diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/itemLibraryQmlSources/Assets.qml b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/itemLibraryQmlSources/Assets.qml
index 4dbc8adb009..6632f07d57b 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/itemLibraryQmlSources/Assets.qml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/itemLibraryQmlSources/Assets.qml
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ Item {
     }
 
     // called from C++ to close context menu on focus out
-    function closeContextMenu()
+    function handleViewFocusOut()
     {
         contextMenu.close()
+        selectedAssets = {}
+        selectedAssetsChanged()
     }
 
     ScrollView { // TODO: experiment using ListView instead of ScrollView + Column
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp
index a0cc6b3ba8d..d962b8a57d4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ bool ItemLibraryWidget::eventFilter(QObject *obj, QEvent *event)
         if (obj == m_itemViewQuickWidget.data())
             QMetaObject::invokeMethod(m_itemViewQuickWidget->rootObject(), "closeContextMenu");
         else if (obj == m_assetsWidget.data())
-            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(m_assetsWidget->rootObject(), "closeContextMenu");
+            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(m_assetsWidget->rootObject(), "handleViewFocusOut");
     } else if (event->type() == QMouseEvent::MouseMove) {
         if (m_itemToDrag.isValid()) {
             QMouseEvent *me = static_cast<QMouseEvent *>(event);