diff --git a/nw/gui/doceditor.py b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
index bc83719b..e4a25e4e 100644
--- a/nw/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -646,6 +646,10 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         this class when calling these actions from other classes.
         """
         logger.verbose("Requesting action: %s" % theAction.name)
+        if not self.hasFocus():
+            logger.verbose("Editor does not have focus")
+            return False
+
         if self.theHandle is None:
             logger.error("No document open")
             return False
diff --git a/tests/test_gui/test_gui_doceditor.py b/tests/test_gui/test_gui_doceditor.py
index ba435ad0..cb9f35d1 100644
--- a/tests/test_gui/test_gui_doceditor.py
+++ b/tests/test_gui/test_gui_doceditor.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QTextCursor
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QAction, QMessageBox
 
+from nw.gui.doceditor import GuiDocEditor
 from nw.gui.projtree import GuiProjectTree
 from nw.constants import nwItemType, nwDocAction
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ def testGuiEditor_Main(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, fncDir, fncProj, refDir, outDi
     # Block message box
     monkeypatch.setattr(QMessageBox, "question", lambda *args: QMessageBox.Yes)
     monkeypatch.setattr(GuiProjectTree, "hasFocus", lambda *args: True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(GuiDocEditor, "hasFocus", lambda *args: True)
 
     # Create new, save, close project
     nwGUI.theProject.projTree.setSeed(42)
@@ -353,6 +355,7 @@ def testGuiEditor_Search(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, nwLipsum):
     """
     # Block message box
     monkeypatch.setattr(QMessageBox, "question", lambda *args: QMessageBox.Yes)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(GuiDocEditor, "hasFocus", lambda *args: True)
 
     nwGUI.theProject.projTree.setSeed(42)
     assert nwGUI.openProject(nwLipsum)
diff --git a/tests/test_gui/test_gui_mainmenu.py b/tests/test_gui/test_gui_mainmenu.py
index dcd32e91..f6504abf 100644
--- a/tests/test_gui/test_gui_mainmenu.py
+++ b/tests/test_gui/test_gui_mainmenu.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QTextCursor, QTextBlock
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QAction, QFileDialog, QMessageBox
 
+from nw.gui.doceditor import GuiDocEditor
 from nw.constants import nwUnicode, nwDocAction, nwDocInsert, nwKeyWords
 
 keyDelay = 2
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ def testGuiMenu_EditFormat(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, nwLipsum):
     """
     # Block message box
     monkeypatch.setattr(QMessageBox, "question", lambda *args: QMessageBox.Yes)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(GuiDocEditor, "hasFocus", lambda *args: True)
 
     # Test Document Action with No Project
     assert not nwGUI.docEditor.docAction(nwDocAction.COPY)