diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/dialog-base.h b/src/ui/dialog/dialog-base.h
index e3e28e44c9c89ac7bdaa2356eb9dbcc235beb91d..d1b5cc8a57a140a0d9ee41337dc98b0dd386e519 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/dialog-base.h
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/dialog-base.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public:
 
     void blink();
     // find focusable widget to grab focus
-    void focus_dialog();
+    virtual void focus_dialog();
     // return focus back to canvas
     void defocus_dialog();
     bool getShowing() { return _showing; }
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/extensions-gallery.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/extensions-gallery.cpp
index efba3be9488e69f765202548d72bdefac8001b72..89686b53d9719304940b11c9a10c322338dc7a4c 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/extensions-gallery.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/extensions-gallery.cpp
@@ -582,4 +582,9 @@ Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Texture> ExtensionsGallery::get_image(const std::string& key,
     }
 }
 
+void ExtensionsGallery::focus_dialog() {
+    DialogBase::focus_dialog();
+    _search.grab_focus();
+}
+
 } // namespace Inkscape::UI::Dialog
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/extensions-gallery.h b/src/ui/dialog/extensions-gallery.h
index 5e41ff3371744fa155e65ef871f09d54d955edd4..9c8e8518b3a5a695c2af694b5cac5d86b5d69249 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/extensions-gallery.h
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/extensions-gallery.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class ExtensionsGallery : public DialogBase
 {
 public:
     enum Type { Filters, Effects };
+    void focus_dialog() override;
     ExtensionsGallery(Type type);
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/livepatheffect-editor.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/livepatheffect-editor.cpp
index 70c58e55a65260c27a92cc0458f7def238c8425a..806e3ec2ef003bff10e2a09362cd075e29c03864 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/livepatheffect-editor.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/livepatheffect-editor.cpp
@@ -1131,6 +1131,11 @@ void LivePathEffectEditor::do_item_action_favorite(PathEffectSharedPtr const &,
     _item_type = ""; // here we force reload even with the same tipe item selected
 }
 
+void LivePathEffectEditor::focus_dialog() {
+    DialogBase::focus_dialog();
+    _lpes_popup.get_entry().grab_focus();
+}
+
 } // namespace Inkscape::UI::Dialog
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/livepatheffect-editor.h b/src/ui/dialog/livepatheffect-editor.h
index 234e3b04c339eadc634ac61124a783b5f664cb9a..bf75a7ce632abf1131f24bc72119284a051dd0d6 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/livepatheffect-editor.h
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/livepatheffect-editor.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ class LivePathEffectEditor final : public DialogBase
 {
 public:
     LivePathEffectEditor();
+    void focus_dialog() override;
     ~LivePathEffectEditor() final;
 
     void move_list(int origin, int dest);