diff --git a/app/components/BookBuilder/Chapter/DropdownTitle.jsx b/app/components/BookBuilder/Chapter/DropdownTitle.jsx
index 627c1f13734b62f9c75e470036628248cbeb15b0..c7390b6c65398a1a1feddfbf2f93ad5128b0a78f 100644
--- a/app/components/BookBuilder/Chapter/DropdownTitle.jsx
+++ b/app/components/BookBuilder/Chapter/DropdownTitle.jsx
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ class DropdownTitle extends React.Component {
 
   handleClickOutside (event) {
     var domNode = findDOMNode(this)
-
+    const input = findDOMNode(this.refs.dropDownInput)
+    if (input) input.focus()
     if (domNode.classList.contains('open')) {
       if (!domNode.contains(event.target)) {
         this.close()
diff --git a/app/components/BookBuilder/styles/bookBuilder.local.scss b/app/components/BookBuilder/styles/bookBuilder.local.scss
index 59fd61ff481d4b289e31641f8477e4cc2d58984f..7dac003553abd635b84d8e09ee01cd5f8b2d64a5 100644
--- a/app/components/BookBuilder/styles/bookBuilder.local.scss
+++ b/app/components/BookBuilder/styles/bookBuilder.local.scss
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ $white: #fff;
     padding: 0;
     position: relative;
 
-    &:hover {
+    &:hover, &:active, &:focus {
       background: transparent !important;
     }