diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/widgets/codecompletionpopup.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/widgets/codecompletionpopup.cpp
index 5ab25df8..454cbad1 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/widgets/codecompletionpopup.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/widgets/codecompletionpopup.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ CodeCompletionPopup::CodeCompletionPopup(QWidget *parent) :
     setLayout(new QVBoxLayout());
     layout()->addWidget(mListView);
     layout()->setMargin(0);
+    mListView->setFocus();
 
     mShowKeywords=true;
     mRecordUsage = false;
@@ -1111,11 +1112,6 @@ const QString &CodeCompletionPopup::memberPhrase() const
     return mMemberPhrase;
 }
 
-void CodeCompletionPopup::showEvent(QShowEvent *)
-{
-    mListView->setFocus();
-}
-
 const PStatement &CodeCompletionPopup::currentScope() const
 {
     return mCurrentScope;
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/widgets/codecompletionpopup.h b/RedPandaIDE/widgets/codecompletionpopup.h
index 303f1ddf..6f299a81 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/widgets/codecompletionpopup.h
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/widgets/codecompletionpopup.h
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ private:
 
     // QWidget interface
 protected:
-    void showEvent(QShowEvent *event) override;
     void hideEvent(QHideEvent *event) override;
 
     // QObject interface