diff --git a/src/gl/macos.rs b/src/gl/macos.rs
index f68b796a..28bb2060 100644
--- a/src/gl/macos.rs
+++ b/src/gl/macos.rs
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ impl GlContext {
             let _: () = msg_send![self.view, setNeedsDisplay: YES];
         }
     }
+
+    /// Pointer to the `NSOpenGLView` this context renders into. Used by
+    /// the parent `NSView`'s `hitTest:` override to collapse hits on the
+    /// render subview to the parent, so AppKit routes `mouseDown:` on
+    /// first click in non-key windows.
+    pub(crate) fn ns_view(&self) -> id {
+        self.view
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for GlContext {
diff --git a/src/gl/mod.rs b/src/gl/mod.rs
index 488cfd7f..6f277e92 100644
--- a/src/gl/mod.rs
+++ b/src/gl/mod.rs
@@ -112,4 +112,13 @@ impl GlContext {
     pub(crate) fn resize(&self, size: cocoa::foundation::NSSize) {
         self.context.resize(size);
     }
+
+    /// Pointer to the `NSOpenGLView` this context renders into. Used by
+    /// the parent `NSView`'s `hitTest:` override to collapse hits on the
+    /// render subview to the parent, so AppKit routes `mouseDown:` on
+    /// first click in non-key windows.
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    pub(crate) fn ns_view(&self) -> cocoa::base::id {
+        self.context.ns_view()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/macos/view.rs b/src/macos/view.rs
index 063ba24c..ac306548 100644
--- a/src/macos/view.rs
+++ b/src/macos/view.rs
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ unsafe fn create_view_class() -> &'static Class {
         sel!(viewWillMoveToWindow:),
         view_will_move_to_window as extern "C" fn(&Object, Sel, id),
     );
+    class.add_method(
+        sel!(hitTest:),
+        hit_test as extern "C" fn(&Object, Sel, NSPoint) -> id,
+    );
     class.add_method(
         sel!(updateTrackingAreas:),
         update_tracking_areas as extern "C" fn(&Object, Sel, id),
@@ -346,6 +350,51 @@ unsafe fn reinit_tracking_area(this: &Object, tracking_area: *mut Object) {
     ];
 }
 
+/// `hitTest:` override that collapses hits on baseview's internal
+/// OpenGL render subview to this NSView.
+///
+/// `src/gl/macos.rs` attaches an `NSOpenGLView` as a subview of this
+/// view so the GL context is isolated from event handling. The side
+/// effect is that `[NSView hitTest:]` returns the GL subview for
+/// every click inside our frame — `NSOpenGLView` inherits the
+/// default `acceptsFirstMouse:` which returns `NO`, so AppKit treats
+/// the first click in a non-key window as an activation click and
+/// never dispatches `mouseDown:`. That's the "first click dead zone"
+/// symptom reported in baseview#129 / #202 / #169.
+///
+/// Fix: if the hit lands on our own GL render subview (pointer
+/// equality against the `NSOpenGLView` stored in `GlContext`),
+/// collapse the result to `self`. AppKit then asks US about
+/// `acceptsFirstMouse:` (we return `YES`), and `mouseDown:` is
+/// dispatched on the first click. Hits on any other subview pass
+/// through unchanged — we only redirect our own render child, not
+/// anything the consumer may add.
+///
+/// No-op without the `opengl` feature: there's no GL subview to
+/// collapse, so the override pass-through is equivalent to the
+/// default implementation.
+extern "C" fn hit_test(this: &Object, _sel: Sel, point: NSPoint) -> id {
+    let super_result: id = unsafe {
+        let superclass = msg_send![this, superclass];
+        msg_send![super(this, superclass), hitTest: point]
+    };
+    if super_result == nil {
+        return nil;
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "opengl")]
+    unsafe {
+        let state = WindowState::from_view(this);
+        if let Some(gl_context) = state.window_inner.gl_context.as_ref() {
+            if super_result == gl_context.ns_view() {
+                return this as *const _ as id;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    super_result
+}
+
 extern "C" fn view_will_move_to_window(this: &Object, _self: Sel, new_window: id) {
     unsafe {
         let tracking_areas: *mut Object = msg_send![this, trackingAreas];
diff --git a/src/macos/window.rs b/src/macos/window.rs
index 57bca108..d3d7031f 100644
--- a/src/macos/window.rs
+++ b/src/macos/window.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub(super) struct WindowInner {
     ns_view: id,
 
     #[cfg(feature = "opengl")]
-    gl_context: Option<GlContext>,
+    pub(super) gl_context: Option<GlContext>,
 }
 
 impl WindowInner {