diff --git a/gtk/main.c b/gtk/main.c
index 3fe532cd1..85009f9f0 100644
--- a/gtk/main.c
+++ b/gtk/main.c
@@ -1031,6 +1031,21 @@ void on_proxy_refresh_button_clicked(GtkWidget *w){
 	}
 }
 
+static gboolean grab_focus(GtkWidget *w){
+	gtk_widget_grab_focus(w);
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+void linphone_gtk_viewswitch_changed(GtkNotebook *notebook, GtkWidget *page, guint page_num, gpointer user_data){
+	GtkWidget *main_window = linphone_gtk_get_main_window();
+	GtkWidget *friendlist = linphone_gtk_get_widget(main_window,"contact_list");
+	GtkWidget *w = (GtkWidget*)g_object_get_data(G_OBJECT(friendlist),"chatview");
+
+	if (page_num == gtk_notebook_page_num(GTK_NOTEBOOK(notebook),w)) {
+		g_idle_add((GSourceFunc)grab_focus,linphone_gtk_get_widget(page,"text_entry"));
+	}
+}
+
 static void linphone_gtk_notify_recv(LinphoneCore *lc, LinphoneFriend * fid){
 	linphone_gtk_show_friends();
 }
diff --git a/gtk/main.ui b/gtk/main.ui
index 083ad5165..e7360e215 100644
--- a/gtk/main.ui
+++ b/gtk/main.ui
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@
                         <property name="can_focus">False</property>
                         <property name="use_underline">True</property>
                         <property name="use_stock">True</property>
-                        <signal name="activate" handler="linphone_gtk_show_parameters" swapped="no"/>
                         <accelerator key="p" signal="activate" modifiers="GDK_CONTROL_MASK"/>
+                        <signal name="activate" handler="linphone_gtk_show_parameters" swapped="no"/>
                       </object>
                     </child>
                     <child>
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@
                   <object class="GtkNotebook" id="viewswitch">
                     <property name="visible">True</property>
                     <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                    <signal name="switch-page" handler="linphone_gtk_viewswitch_changed" swapped="no"/>
                     <child>
                       <placeholder/>
                     </child>