diff --git a/frontend/src/directives/focus.ts b/frontend/src/directives/focus.ts
index 4961c180a..affd57e20 100644
--- a/frontend/src/directives/focus.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/directives/focus.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 import type {Directive} from 'vue'
 
-const focus = <Directive<HTMLElement,string>>{
+const FOCUSABLE_TAGS = ['INPUT', 'SELECT', 'TEXTAREA']
+
+function isFocusable(el: HTMLElement): boolean {
+	return FOCUSABLE_TAGS.includes(el.tagName) || el.isContentEditable
+}
+
+function getFocusableElement(el: HTMLElement): HTMLElement | null {
+	if (isFocusable(el)) {
+		return el
+	}
+	// Look for the first focusable child
+	return el.querySelector<HTMLElement>('input, select, textarea, [contenteditable="true"]')
+}
+
+const focus = <Directive<HTMLElement, string>>{
 	// When the bound element is inserted into the DOM...
 	mounted(el, {modifiers}) {
 		// Focus the element only if the viewport is big enough
@@ -8,7 +22,8 @@ const focus = <Directive<HTMLElement,string>>{
 		// keyboard always pops up and takes half of the available space on the screen.
 		// The threshhold is the same as the breakpoints in css.
 		if (window.innerWidth > 769 || modifiers?.always) {
-			el.focus()
+			const target = getFocusableElement(el)
+			target?.focus()
 		}
 	},
 }