diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/Functions.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/Functions.kt
index ba60fd2..dd056e0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/Functions.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/Functions.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import android.view.View
 import android.view.Window
 import android.view.WindowManager
 import android.view.animation.*
+import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager
 import android.widget.Button
 import android.widget.ImageView
 import android.widget.Switch
@@ -409,6 +410,14 @@ fun saveListActivityChoice(data: Intent?) {
     loadSettings()
 }
 
+// Taken form https://stackoverflow.com/a/50743764/12787264
+fun openSoftKeyboard(context: Context, view: View) {
+    view.requestFocus()
+    // open the soft keyboard
+    val imm = context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE) as InputMethodManager
+    imm.showSoftInput(view, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT)
+}
+
 /* Bitmaps */
 
 fun setButtonColor(btn: Button, color: Int) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/list/apps/ListFragmentApps.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/list/apps/ListFragmentApps.kt
index 2247723..2e45ea0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/list/apps/ListFragmentApps.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/list/apps/ListFragmentApps.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.finnmglas.launcher.UIObject
 import com.finnmglas.launcher.dominantColor
 import com.finnmglas.launcher.list.forApp
 import com.finnmglas.launcher.list.intention
+import com.finnmglas.launcher.openSoftKeyboard
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.list_apps.*
 
 
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ class ListFragmentApps : Fragment(), UIObject {
                 appsRViewAdapter.filter(newText);
                 return false
             }
-
         })
+
+        openSoftKeyboard(context!!, list_apps_searchview)
     }
 }
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