diff --git a/src/dialogs/editgroupdialog.cpp b/src/dialogs/editgroupdialog.cpp
index f706405b5..3fbbc7a32 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/editgroupdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/dialogs/editgroupdialog.cpp
@@ -1,314 +1,325 @@
 /*
     dialogs/editgroupdialog.cpp
 
     This file is part of Kleopatra, the KDE keymanager
     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 g10 Code GmbH
     SPDX-FileContributor: Ingo Klöcker <dev@ingo-kloecker.de>
 
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 
 #include "editgroupdialog.h"
 
 #include <Libkleo/KeyListModel>
 #include <Libkleo/KeyListSortFilterProxyModel>
 
 #include <KConfigGroup>
 #include <KGuiItem>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KSeparator>
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <KStandardGuiItem>
 
 #include <QDialogButtonBox>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QLineEdit>
 #include <QListView>
 #include <QPushButton>
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
 #include <QTreeView>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 
 #include <Libkleo/Formatting>
 
 #include "kleopatra_debug.h"
 
 using namespace Kleo;
 using namespace Kleo::Dialogs;
 using namespace GpgME;
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(GpgME::Key)
 
 namespace
 {
 
 class ProxyModel : public AbstractKeyListSortFilterProxyModel
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     ProxyModel(QObject *parent = nullptr)
         : AbstractKeyListSortFilterProxyModel(parent)
     {
     }
 
     ~ProxyModel() override = default;
 
     ProxyModel *clone() const override
     {
         // compiler-generated copy ctor is fine!
         return new ProxyModel(*this);
     }
 };
 
 }
 
 class EditGroupDialog::Private
 {
     friend class ::Kleo::Dialogs::EditGroupDialog;
     EditGroupDialog *const q;
 
     struct {
         QLineEdit *groupNameEdit = nullptr;
         QLineEdit *availableKeysFilter = nullptr;
         QListView *availableKeysList = nullptr;
         QLineEdit *groupKeysFilter = nullptr;
         QListView *groupKeysList = nullptr;
         QDialogButtonBox *buttonBox = nullptr;
     } ui;
     AbstractKeyListModel *availableKeysModel = nullptr;
     ProxyModel *availableKeysFilterModel = nullptr;
     AbstractKeyListModel *groupKeysModel = nullptr;
     ProxyModel *groupKeysFilterModel = nullptr;
 
 public:
     Private(EditGroupDialog *qq)
         : q(qq)
     {
         auto mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout(q);
 
         auto groupNameLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
         groupNameLayout->addWidget(new QLabel(i18nc("Name of a group of keys", "Name:")));
         ui.groupNameEdit = new QLineEdit();
         groupNameLayout->addWidget(ui.groupNameEdit);
         mainLayout->addLayout(groupNameLayout);
 
         mainLayout->addWidget(new KSeparator(Qt::Horizontal));
 
         auto centerLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
 
         auto availableKeysLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
         availableKeysLayout->addWidget(new QLabel(i18n("Available keys:")));
 
         ui.availableKeysFilter = new QLineEdit();
         ui.availableKeysFilter->setClearButtonEnabled(true);
         ui.availableKeysFilter->setPlaceholderText(i18nc("Placeholder text", "Search..."));
         availableKeysLayout->addWidget(ui.availableKeysFilter);
 
         availableKeysModel = AbstractKeyListModel::createFlatKeyListModel(q);
         availableKeysModel->useKeyCache(true, KeyList::AllKeys);
         availableKeysFilterModel = new ProxyModel(q);
         availableKeysFilterModel->setFilterCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
         availableKeysFilterModel->setFilterKeyColumn(KeyList::Summary);
         availableKeysFilterModel->setSortCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
         availableKeysFilterModel->setSourceModel(availableKeysModel);
         availableKeysFilterModel->sort(KeyList::Summary, Qt::AscendingOrder);
         ui.availableKeysList = new QListView();
         ui.availableKeysList->setModel(availableKeysFilterModel);
         ui.availableKeysList->setModelColumn(KeyList::Summary);
         ui.availableKeysList->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectRows);
         ui.availableKeysList->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection);
         availableKeysLayout->addWidget(ui.availableKeysList, /*stretch=*/ 1);
 
         centerLayout->addLayout(availableKeysLayout, /*stretch=*/ 1);
 
         auto buttonsLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
         buttonsLayout->addStretch(1);
 
         auto addButton = new QPushButton();
         addButton->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("arrow-right")));
         addButton->setToolTip(i18n("Add the selected keys to the group"));
         addButton->setEnabled(false);
         buttonsLayout->addWidget(addButton);
 
         auto removeButton = new QPushButton();
         removeButton->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("arrow-left")));
         removeButton->setToolTip(i18n("Remove the selected keys from the group"));
         removeButton->setEnabled(false);
         buttonsLayout->addWidget(removeButton);
 
         buttonsLayout->addStretch(1);
 
         centerLayout->addLayout(buttonsLayout);
 
         auto groupKeysLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
         groupKeysLayout->addWidget(new QLabel(i18n("Group keys:")));
 
         ui.groupKeysFilter = new QLineEdit();
         ui.groupKeysFilter->setClearButtonEnabled(true);
         ui.groupKeysFilter->setPlaceholderText(i18nc("Placeholder text", "Search..."));
         groupKeysLayout->addWidget(ui.groupKeysFilter);
 
         groupKeysModel = AbstractKeyListModel::createFlatKeyListModel(q);
         groupKeysFilterModel = new ProxyModel(q);
         groupKeysFilterModel->setFilterCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
         groupKeysFilterModel->setFilterKeyColumn(KeyList::Summary);
         groupKeysFilterModel->setSortCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
         groupKeysFilterModel->setSourceModel(groupKeysModel);
         groupKeysFilterModel->sort(KeyList::Summary, Qt::AscendingOrder);
         ui.groupKeysList = new QListView();
         ui.groupKeysList->setModel(groupKeysFilterModel);
         ui.groupKeysList->setModelColumn(KeyList::Summary);
         ui.groupKeysList->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectRows);
         ui.groupKeysList->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection);
         groupKeysLayout->addWidget(ui.groupKeysList, /*stretch=*/ 1);
 
         centerLayout->addLayout(groupKeysLayout, /*stretch=*/ 1);
 
         mainLayout->addLayout(centerLayout);
 
         mainLayout->addWidget(new KSeparator(Qt::Horizontal));
 
         ui.buttonBox = new QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox::Ok | QDialogButtonBox::Cancel);
         QPushButton *okButton = ui.buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok);
         KGuiItem::assign(okButton, KStandardGuiItem::ok());
         KGuiItem::assign(ui.buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Cancel), KStandardGuiItem::cancel());
         okButton->setEnabled(false);
         mainLayout->addWidget(ui.buttonBox);
 
         connect(ui.groupNameEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged,
                 q, [okButton] (const QString &text) {
                     okButton->setEnabled(!text.trimmed().isEmpty());
                 });
         connect(ui.availableKeysFilter, &QLineEdit::textChanged, availableKeysFilterModel, &QSortFilterProxyModel::setFilterFixedString);
         connect(ui.availableKeysList->selectionModel(), &QItemSelectionModel::selectionChanged,
                 q, [addButton] (const QItemSelection &selected, const QItemSelection &) {
                     addButton->setEnabled(!selected.isEmpty());
                 });
         connect(ui.groupKeysFilter, &QLineEdit::textChanged, groupKeysFilterModel, &QSortFilterProxyModel::setFilterFixedString);
         connect(ui.groupKeysList->selectionModel(), &QItemSelectionModel::selectionChanged,
                 q, [removeButton] (const QItemSelection &selected, const QItemSelection &) {
                     removeButton->setEnabled(!selected.isEmpty());
                 });
         connect(addButton, &QPushButton::clicked, q, [this] () { addKeysToGroup(); });
         connect(removeButton, &QPushButton::clicked, q, [this] () { removeKeysFromGroup(); });
         connect(ui.buttonBox, &QDialogButtonBox::accepted, q, &EditGroupDialog::accept);
         connect(ui.buttonBox, &QDialogButtonBox::rejected, q, &EditGroupDialog::reject);
 
-        // give initial keyboard focus to the keys filter
-        ui.availableKeysFilter->setFocus();
-
         // calculate default size with enough space for the key list
         const auto fm = q->fontMetrics();
         const QSize sizeHint = q->sizeHint();
         const QSize defaultSize = QSize(qMax(sizeHint.width(), 150 * fm.horizontalAdvance(QLatin1Char('x'))),
                                         sizeHint.height() + 12 * fm.lineSpacing());
         restoreLayout(defaultSize);
     }
 
     ~Private()
     {
         saveLayout();
     }
 
 private:
     void saveLayout()
     {
         KConfigGroup configGroup(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), "EditGroupDialog");
         configGroup.writeEntry("Size", q->size());
         configGroup.sync();
     }
 
     void restoreLayout(const QSize &defaultSize)
     {
         const KConfigGroup configGroup(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), "EditGroupDialog");
         const QSize size = configGroup.readEntry("Size", defaultSize);
         if (size.isValid()) {
             q->resize(size);
         }
     }
 
     void addKeysToGroup();
     void removeKeysFromGroup();
 };
 
 namespace {
 std::vector<Key> getSelectedKeys(const QListView *view)
 {
     const QModelIndexList selectedRows = view->selectionModel()->selectedRows();
     if (selectedRows.isEmpty()) {
         return std::vector<Key>();
     }
     const KeyListModelInterface *const keyListModel = dynamic_cast<KeyListModelInterface *>(view->model());
     Q_ASSERT(keyListModel);
     return keyListModel->keys(selectedRows);
 }
 
 void setSelectedKeys(const QListView *view, const std::vector<Key> &keys)
 {
     const KeyListModelInterface *const keyListModel = dynamic_cast<KeyListModelInterface *>(view->model());
     Q_ASSERT(keyListModel);
     const QModelIndexList indexes = keyListModel->indexes(keys);
     for (const QModelIndex &idx : indexes) {
         if (idx.isValid()) {
             view->selectionModel()->select(idx, QItemSelectionModel::Select | QItemSelectionModel::Rows);
         }
     }
 }
 }
 
 void EditGroupDialog::Private::addKeysToGroup()
 {
     const std::vector<Key> selectedGroupKeys = getSelectedKeys(ui.groupKeysList);
 
     const std::vector<Key> selectedKeys = getSelectedKeys(ui.availableKeysList);
     groupKeysModel->addKeys(selectedKeys);
 
     setSelectedKeys(ui.groupKeysList, selectedGroupKeys);
 }
 
 void EditGroupDialog::Private::removeKeysFromGroup()
 {
     const std::vector<Key> selectedKeys = getSelectedKeys(ui.groupKeysList);
     for (const Key &key : selectedKeys) {
         groupKeysModel->removeKey(key);
     }
 }
 
 EditGroupDialog::EditGroupDialog(QWidget *parent)
     : QDialog(parent)
     , d(new Private(this))
 {
     setWindowTitle(i18nc("@title:window", "Edit Group"));
 }
 
 EditGroupDialog::~EditGroupDialog()
 {
 }
 
+void EditGroupDialog::setInitialFocus(FocusWidget widget)
+{
+    switch (widget) {
+    case GroupName:
+        d->ui.groupNameEdit->setFocus();
+        break;
+    case KeysFilter:
+        d->ui.availableKeysFilter->setFocus();
+        break;
+    default:
+        qCDebug(KLEOPATRA_LOG) << "EditGroupDialog::setInitialFocus - invalid focus widget:" << widget;
+    }
+}
+
 void EditGroupDialog::setGroupName(const QString &name)
 {
     d->ui.groupNameEdit->setText(name);
 }
 
 QString EditGroupDialog::groupName() const
 {
     return d->ui.groupNameEdit->text().trimmed();
 }
 
 void EditGroupDialog::setGroupKeys(const std::vector<Key> &keys)
 {
     d->groupKeysModel->setKeys(keys);
 }
 
 std::vector<Key> EditGroupDialog::groupKeys() const
 {
     std::vector<Key> keys;
     keys.reserve(d->groupKeysModel->rowCount());
     for (int row = 0; row < d->groupKeysModel->rowCount(); ++row) {
         const QModelIndex index = d->groupKeysModel->index(row, 0);
         keys.push_back(d->groupKeysModel->key(index));
     }
     return keys;
 }
 
 #include "editgroupdialog.moc"
diff --git a/src/dialogs/editgroupdialog.h b/src/dialogs/editgroupdialog.h
index 163e1bd59..ece8c5e91 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/editgroupdialog.h
+++ b/src/dialogs/editgroupdialog.h
@@ -1,49 +1,56 @@
 /*
     dialogs/editgroupdialog.h
 
     This file is part of Kleopatra, the KDE keymanager
     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 g10 Code GmbH
     SPDX-FileContributor: Ingo Klöcker <dev@ingo-kloecker.de>
 
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 
 #ifndef __KLEOPATRA_DIALOGS_EDITGROUPDIALOG_H__
 #define __KLEOPATRA_DIALOGS_EDITGROUPDIALOG_H__
 
 #include <QDialog>
 
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace GpgME
 {
 class Key;
 }
 
 namespace Kleo
 {
 namespace Dialogs
 {
 
 class EditGroupDialog : public QDialog
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
+    enum FocusWidget {
+        GroupName,
+        KeysFilter
+    };
+
     explicit EditGroupDialog(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
     ~EditGroupDialog() override;
 
+    void setInitialFocus(FocusWidget widget);
+
     void setGroupName(const QString &name);
     QString groupName() const;
 
     void setGroupKeys(const std::vector<GpgME::Key> &keys);
     std::vector<GpgME::Key> groupKeys() const;
 
 private:
     class Private;
     const std::unique_ptr<Private> d;
 };
 
 }
 }
 
 #endif // __KLEOPATRA_DIALOGS_EDITGROUPDIALOG_H__