diff --git a/gramps/gui/glade/editcitation.glade b/gramps/gui/glade/editcitation.glade
index b99d60a01..f4893f107 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/glade/editcitation.glade
+++ b/gramps/gui/glade/editcitation.glade
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
                 <child>
                   <object class="GtkComboBox" id="confidence">
                     <property name="visible">True</property>
-                    <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
                     <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">Conveys the submitter's quantitative evaluation of the credibility of a piece of information, based upon its supporting evidence. It is not intended to eliminate the receiver's need to evaluate the evidence for themselves.
 Very Low =Unreliable evidence or estimated data
 Low =Questionable reliability of evidence (interviews, census, oral genealogies, or potential for bias for example, an autobiography)