diff --git a/src/com/valkryst/VTerminal/component/TextArea.java b/src/com/valkryst/VTerminal/component/TextArea.java
index f56ea5ddad..a66377b2be 100644
--- a/src/com/valkryst/VTerminal/component/TextArea.java
+++ b/src/com/valkryst/VTerminal/component/TextArea.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public void createEventListeners(final @NonNull Screen parentScreen) {
         final MouseListener mouseListener = new MouseListener() {
             @Override
             public void mouseClicked(final MouseEvent e) {
-                if (editable == false || isFocused() == false) {
+                if (editable == false) {
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ public void mouseClicked(final MouseEvent e) {
                     return;
                 }
 
+                if (intersects(parentScreen.getMousePosition())) {
+                    setFocused(true);
+                } else {
+                    setFocused(false);
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 final Font font = parentScreen.getImageCache().getFont();
                 final int columnIndexInArea = (e.getX() / font.getWidth()) - tiles.getXPosition();
                 final int rowIndexInArea = (e.getY() / font.getHeight()) - tiles.getYPosition();