diff --git a/client/js/keybinds.js b/client/js/keybinds.js
index f702e341..0080d08b 100644
--- a/client/js/keybinds.js
+++ b/client/js/keybinds.js
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ const colorsHotkeys = {
 
 for (const hotkey in colorsHotkeys) {
 	Mousetrap.bind("mod+" + hotkey, function(e) {
+		// Do not handle modifier hotkeys if input is not focused
+		if (document.activeElement !== input) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		e.preventDefault();
 
 		const modifier = colorsHotkeys[e.key];
@@ -114,3 +119,66 @@ for (const hotkey in colorsHotkeys) {
 		wrapCursor(input, modifier, input.selectionStart === input.selectionEnd ? "" : modifier);
 	});
 }
+
+// Ignored keys which should not automatically focus the input bar
+const ignoredKeys = {
+	8: true, // Backspace
+	9: true, // Tab
+	12: true, // Clear
+	16: true, // Shift
+	17: true, // Control
+	18: true, // Alt
+	19: true, // Pause
+	20: true, // CapsLock
+	27: true, // Escape
+	33: true, // PageUp
+	34: true, // PageDown
+	35: true, // End
+	36: true, // Home
+	37: true, // ArrowLeft
+	38: true, // ArrowUp
+	39: true, // ArrowRight
+	40: true, // ArrowDown
+	45: true, // Insert
+	46: true, // Delete
+	112: true, // F1
+	113: true, // F2
+	114: true, // F3
+	115: true, // F4
+	116: true, // F5
+	117: true, // F6
+	118: true, // F7
+	119: true, // F8
+	120: true, // F9
+	121: true, // F10
+	122: true, // F11
+	123: true, // F12
+	144: true, // NumLock
+	145: true, // ScrollLock
+	224: true, // Meta
+};
+
+if (!("ontouchstart" in window || navigator.maxTouchPoints > 0)) {
+	$(document.body).on("keydown", (e) => {
+		// Ignore if target isn't body (e.g. focused into input)
+		// Ignore any key that uses alt modifier
+		// Ignore keys defined above
+		if (e.target !== document.body || e.altKey || ignoredKeys[e.which]) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Ignore all ctrl keys except for ctrl+v to allow pasting
+		if ((e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && e.which !== 86) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// On enter, focus the input but do not propagate the event
+		// This way, a new line is not inserted
+		if (e.which === 13) {
+			input.trigger("focus");
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		input.trigger("focus");
+	});
+}
diff --git a/client/js/lounge.js b/client/js/lounge.js
index 3f35d757..01048e4b 100644
--- a/client/js/lounge.js
+++ b/client/js/lounge.js
@@ -223,16 +223,6 @@ $(function() {
 				input.trigger("focus");
 			}
 		};
-
-		$(window).on("focus", focus);
-
-		chat.on("click", ".chat", function() {
-			setTimeout(function() {
-				if (window.getSelection().isCollapsed) {
-					focus();
-				}
-			}, 2);
-		});
 	}
 
 	if (navigator.platform.match(/(Mac|iPhone|iPod|iPad)/i)) {
@@ -241,7 +231,7 @@ $(function() {
 
 	$("#form").on("submit", function(e) {
 		e.preventDefault();
-		utils.forceFocus();
+		focus();
 		const target = chat.data("id");
 		const text = input.val();
 
diff --git a/client/js/renderPreview.js b/client/js/renderPreview.js
index faccf26e..c7474d52 100644
--- a/client/js/renderPreview.js
+++ b/client/js/renderPreview.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const options = require("./options");
 const socket = require("./socket");
 const templates = require("../views");
 const chat = $("#chat");
-const input = $("#input");
 const Mousetrap = require("mousetrap");
 
 module.exports = renderPreview;
@@ -207,8 +206,6 @@ function closeImageViewer({pushState = true} = {}) {
 			imageViewer.empty();
 		});
 
-	input.trigger("focus");
-
 	// History management
 	if (pushState) {
 		const clickTarget =
diff --git a/client/js/utils.js b/client/js/utils.js
index 9e0bc37c..e972425e 100644
--- a/client/js/utils.js
+++ b/client/js/utils.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 const $ = require("jquery");
 const escape = require("css.escape");
-const input = $("#input");
 const viewport = $("#viewport");
 
 var serverHash = -1; // eslint-disable-line no-var
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ module.exports = {
 	serverHash,
 	lastMessageId,
 	confirmExit,
-	forceFocus,
 	scrollIntoViewNicely,
 	hasRoleInChannel,
 	move,
@@ -54,12 +52,6 @@ function hasRoleInChannel(channel, roles) {
 	return user.parent().is("." + roles.join(", ."));
 }
 
-// Triggering click event opens the virtual keyboard on mobile
-// This can only be called from another interactive event (e.g. button click)
-function forceFocus() {
-	input.trigger("click").trigger("focus");
-}
-
 // Reusable scrollIntoView parameters for channel list / user list
 function scrollIntoViewNicely(el) {
 	// Ideally this would use behavior: "smooth", but that does not consistently work in e.g. Chrome