diff --git a/src/gui/Pages/Chat/RoomPane/MemberView/MemberView.qml b/src/gui/Pages/Chat/RoomPane/MemberView/MemberView.qml
index ea2f2716..51e2ab68 100644
--- a/src/gui/Pages/Chat/RoomPane/MemberView/MemberView.qml
+++ b/src/gui/Pages/Chat/RoomPane/MemberView/MemberView.qml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ HColumnLayout {
         [chat.userId, chat.roomId, "filtered_members"]
 
     readonly property alias viewDepth: stackView.depth
+    readonly property alias filterField: filterField
 
 
     HStackView {
diff --git a/src/gui/Pages/Chat/RoomPane/RoomPane.qml b/src/gui/Pages/Chat/RoomPane/RoomPane.qml
index d1db4f96..b382fbcd 100644
--- a/src/gui/Pages/Chat/RoomPane/RoomPane.qml
+++ b/src/gui/Pages/Chat/RoomPane/RoomPane.qml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ MultiviewPane {
         buttonRepeater.count >= 1 ? buttonRepeater.itemAt(1).implicitWidth : 0
 
     requireDefaultSize:
-        swipeView.currentIndex !== 0 || swipeView.currentItem.viewDepth > 1
+        swipeView.currentIndex !== 0 ||
+        swipeView.currentItem.viewDepth > 1 ||
+        swipeView.currentItem.filterField.activeFocus
 
     buttonsBackgroundColor: theme.chat.roomPane.topBar.background
     background: Rectangle { color: theme.chat.roomPane.background }