diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/include_note.js b/src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/include_note.js
index 64f07da66..692912667 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/include_note.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/include_note.js
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ export default class IncludeNoteDialog extends BasicWidget {
         this.textTypeWidget = textTypeWidget;
         await this.refresh();
         utils.openDialog(this.$widget);
+
+        this.$autoComplete
+            .trigger('focus')
+            .trigger('select'); // to be able to quickly remove entered text
     }
 
     async refresh(widget) {