diff --git a/res/app/components/stf/screen/screen-directive.js b/res/app/components/stf/screen/screen-directive.js
index ca06b582..e15facdb 100644
--- a/res/app/components/stf/screen/screen-directive.js
+++ b/res/app/components/stf/screen/screen-directive.js
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ module.exports = function DeviceScreenDirective($document, ScalingService,
       }
 
       function startMousing() {
+        input[0].focus()
         control.gestureStart(nextSeq())
       }