diff --git a/ChatView/ChatWidget.cpp b/ChatView/ChatWidget.cpp
index dbcadc8..2ebd3f4 100644
--- a/ChatView/ChatWidget.cpp
+++ b/ChatView/ChatWidget.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "ChatWidget.hpp"
 
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QMouseEvent>
 #include <QQmlContext>
 #include <QQmlEngine>
 #include <QQuickItem>
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ ChatWidget::ChatWidget(
     setResizeMode(QQuickWidget::SizeRootObjectToView);
     setFocusPolicy(Qt::StrongFocus);
 
+    setAttribute(Qt::WA_NoMousePropagation, true);
+
     if (registerOwnContext) {
         auto ideContext = new Core::IContext{this};
         ideContext->setWidget(this);
@@ -53,6 +56,14 @@ void ChatWidget::focusInEvent(QFocusEvent *event)
         QMetaObject::invokeMethod(rootObject(), "focusInput");
 }
 
+void ChatWidget::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
+{
+    if (!hasFocus())
+        setFocus(Qt::MouseFocusReason);
+
+    QQuickWidget::mousePressEvent(event);
+}
+
 void ChatWidget::clear()
 {
     QMetaObject::invokeMethod(rootObject(), "clearChat");
diff --git a/ChatView/ChatWidget.hpp b/ChatView/ChatWidget.hpp
index 0ce931d..6e04c73 100644
--- a/ChatView/ChatWidget.hpp
+++ b/ChatView/ChatWidget.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ signals:
 
 protected:
     void focusInEvent(QFocusEvent *event) override;
+    void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event) override;
 };
 
 } // namespace QodeAssist::Chat