diff --git a/src/core/track.cpp b/src/core/track.cpp
index 14343ba35..6e2e5767b 100644
--- a/src/core/track.cpp
+++ b/src/core/track.cpp
@@ -1338,6 +1338,7 @@ trackOperationsWidget::trackOperationsWidget( trackView * _parent ) :
 
 	m_trackOps = new QPushButton( this );
 	m_trackOps->move( 12, 1 );
+	m_trackOps->setFocusPolicy( Qt::NoFocus );
 	m_trackOps->setMenu( to_menu );
 	toolTip::add( m_trackOps, tr( "Actions for this track" ) );
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/automatable_button.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/automatable_button.cpp
index 10ccfec17..17bfa15aa 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/automatable_button.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/automatable_button.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * automatable_button.cpp - implementation of class automatableButton and
  *                          automatableButtonGroup
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
  * 
  * This file is part of Linux MultiMedia Studio - http://lmms.sourceforge.net
  *
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ automatableButton::automatableButton( QWidget * _parent,
 {
 	setAccessibleName( _name );
 	doConnections();
+	setFocusPolicy( Qt::NoFocus );
 }