diff --git a/include/wx/generic/spinctlg.h b/include/wx/generic/spinctlg.h
index f5f52a56bb..ff30a8ef9d 100644
--- a/include/wx/generic/spinctlg.h
+++ b/include/wx/generic/spinctlg.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class wxSpinCtrlTextGeneric; // wxTextCtrl used for the wxSpinCtrlGenericBase
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxSpinCtrlGenericBase
-                : public wxCompositeWindow<wxSpinCtrlBase>
+                : public wxNavigationEnabled<wxCompositeWindow<wxSpinCtrlBase> >
 {
 public:
     wxSpinCtrlGenericBase() { Init(); }
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ public:
     virtual void DoSetToolTip(wxToolTip *tip);
 #endif // wxUSE_TOOLTIPS
 
+    virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
+
     // get the subcontrols
     wxTextCtrl   *GetText() const       { return m_textCtrl; }
     wxSpinButton *GetSpinButton() const { return m_spinButton; }
diff --git a/src/generic/spinctlg.cpp b/src/generic/spinctlg.cpp
index d703bb566b..0e13113779 100644
--- a/src/generic/spinctlg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/spinctlg.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class wxSpinCtrlTextGeneric : public wxTextCtrl
 {
 public:
     wxSpinCtrlTextGeneric(wxSpinCtrlGenericBase *spin, const wxString& value, long style=0)
-        : wxTextCtrl(spin->GetParent(), wxID_ANY, value, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize,
+        : wxTextCtrl(spin, wxID_ANY, value, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize,
                      // This is tricky: we want to honour any alignment flags
                      // but not wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL because it's the same
                      // as wxTE_PASSWORD and we definitely don't want to show
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class wxSpinCtrlButtonGeneric : public wxSpinButton
 {
 public:
     wxSpinCtrlButtonGeneric(wxSpinCtrlGenericBase *spin, int style)
-        : wxSpinButton(spin->GetParent(), wxID_ANY, wxDefaultPosition,
+        : wxSpinButton(spin, wxID_ANY, wxDefaultPosition,
                        wxDefaultSize, style | wxSP_VERTICAL)
     {
         m_spin = spin;
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ bool wxSpinCtrlGenericBase::Create(wxWindow *parent,
 
     m_textCtrl   = new wxSpinCtrlTextGeneric(this, value, style);
     m_spinButton = new wxSpinCtrlButtonGeneric(this, style);
+
 #if wxUSE_TOOLTIPS
     m_textCtrl->SetToolTip(GetToolTipText());
     m_spinButton->SetToolTip(GetToolTipText());
@@ -237,16 +238,6 @@ bool wxSpinCtrlGenericBase::Create(wxWindow *parent,
     SetInitialSize(size);
     Move(pos);
 
-    // have to disable this window to avoid interfering it with message
-    // processing to the text and the button... but pretend it is enabled to
-    // make IsEnabled() return true
-    wxControl::Enable(false); // don't use non virtual Disable() here!
-    m_isEnabled = true;
-
-    // we don't even need to show this window itself - and not doing it avoids
-    // that it overwrites the text control
-    wxControl::Show(false);
-    m_isShown = true;
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -313,8 +304,8 @@ void wxSpinCtrlGenericBase::DoMoveWindow(int x, int y, int width, int height)
     wxSize sizeBtn = m_spinButton->GetSize();
 
     wxCoord wText = width - sizeBtn.x - MARGIN;
-    m_textCtrl->SetSize(x, y, wText, height);
-    m_spinButton->SetSize(x + wText + MARGIN, y, wxDefaultCoord, height);
+    m_textCtrl->SetSize(0, 0, wText, height);
+    m_spinButton->SetSize(0 + wText + MARGIN, 0, wxDefaultCoord, height);
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -331,11 +322,7 @@ void wxSpinCtrlGenericBase::SetFocus()
 
 void wxSpinCtrlGenericBase::DoEnable(bool enable)
 {
-    // We never enable this control itself, it must stay disabled to avoid
-    // interfering with the siblings event handling (see e.g. #12045 for the
-    // kind of problems which arise otherwise).
-    if ( !enable )
-        wxSpinCtrlBase::DoEnable(enable);
+     wxSpinCtrlBase::DoEnable(enable);
 }
 
 #endif // __WXMSW__
@@ -394,6 +381,17 @@ void wxSpinCtrlGenericBase::DoSetToolTip(wxToolTip *tip)
 }
 #endif // wxUSE_TOOLTIPS
 
+bool wxSpinCtrlGenericBase::SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour)
+{
+    // We need to provide this otherwise the entire composite window
+    // background and therefore the between component spaces
+    // will be changed.
+    if ( m_textCtrl )
+        return m_textCtrl->SetBackgroundColour(colour);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Handle sub controls events
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------