diff --git a/tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/list.py b/tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/list.py
index 27be11f716..1df6d53586 100644
--- a/tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/list.py
+++ b/tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/list.py
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ class ViewList(ParserView):
                 self.children[child][2].set_markup(label_str)
 
     def set_cursor(self, new=False, reset_view=True):
+        self.widget_tree.grab_focus()
         if self.screen.current_model:
             path = self.store.on_get_path(self.screen.current_model)
             focus_column = None
@@ -565,7 +566,6 @@ class ViewList(ParserView):
                     focus_column = column
                     break
             self.widget_tree.set_cursor(path, focus_column, new)
-        self.widget_tree.grab_focus()
 
     def sel_ids_get(self):
         def _func_sel_get(store, path, iter, ids):