diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/project/history-panel.html b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/project/history-panel.html
index ea10e168c..c13adf4ad 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/project/history-panel.html
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/project/history-panel.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <a class="button button-pill-left" href="javascript:{}" bind="extractLink"></a><a class="button button-pill-right" href="javascript:{}" bind="applyLink"></a>
 </div>
 <div class="history-panel-filter" bind="bodyControlsDiv">
-<span bind="or_proj_filter"> </span><input type="text"  size="30" bind="filterInput" />
+<span bind="or_proj_filter"> </span><input type="text"  size="30" bind="filterInput" autofocus />
 </div>
 <div class="history-panel-body" bind="bodyDiv">
   <div class="history-past" bind="pastDiv">
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 beccb99ef..ce0da045d 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" />
+              <td><input size="10" value="," bind="separatorInput" autofocus />
                 <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 c68744865..aa77b14eb 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" />
+              <td><input size="10" value="," bind="separatorInput" autofocus />
                 <input type="checkbox" bind="regexInput" id="$split-column-regex" />
                 <label for="$split-multi-valued-cells-regex" bind="or_views_regExp"></label></td>
             </tr>