diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/support.py b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/support.py
index 31feee2b8a40ee6..233a8f96ec46454 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/support.py
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ def require_mapped(self, widget, timeout=None):
                           f'(timed out after {timeout:g}s)')
 
 
+class AbstractDialogTest(AbstractTkTest):
+    # Tk delivers generated keyboard events to the window which has the
+    # focus.  Hide the root window, otherwise the window manager can take
+    # the focus back from the dialog (gh-154357).
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.root.withdraw()
+
+
 class AbstractDefaultRootTest:
 
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_filedialog.py b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_filedialog.py
index f65ed19895a1ed4..c62b8c150e132d4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_filedialog.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_filedialog.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from tkinter.commondialog import Dialog
 from test.support import requires, swap_attr
 from test.test_tkinter.support import setUpModule  # noqa: F401
-from test.test_tkinter.support import AbstractTkTest
+from test.test_tkinter.support import AbstractDialogTest, AbstractTkTest
 
 requires('gui')
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def test_results_preserved(self):
                          ('/a', '/b'))
 
 
-class FileDialogTest(AbstractTkTest, unittest.TestCase):
+class FileDialogTest(AbstractDialogTest, unittest.TestCase):
     # The pure-Python FileDialog runs its own modal loop in go(); its logic is
     # exercised here without entering the loop.
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_misc.py b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_misc.py
index a225079dd99091b..b95b33943c731e7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_misc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_misc.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 from test.test_tkinter.support import setUpModule  # noqa: F401
 from test.test_tkinter.support import (AbstractTkTest, AbstractDefaultRootTest,
                                        requires_tk, get_tk_patchlevel,
-                                       tcl_version, tk_version)
+                                       tcl_version, tk_version,
+                                       wait_until_mapped)
 
 support.requires('gui')
 
@@ -1321,7 +1322,8 @@ def test_wm_stackorder(self):
         t2 = tkinter.Toplevel(self.root)
         t1.deiconify()
         t2.deiconify()
-        self.root.update()
+        wait_until_mapped(t1)
+        wait_until_mapped(t2)
         t1.lift(t2)  # Raise t1 above t2.
         self.root.update()
         order = self.root.wm_stackorder()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_simpledialog.py b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_simpledialog.py
index be0be8d3f546311..10d0cce057ccf31 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_simpledialog.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_simpledialog.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from tkinter import messagebox, ttk
 from test.support import requires, swap_attr
 from test.test_tkinter.support import setUpModule  # noqa: F401
-from test.test_tkinter.support import AbstractDefaultRootTest, AbstractTkTest
+from test.test_tkinter.support import AbstractDefaultRootTest, AbstractDialogTest
 from tkinter.simpledialog import (Dialog, SimpleDialog,
                                   askinteger, askfloat, askstring,
                                   _QueryInteger, _QueryFloat, _QueryString,
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 requires('gui')
 
 
-class SimpleDialogTest(AbstractTkTest, unittest.TestCase):
+class SimpleDialogTest(AbstractDialogTest, unittest.TestCase):
     # SimpleDialog's modal loop is in go(); its bindings are exercised here by
     # generating events on the constructed dialog, without entering the loop.
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def test_go(self):
         self.assertEqual(d.go(), 0)
 
 
-class DialogTest(AbstractTkTest, unittest.TestCase):
+class DialogTest(AbstractDialogTest, unittest.TestCase):
     # Dialog's button box is modelled on tk::MessageBox.
 
     def open(self, **kw):
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ def mock_wait_window(w):
             self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, askinteger, "Go To Line", "Line number")
 
 
-class QueryDialogTest(AbstractTkTest, unittest.TestCase):
+class QueryDialogTest(AbstractDialogTest, unittest.TestCase):
     # The query dialogs are modal: their __init__ blocks in wait_window().
     # Mock that out so the dialog stays alive and can be driven with generated
     # events, exercising the <Return>/<Escape> bindings and the validation.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py b/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py
index 4fa6a032e97c5f8..9fcde4d87c0b109 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py
@@ -2024,19 +2024,23 @@ def test_virtual_events(self):
                      lambda e: selects.append(self.tv.selection()))
         self.tv.bind('<<TreeviewOpen>>', lambda e: opens.append(self.tv.focus()))
         self.tv.bind('<<TreeviewClose>>', lambda e: closes.append(self.tv.focus()))
-        self.tv.focus_force()
         self.tv.focus(parent)
         self.tv.selection_set(parent)
         self.tv.update()
 
+        # Force the focus right before generating the event: the window
+        # manager can take it back while the events are processed.
+        self.tv.focus_force()
         self.tv.event_generate('<Right>')  # Open the focused parent.
         self.tv.update()
         self.assertEqual(opens, [parent])
 
+        self.tv.focus_force()
         self.tv.event_generate('<Left>')  # Close it again.
         self.tv.update()
         self.assertEqual(closes, [parent])
 
+        self.tv.focus_force()
         self.tv.event_generate('<Down>')  # Move the selection.
         self.tv.update()
         self.assertEqual(self.tv.selection(), (item2,))