diff --git a/web/kvm/index.html b/web/kvm/index.html
index e76b7c63..b1abd526 100644
--- a/web/kvm/index.html
+++ b/web/kvm/index.html
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
           <div class="text"><b>Paste text as keypress sequence<br></b><sub>Please note that PiKVM cannot switch the keyboard layout</sub></div>
           <hr>
           <div class="text" style="margin-right: 20px">
-            <textarea id="hid-pak-text" placeholder="Enter your text here"></textarea>
+            <textarea id="hid-pak-text" data-focus placeholder="Enter your text here"></textarea>
           </div>
           <table class="kv">
             <tr>
diff --git a/web/kvm/navbar-text.pug b/web/kvm/navbar-text.pug
index 6ae9c810..1c68da40 100644
--- a/web/kvm/navbar-text.pug
+++ b/web/kvm/navbar-text.pug
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ li(id="text-dropdown" class="right")
 			sub Please note that PiKVM cannot switch the keyboard layout
 		hr
 		div(class="text" style="margin-right: 20px")
-			textarea(id="hid-pak-text" placeholder="Enter your text here")
+			textarea(id="hid-pak-text" data-focus placeholder="Enter your text here")
 		table(class="kv")
 			tr
 				td
diff --git a/web/share/js/wm.js b/web/share/js/wm.js
index c8a4c109..9dfbccb1 100644
--- a/web/share/js/wm.js
+++ b/web/share/js/wm.js
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ function __WindowManager() {
 
 				el_button.classList.add("menu-button-pressed");
 				el_menu.style.visibility = "visible";
-				el_menu.focus();
+				let el_focus = el_menu.querySelector("[data-focus]");
+				(el_focus !== null ? el_focus : el_menu).focus();
 				all_hidden &= false;
 			} else {
 				el_button.classList.remove("menu-button-pressed");