {
-	box := &MenuItem {
-		ContainerBox: tomo.NewContainerBox(),
-		label:        NewLabel(text),
-		icon:         NewIcon(icon, tomo.IconSizeSmall),
+	menuItem := &MenuItem {
+		box:   tomo.NewContainerBox(),
+		label: NewLabel(text),
+		icon:  NewIcon(icon, tomo.IconSizeSmall),
 	}
-	box.SetRole(tomo.R("objects", "MenuItem"))
-	box.label.SetAlign(tomo.AlignStart, tomo.AlignMiddle)
-	box.SetAttr(tomo.ALayout(layouts.Row { false, true }))
+	menuItem.box.SetRole(tomo.R("objects", "MenuItem"))
+	menuItem.label.SetAlign(tomo.AlignStart, tomo.AlignMiddle)
+	menuItem.box.SetAttr(tomo.ALayout(layouts.Row { false, true }))
 	
-	box.Add(box.icon)
-	box.Add(box.label)
+	menuItem.box.Add(menuItem.icon)
+	menuItem.box.Add(menuItem.label)
 	
-	box.SetInputMask(true)
-	box.OnMouseEnter(box.handleMouseEnter)
-	box.OnMouseLeave(box.handleMouseLeave)
-	box.OnButtonDown(box.handleButtonDown)
-	box.OnButtonUp(box.handleButtonUp)
-	box.OnKeyDown(box.handleKeyDown)
-	box.OnKeyUp(box.handleKeyUp)
-	box.SetFocusable(true)
-	return box
+	menuItem.box.SetInputMask(true)
+	menuItem.box.OnMouseEnter(menuItem.handleMouseEnter)
+	menuItem.box.OnMouseLeave(menuItem.handleMouseLeave)
+	menuItem.box.OnButtonDown(menuItem.handleButtonDown)
+	menuItem.box.OnButtonUp(menuItem.handleButtonUp)
+	menuItem.box.OnKeyDown(menuItem.handleKeyDown)
+	menuItem.box.OnKeyUp(menuItem.handleKeyUp)
+	menuItem.box.SetFocusable(true)
+	return menuItem
+}
+
+// GetBox returns the underlying box.
+func (this *MenuItem) GetBox () tomo.Box {
+	return this.box
+}
+
+// SetFocused sets whether or not this menu item has keyboard focus. If set to
+// true, this method will steal focus away from whichever object currently has
+// focus.
+func (this *MenuItem) SetFocused (focused bool) {
+	this.box.SetFocused(focused)
 }
 
 // SetText sets the text of the items's label.
@@ -90,7 +104,7 @@ func (this *MenuItem) handleButtonDown (button input.Button) bool {
 
 func (this *MenuItem) handleButtonUp (button input.Button) bool {
 	if button != input.ButtonLeft { return false }
-	if this.Window().MousePosition().In(this.Bounds()) {
+	if this.box.Window().MousePosition().In(this.box.Bounds()) {
 		this.on.click.Broadcast()
 	}
 	return true