diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_edit_wearable.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_edit_wearable.xml
index 484617df3456a9f86bd5827740b264b64be7a39d..9fb777e0e795530b86eb3fb2799164c35b0420e4 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_edit_wearable.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_edit_wearable.xml
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
          max_length="63"
          name="description"
          prevalidate_callback="ascii"
+         select_on_focus="true"
          text_color="black"
          top_pad="3"
          width="290" />