diff --git a/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/index.js b/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/index.js
index 6f5edef9..5c7c7e3f 100644
--- a/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/index.js
+++ b/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/index.js
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ module.exports = angular.module('stf/common-ui', [
   require('./tooltips').name,
   //require('./tree').name,
   require('./modals').name,
-  require('./include-cached').name
+  require('./include-cached').name,
+  require('./text-focus-select').name
 ])
diff --git a/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/text-focus-select/index.js b/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/text-focus-select/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43dc8811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/text-focus-select/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = angular.module('stf.text-focus-select', [
+
+])
+  .directive('textFocusSelect', require('./text-focus-select-directive'))
diff --git a/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/text-focus-select/text-focus-select-directive.js b/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/text-focus-select/text-focus-select-directive.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98a2040f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/text-focus-select/text-focus-select-directive.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module.exports = function textFocusSelectDirective() {
+  return {
+    restrict: 'AC',
+    link: function (scope, element) {
+      // TODO: try with focus event
+      element.bind('click', function () {
+        this.select()
+      })
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/text-focus-select/text-focus-select-spec.js b/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/text-focus-select/text-focus-select-spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8ab1da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/app/components/stf/common-ui/text-focus-select/text-focus-select-spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+describe('textFocusSelect', function () {
+
+  beforeEach(module('stf.text-focus-select'));
+
+  var scope, compile;
+
+  beforeEach(inject(function ($rootScope, $compile) {
+    scope = $rootScope.$new();
+    compile = $compile;
+  }));
+
+  it('should ...', function () {
+
+    /* 
+     To test your directive, you need to create some html that would use your directive,
+     send that through compile() then compare the results.
+
+     var element = compile('<div text-focus-select name="name">hi</div>')(scope);
+     expect(element.text()).toBe('hello, world');
+     */
+
+  });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/res/app/control-panes/dashboard/clipboard/clipboard.jade b/res/app/control-panes/dashboard/clipboard/clipboard.jade
index be425639..75a16070 100644
--- a/res/app/control-panes/dashboard/clipboard/clipboard.jade
+++ b/res/app/control-panes/dashboard/clipboard/clipboard.jade
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     span(translate) Clipboard
   .widget-content.padded
     .input-group.form-inline
-      textarea(rows='1', ng-model='control.clipboardContent', msd-elastic).form-control.clipboard-textarea
+      textarea(rows='1', ng-model='control.clipboardContent', msd-elastic, text-focus-select).form-control.clipboard-textarea
       span.input-group-btn
         button.btn.btn-primary-outline(ng-click='control.getClipboardContent()', tooltip='{{ "Get clipboard contents" | translate }}')
           i.fa.fa-refresh
diff --git a/res/app/control-panes/dashboard/navigation/navigation.jade b/res/app/control-panes/dashboard/navigation/navigation.jade
index ebfb1195..06edd0f1 100644
--- a/res/app/control-panes/dashboard/navigation/navigation.jade
+++ b/res/app/control-panes/dashboard/navigation/navigation.jade
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     form
       .input-group
         input.form-control(type='text', placeholder='http://...', autocomplete='off', ng-model='textURL',
-        typeahead='url for url in urlHistory | filter:$viewValue').form-control
+        typeahead='url for url in urlHistory | filter:$viewValue', text-focus-select).form-control
+
         .input-group-btn
           button(ng-click='openURL()', ng-disabled='!textURL', translate).btn.btn-primary-outline Open
           //button(type='button', ng-disabled='!hasHistory()').btn.btn-primary-outline.dropdown-toggle
diff --git a/res/app/control-panes/dashboard/shell/shell.jade b/res/app/control-panes/dashboard/shell/shell.jade
index f89e0b5c..40c79dd3 100644
--- a/res/app/control-panes/dashboard/shell/shell.jade
+++ b/res/app/control-panes/dashboard/shell/shell.jade
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   .widget-content.padded
 
     .input-group.form-inline
-      input(type=text, ng-model='command', ng-enter='run(command)').form-control.shell-input
+      input(type=text, ng-model='command', ng-enter='run(command)', text-focus-select).form-control.shell-input
       span.input-group-btn
         // , tooltip='{{"Run Command"|translate}}'
         button.btn.btn-primary-outline(ng-click='run(command)', ng-disabled='!command')
diff --git a/res/app/device-list/device-list.jade b/res/app/device-list/device-list.jade
index 707afbef..19f3cc90 100644
--- a/res/app/device-list/device-list.jade
+++ b/res/app/device-list/device-list.jade
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
                   input(type='search', results='5', autosave='deviceFilter'
                     name='deviceFilter', ng-model='deviceFilter', ng-change='applyFilter(deviceFilter)',
                     ng-model-options='{debounce: 150}'
-                    autocorrect='off', autocapitalize='off', spellcheck='false').form-control.input-sm.device-search.pull-right
+                    autocorrect='off', autocapitalize='off', spellcheck='false',
+                    text-focus-select).form-control.input-sm.device-search.pull-right
                 .clear-filtering-buttons
 
                 device-list-icons(tracker='tracker', sort='sort', filter='filter')
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@
                     name='deviceFilter', ng-model='deviceFilter', ng-change='applyFilter(deviceFilter)',
                     ng-model-options='{debounce: 150}'
                     autocorrect='off', autocapitalize='off', spellcheck='false'
-                    list='searchFields', multiple).form-control.input-sm.device-search.pull-right
+                    list='searchFields', multiple,
+                    text-focus-select).form-control.input-sm.device-search.pull-right
 
                   span.pull-right
                     .btn-group(dropdown).pull-right