diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/abstract-input.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/abstract-input.ts
index f6039d2ec..5821b6682 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/abstract-input.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/abstract-input.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-import { Directive, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { Directive, ElementRef, Input, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { ControlValueAccessor } from '@angular/forms';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
 @Directive()
 export class AbstractInputComponent<T> implements OnInit, ControlValueAccessor {
 
+  @ViewChild("inputField")
+  inputField: ElementRef
+
   constructor() { }
 
   onChange = (newValue: T) => {};
@@ -24,6 +27,12 @@ export class AbstractInputComponent<T> implements OnInit, ControlValueAccessor {
     this.disabled = isDisabled;
   }
 
+  focus() {
+    if (this.inputField && this.inputField.nativeElement) {
+      this.inputField.nativeElement.focus()
+    }
+  }
+
   @Input()
   title: string
 
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/text/text.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/text/text.component.html
index 78aa76577..fe8607e61 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/text/text.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/text/text.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="form-group">
   <label [for]="inputId">{{title}}</label>
-  <input type="text" class="form-control" [class.is-invalid]="error" [id]="inputId" [(ngModel)]="value" (change)="onChange(value)">
+  <input #inputField type="text" class="form-control" [class.is-invalid]="error" [id]="inputId" [(ngModel)]="value" (change)="onChange(value)">
   <small *ngIf="hint" class="form-text text-muted">{{hint}}</small>
   <div class="invalid-feedback">
     {{error}}
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
index a724ae031..dbd1c0ba7 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                     <a ngbNavLink i18n>Details</a>
                     <ng-template ngbNavContent>
 
-                        <app-input-text i18n-title title="Title" formControlName="title" [error]="error?.title"></app-input-text>
+                        <app-input-text #inputTitle i18n-title title="Title" formControlName="title" [error]="error?.title"></app-input-text>
                         <app-input-number i18n-title title="Archive serial number" [error]="error?.archive_serial_number" formControlName='archive_serial_number'></app-input-number>
                         <app-input-date-time i18n-titleDate titleDate="Date created" formControlName="created"></app-input-date-time>
                         <app-input-select [items]="correspondents" i18n-title title="Correspondent" formControlName="correspondent" [allowNull]="true"
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
index 4dbb6ab16..4216b1854 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { FormControl, FormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
 import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { CorrespondentEditDialogComponent } from '../manage/correspondent-list/c
 import { DocumentTypeEditDialogComponent } from '../manage/document-type-list/document-type-edit-dialog/document-type-edit-dialog.component';
 import { PDFDocumentProxy } from 'ng2-pdf-viewer';
 import { ToastService } from 'src/app/services/toast.service';
+import { TextComponent } from '../common/input/text/text.component';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-document-detail',
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ import { ToastService } from 'src/app/services/toast.service';
 })
 export class DocumentDetailComponent implements OnInit {
 
+  @ViewChild("inputTitle")
+  titleInput: TextComponent
+
   expandOriginalMetadata = false
   expandArchivedMetadata = false
 
@@ -157,6 +161,7 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent implements OnInit {
         if (nextDocId) {
           this.openDocumentService.closeDocument(this.document)
           this.router.navigate(['documents', nextDocId])
+          this.titleInput.focus()
         }
       }, error => {
         this.networkActive = false