diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid_ng/ui/chat/util/SlidingPanelHandler.java b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid_ng/ui/chat/util/SlidingPanelHandler.java
index b281eccf6e4166222ebeb6cebdc5437cdf607b5d..a84715480a3686472bb4f192cd248ee1bcb43968 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid_ng/ui/chat/util/SlidingPanelHandler.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid_ng/ui/chat/util/SlidingPanelHandler.java
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class SlidingPanelHandler {
             }
 
             // Always return false to make sure we don’t lose focus
-            return false;
+            return true;
         });
     }