diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index 62207b7c8a..453a3c2ec9 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -2019,6 +2019,8 @@ void GuiView::restartCursor()
 
 	// Take this occasion to update the other GUI elements.
 	updateDialogs();
+	//
+	setFocus();
 }