diff --git a/arc-core/src/arc/scene/Scene.java b/arc-core/src/arc/scene/Scene.java
index fa27eed2..f63613c0 100644
--- a/arc-core/src/arc/scene/Scene.java
+++ b/arc-core/src/arc/scene/Scene.java
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ public void unfocus(Element actor){
      */
     public boolean setKeyboardFocus(Element actor){
         if(keyboardFocus == actor) return true;
+
         FocusEvent event = Pools.obtain(FocusEvent.class, FocusEvent::new);
         event.type = (FocusEvent.Type.keyboard);
         Element oldKeyboardFocus = keyboardFocus;
diff --git a/arc-core/src/arc/scene/ui/Dialog.java b/arc-core/src/arc/scene/ui/Dialog.java
index c2960e4f..5571c2a8 100644
--- a/arc-core/src/arc/scene/ui/Dialog.java
+++ b/arc-core/src/arc/scene/ui/Dialog.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import arc.scene.style.*;
 import arc.scene.ui.Label.*;
 import arc.scene.ui.layout.*;
+import arc.struct.*;
 import arc.util.*;
 import arc.util.pooling.*;
 
@@ -286,7 +287,19 @@ public void act(float delta){
     @Override
     public void draw(){
         Scene stage = getScene();
-        if(stage.getKeyboardFocus() == null) stage.setKeyboardFocus(this);
+
+        if(stage.getKeyboardFocus() == null){
+            //get top dialog in the scene and focus keyboard on that
+            int highestDialog = -1;
+            Seq<Element> children = scene.root.getChildren();
+            for(int i = children.size - 1; i >= 0; i--){
+                if(children.get(i) instanceof Dialog){
+                    highestDialog = i;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            stage.setKeyboardFocus(highestDialog == -1 ? this : children.get(highestDialog));
+        }
 
         if(style.stageBackground != null){
             stageToLocalCoordinates(tmpPosition.set(translation.x, translation.y));