diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialbrowser/materialbrowsermodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialbrowser/materialbrowsermodel.cpp
index 005b6ed5ddc..d4bee4fcced 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialbrowser/materialbrowsermodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialbrowser/materialbrowsermodel.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ void MaterialBrowserModel::applyToSelected(qint64 internalId, bool add)
 
 void MaterialBrowserModel::openMaterialEditor()
 {
-    QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->mainWidget()->showDockWidget("MaterialEditor");
+    QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->mainWidget()->showDockWidget("MaterialEditor", true);
 }
 
 } // namespace QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp
index 5f115b67778..c28152276c4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ void MaterialEditorView::handleToolBarAction(int action)
     }
 
     case MaterialEditorContextObject::OpenMaterialBrowser: {
-        QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->mainWidget()->showDockWidget("MaterialBrowser");
+        QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->mainWidget()->showDockWidget("MaterialBrowser", true);
         break;
     }
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
index e6ffe1c8919..51dbd58c990 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
@@ -583,11 +583,15 @@ CrumbleBar *DesignModeWidget::crumbleBar() const
     return m_crumbleBar;
 }
 
-void DesignModeWidget::showDockWidget(const QString &objectName)
+void DesignModeWidget::showDockWidget(const QString &objectName, bool focus)
 {
     auto dockWidget = m_dockManager->findDockWidget(objectName);
-    if (dockWidget)
+    if (dockWidget) {
         dockWidget->toggleView(true);
+
+        if (focus)
+            dockWidget->setFocus();
+    }
 }
 
 void DesignModeWidget::contextHelp(const Core::IContext::HelpCallback &callback) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.h
index 6f6f7283b0e..643c8df8e47 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public:
     void disableWidgets();
 
     CrumbleBar *crumbleBar() const;
-    void showDockWidget(const QString &objectName);
+    void showDockWidget(const QString &objectName, bool focus = false);
 
     void determineWorkspaceToRestoreAtStartup();