diff --git a/crates/agent_ui/src/agent_panel.rs b/crates/agent_ui/src/agent_panel.rs
index 7f96b1c28ab375fe13ae4e9b4ba83a8f1c26f150..19d85807380e298b7304186ce1d7b6fa03b25661 100644
--- a/crates/agent_ui/src/agent_panel.rs
+++ b/crates/agent_ui/src/agent_panel.rs
@@ -1498,6 +1498,7 @@ impl AgentPanel {
         window: &mut Window,
         cx: &mut Context<Self>,
     ) {
+        window.focus(&self.focus_handle, cx);
         self.agent_panel_menu_handle.toggle(window, cx);
     }