diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/QNomenclDialog.C b/src/frontends/qt4/QNomenclDialog.C
index 664d124452..3e17198a2f 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/QNomenclDialog.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/QNomenclDialog.C
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ QNomenclDialog::QNomenclDialog(QNomencl * form)
 	connect(descrED, SIGNAL(textChanged(const QString&)),
 	        this, SLOT(change_adaptor()));
 
+	setFocusProxy(symbolED);
 }
 
 
 void QNomenclDialog::show()
 {
 	QDialog::show();
-	symbolED->setFocus();
 }