diff -r 6c5b6ed2225e core.ui/src/org/netbeans/core/ui/resources/layer.xml
--- a/core.ui/src/org/netbeans/core/ui/resources/layer.xml	Tue Nov 09 06:28:26 2010 +0300
+++ b/core.ui/src/org/netbeans/core/ui/resources/layer.xml	Tue Nov 09 16:53:04 2010 +0100
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@
                 <attr name="noIconInMenu" boolvalue="true"/>
             </file>
             <file name="org-openide-actions-GotoAction.instance"/>
-            <file name="org-openide-actions-PasteAction.instance"/>
+            <file name="org-openide-actions-PasteAction.instance">
+                <attr name="instanceCreate" methodvalue="org.openide.actions.PasteAction.create"/>
+            </file>
             <file name="org-openide-actions-RedoAction.instance">
                 <attr name="instanceCreate" methodvalue="org.openide.actions.UndoRedoAction.create"/>
                 <attr name="redo" boolvalue="true"/>
diff -r 6c5b6ed2225e openide.actions/src/org/openide/actions/PasteAction.java
--- a/openide.actions/src/org/openide/actions/PasteAction.java	Tue Nov 09 06:28:26 2010 +0300
+++ b/openide.actions/src/org/openide/actions/PasteAction.java	Tue Nov 09 16:53:04 2010 +0100
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 import org.openide.util.NbBundle;
 import org.openide.util.RequestProcessor;
 import org.openide.util.UserCancelException;
+import org.openide.util.Utilities;
 import org.openide.util.WeakListeners;
 import org.openide.util.actions.CallbackSystemAction;
 import org.openide.util.actions.Presenter;
@@ -114,6 +115,11 @@
 
     /** All currently possible paste types. */
     private static PasteType[] types;
+    
+    
+    static Action create() {
+        return PasteAction.get(PasteAction.class).createContextAwareInstance(Utilities.actionsGlobalContext());
+    }
 
     /** Lazy initializtion of the global model */
     private static synchronized ActSubMenuModel model() {
diff -r 6c5b6ed2225e openide.windows/src/org/netbeans/modules/openide/windows/GlobalActionContextImpl.java
--- a/openide.windows/src/org/netbeans/modules/openide/windows/GlobalActionContextImpl.java	Tue Nov 09 06:28:26 2010 +0300
+++ b/openide.windows/src/org/netbeans/modules/openide/windows/GlobalActionContextImpl.java	Tue Nov 09 16:53:04 2010 +0100
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 package org.netbeans.modules.openide.windows;
 
 import java.awt.EventQueue;
+import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager;
 import javax.swing.ActionMap;
 import org.openide.util.Lookup;
 import org.openide.util.ContextGlobalProvider;
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
     
     public GlobalActionContextImpl (TopComponent.Registry r) {
         this.registry = r;
+        KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().addPropertyChangeListener(this);
     }
     
     /** the lookup to temporarily use */
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@
             GlobalActionContextImpl g = (GlobalActionContextImpl)obj;
             
             Lookup[] arr = {
-                Lookups.singleton (map),
+                map == null ? Lookup.EMPTY : Lookups.singleton (map),
                 Lookups.exclude (g.getLookup (), new Class[] { javax.swing.ActionMap.class }),
             };
             
@@ -136,6 +138,9 @@
         if (TopComponent.Registry.PROP_ACTIVATED.equals (evt.getPropertyName())) {
             org.openide.util.Utilities.actionsGlobalContext ().lookup (javax.swing.ActionMap.class);
         }
+        if ("permanentFocusOwner".equals(evt.getPropertyName())) { // NOI18N
+            blickActionMap(null);
+        }
     }
     
 }
diff -r 6c5b6ed2225e openide.windows/src/org/openide/windows/DelegateActionMap.java
--- a/openide.windows/src/org/openide/windows/DelegateActionMap.java	Tue Nov 09 06:28:26 2010 +0300
+++ b/openide.windows/src/org/openide/windows/DelegateActionMap.java	Tue Nov 09 16:53:04 2010 +0100
@@ -43,8 +43,13 @@
  */
 package org.openide.windows;
 
+import java.awt.Component;
+import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager;
 import java.lang.ref.Reference;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 import javax.swing.Action;
 import javax.swing.ActionMap;
 import javax.swing.JComponent;
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-        java.awt.Component owner = java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().getPermanentFocusOwner();
+        Component owner = KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().getPermanentFocusOwner();
         Action found = null;
 
         while ((owner != null) && (owner != getComponent())) {
@@ -156,6 +161,23 @@
 
             keys.addAll(l);
         }
+        
+        Component owner = KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().getPermanentFocusOwner();
+        List<Object> focusKeys = new ArrayList<Object>();
+        while ((owner != null) && (owner != getComponent())) {
+            if (owner instanceof JComponent) {
+                m = ((JComponent) owner).getActionMap();
+                Object[] fk = m == null ? null : all ? m.allKeys() : m.keys();
+                if (fk != null) {
+                    focusKeys.addAll(Arrays.asList(fk));
+                }
+            }
+
+            owner = owner.getParent();
+        }
+        if (owner == getComponent()) {
+            keys.addAll(focusKeys);
+        }
 
         return keys.toArray();
     }