diff --git a/cui/uiconfig/ui/linedialog.ui b/cui/uiconfig/ui/linedialog.ui
index 0ed5f51b636b..6a2b7ee256d9 100644
--- a/cui/uiconfig/ui/linedialog.ui
+++ b/cui/uiconfig/ui/linedialog.ui
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         <child>
           <object class="GtkNotebook" id="tabcontrol">
             <property name="visible">True</property>
-            <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+            <property name="can_focus">True</property>
             <property name="hexpand">True</property>
             <property name="vexpand">True</property>
             <property name="scrollable">True</property>