diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/menu-edit-cells.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/menu-edit-cells.js
index 5543761e5..a1191ecbb 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/menu-edit-cells.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/menu-edit-cells.js
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ DataTableColumnHeaderUI.extendMenu(function(column, columnHeaderUI, menu) {
     var level = DialogSystem.showDialog(frame);
     var dismiss = function() { DialogSystem.dismissUntil(level - 1); };
     
-    elmts.getElementById("separatorInput").focus();
+    elmts.separatorInput.focus().select();
     
     elmts.cancelButton.click(dismiss);
     elmts.okButton.click(function() {
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/menu-edit-column.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/menu-edit-column.js
index 798ec3ac9..8556b0683 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/menu-edit-column.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/menu-edit-column.js
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ DataTableColumnHeaderUI.extendMenu(function(column, columnHeaderUI, menu) {
     var level = DialogSystem.showDialog(frame);
     var dismiss = function() { DialogSystem.dismissUntil(level - 1); };
     
-    elmts.getElementById("separatorInput").focus();
+    elmts.separatorInput.focus().select();
 
     elmts.cancelButton.click(dismiss);
     elmts.okButton.click(function() {
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/split-column-dialog.html b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/split-column-dialog.html
index 35bae7969..beccb99ef 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/split-column-dialog.html
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/split-column-dialog.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             </tr>
             <tr><td></td>
               <td bind="or_views_separator"></td>
-              <td><input size="10" value="," bind="separatorInput" id="separatorInput" />
+              <td><input size="10" value="," bind="separatorInput" />
                 <input type="checkbox" bind="regexInput" id="$split-column-regex" />
                 <label for="$split-column-regex" bind="or_views_regExp"></label></td>
             </tr>
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/split-multi-valued-cells-dialog.html b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/split-multi-valued-cells-dialog.html
index a7f84be2f..c68744865 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/split-multi-valued-cells-dialog.html
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/views/data-table/split-multi-valued-cells-dialog.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             </tr>
             <tr><td></td>
               <td bind="or_views_separator"></td>
-              <td><input size="10" value="," bind="separatorInput" id="separatorInput" />
+              <td><input size="10" value="," bind="separatorInput" />
                 <input type="checkbox" bind="regexInput" id="$split-column-regex" />
                 <label for="$split-multi-valued-cells-regex" bind="or_views_regExp"></label></td>
             </tr>