diff --git a/tryton/gui/window/view_form/screen/screen.py b/tryton/gui/window/view_form/screen/screen.py
index 08dbfe5aba..52c74df0a4 100644
--- a/tryton/gui/window/view_form/screen/screen.py
+++ b/tryton/gui/window/view_form/screen/screen.py
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ class Screen(SignalEvent):
                     break
         self.screen_container.set(self.current_view.widget)
         self.display()
-        self.set_cursor()
+        # Postpone set of the cursor to ensure widgets are allocated
+        gobject.idle_add(self.set_cursor)
 
     def load_view_to_load(self):
         if len(self.view_to_load):
@@ -444,7 +445,8 @@ class Screen(SignalEvent):
             previous_view.set_default_date(record, selected_date)
         self.current_record = record
         self.display()
-        self.set_cursor(new=True)
+        # Postpone set of the cursor to ensure widgets are allocated
+        gobject.idle_add(self.set_cursor, True)
         return self.current_record
 
     def new_model_position(self):
diff --git a/tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/form.py b/tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/form.py
index c3c3773e2a..61e90df02f 100644
--- a/tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/form.py
+++ b/tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/form.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 
 from . import View
 from tryton.common.focus import (get_invisible_ancestor, find_focused_child,
-    next_focus_widget)
+    next_focus_widget, find_focusable_child)
 from tryton.common import Tooltips, node_attributes, ICONFACTORY
 from tryton.common.button import Button
 from tryton.config import CONFIG
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ class ViewForm(View):
         vbox.pack_start(viewport, expand=True, fill=True)
 
         self.widget = vbox
+        self._viewport = vp
 
     def parse(self, node, container=None):
         if not container:
@@ -483,6 +484,10 @@ class ViewForm(View):
                     notebook.set_current_page(0)
             if self.attributes.get('cursor') in self.widgets:
                 focus_widget = self.widgets[self.attributes['cursor']][0]
+            else:
+                child = find_focusable_child(self._viewport)
+                if child:
+                    child.grab_focus()
         record = self.screen.current_record
         position = reduce(lambda x, y: x + len(y), self.widgets, 0)
         if record: