diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js
index b0b1f4363..a9eeb4536 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ var ZoteroPane = new function()
 		document.getElementById('zotero-splitter').setAttribute('hidden', !visible);
 		
 		if (visible) {
-			document.getElementById('zotero-pane').click();
+			// Focus the quicksearch on pane open
+			setTimeout("document.getElementById('zotero-tb-search').inputField.select();", 1);
 		}
 		else {
 			document.getElementById('content').setAttribute('collapsed', false);
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/itemTreeView.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/itemTreeView.js
index 750c1f4b4..82890125f 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/itemTreeView.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/itemTreeView.js
@@ -331,6 +331,10 @@ Zotero.ItemTreeView.prototype.notify = function(action, type, ids)
 			}
 			
 			this.rememberSelection(savedSelection);
+			
+			if (activeWindow) {
+				this.selectItem(ids[0]);
+			}
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -554,8 +558,9 @@ Zotero.ItemTreeView.prototype.sort = function()
 	}
 	
 	// Hash table of fields for which rows with empty values should be displayed last
-	// - Not currently used
-	var emptyFirst = {};
+	var emptyFirst = {
+		title: true
+	};
 	
 	function columnSort(a,b) {
 		var cmp;