1. A method in a computer system for scrolling an outer application window that contains an inner application window activated within the outer application window, user input to the outer application window being processed by a first application, user input to file timer application window being processed by a second application, the first and second application being a separate executable code images that are separately scheduled by an operating system of the computer system, the computer system having a display device and a window system for managing the displaying of windows on the display device and for passing user input events to applications, the window system allowing the scrolling of data displayed within a window, the method comprising the steps of: indicating a selection of data contained within the inner application window that is contained and activated within the outer application window; in response to a user input to scroll the outer application window, maintaining the indicated selection of data as the selected data.