diff --git a/components/widgets/list.cpp b/components/widgets/list.cpp
index c5a459f22..9318e32ed 100644
--- a/components/widgets/list.cpp
+++ b/components/widgets/list.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ namespace Gui
                 button->getSubWidgetText()->setTextAlign(MyGUI::Align::Left);
                 button->eventMouseWheel += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &MWList::onMouseWheelMoved);
                 button->eventMouseButtonClick += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &MWList::onItemSelected);
+                button->setNeedKeyFocus(true);
 
                 int height = button->getTextSize().height;
                 button->setSize(MyGUI::IntSize(button->getSize().width, height));