1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/web/react/components/edit_channel_modal.jsx b/web/react/components/edit_channel_modal.jsx
index 5b3c74e82..58f2cdbed 100644
--- a/web/react/components/edit_channel_modal.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/edit_channel_modal.jsx
@@ -55,9 +55,13 @@ export default class EditChannelModal extends React.Component {
         const button = e.relatedTarget;
         this.setState({header: $(button).attr('data-header'), title: $(button).attr('data-title'), channelId: $(button).attr('data-channelid'), serverError: ''});
     }
+    handleShown() {
+        $('#edit_channel #edit_header').focus();
+    }
     componentDidMount() {
         $(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.modal)).on('show.bs.modal', this.onShow);
         $(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.modal)).on('hidden.bs.modal', this.handleClose);
+        $(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.modal)).on('shown.bs.modal', this.handleShown);
     }
     componentWillUnmount() {
         $(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.modal)).off('hidden.bs.modal', this.handleClose);
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ export default class EditChannelModal extends React.Component {
                             <textarea
                                 className='form-control no-resize'
                                 rows='6'
+                                id='edit_header'
                                 maxLength='1024'
                                 value={this.state.header}
                                 onChange={this.handleUserInput}