diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list_view_editable.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list_view_editable.js
index 02f810e5c66..3dde29e25a2 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list_view_editable.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list_view_editable.js
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ ListView.include(/** @lends instance.web.ListView# */{
                         });
                     }
                     if (fields[focus_field]) {
-                        fields[focus_field].$el.find('input, textarea').andSelf().filter('input, textarea').focus();
+                        fields[focus_field].$el.find('input, textarea').andSelf().filter('input, textarea').select();
                     }
                     return record.attributes;
                 });