diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Android/AndroidNativeWebViewDialog.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Android/AndroidNativeWebViewDialog.cs
index ee7e54e..3a1c9fd 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Android/AndroidNativeWebViewDialog.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Android/AndroidNativeWebViewDialog.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ private async void ShowCore(IPlatformHandle? owner)
         _isOpen = true;
     }
 
+    public void Focus() => (TryGetAdapter() as IWebViewAdapterWithFocus)?.Focus();
+
     public void Close()
     {
         if (!_isOpen || _context is null) return;
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Browser/BrowserWindowNativeWebViewDialog.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Browser/BrowserWindowNativeWebViewDialog.cs
index e66be92..f2c02b1 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Browser/BrowserWindowNativeWebViewDialog.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Browser/BrowserWindowNativeWebViewDialog.cs
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ public bool Show(IPlatformHandle owner)
         return true;
     }
 
+    public void Focus()
+    {
+        if (_popup is { } popup)
+            WebViewInterop.FocusDialogWindow(popup);
+        (_adapter as IWebViewAdapterWithFocus)?.Focus();
+    }
+
     public void Close()
     {
         if (_popup is { } popup)
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Browser/WebViewInterop.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Browser/WebViewInterop.cs
index d36184d..8ec6d07 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Browser/WebViewInterop.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Browser/WebViewInterop.cs
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ public static partial Action SubscribeMessages(
     [JSImport("closeDialogWindow", "av-webview")]
     public static partial void CloseDialogWindow(JSObject popup);
 
+    [JSImport("focusDialogWindow", "av-webview")]
+    public static partial void FocusDialogWindow(JSObject popup);
+
     [JSImport("resizeDialogWindow", "av-webview")]
     public static partial bool ResizeDialogWindow(JSObject popup, int width, int height);
 
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Gtk/GtkNativeWebViewDialog.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Gtk/GtkNativeWebViewDialog.cs
index 7d778cd..b8cf7fc 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Gtk/GtkNativeWebViewDialog.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/Gtk/GtkNativeWebViewDialog.cs
@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ public bool Show(IPlatformHandle owner)
         return true;
     }
 
+    public void Focus() => RunOnGlibThreadAsync(() =>
+    {
+        gtk_window_present(_windowHandle);
+        _nativeWebView?.Focus();
+    });
+
     public void Close()
     {
         // Closing is invoked in two places for the GTK webview:
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/IWebViewAdapter.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/IWebViewAdapter.cs
index 200e33c..6dc5ce7 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/IWebViewAdapter.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/IWebViewAdapter.cs
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ internal interface INativeWebViewDialog : IDisposable
     /// </summary>
     void Close();
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Activates the dialog and moves keyboard focus to the hosted web content.
+    /// </summary>
+    void Focus();
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Resizes the WebView dialog.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/staticwebassets/av-webview.mjs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/staticwebassets/av-webview.mjs
index 79db00a..624f3db 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/staticwebassets/av-webview.mjs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Core/staticwebassets/av-webview.mjs
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ export function closeDialogWindow(popup) {
     } catch { }
 }
 
+export function focusDialogWindow(popup) {
+    try {
+        popup.focus();
+    } catch { }
+}
+
 export function resizeDialogWindow(popup, width, height) {
     try {
         popup.resizeTo(width, height);
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/EmptyNativeWebViewControlImpl.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/EmptyNativeWebViewControlImpl.cs
index 5d986e7..6717341 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/EmptyNativeWebViewControlImpl.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/EmptyNativeWebViewControlImpl.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ internal class EmptyNativeWebViewControlImpl : Control, INativeWebViewControlImp
 
     public Task<IWebViewAdapter?> GetAdapterAsync() => Task.FromResult<IWebViewAdapter?>(null);
 
+    public void FocusWebView() { }
+
     public IDisposable BeginReparenting(bool yieldOnLayoutBeforeExiting) => EmptyDisposable.Instance;
     public IAsyncDisposable BeginReparentingAsync() => EmptyDisposable.Instance;
 
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/INativeWebViewControlImpl.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/INativeWebViewControlImpl.cs
index 52ac6cf..cde3d65 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/INativeWebViewControlImpl.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/INativeWebViewControlImpl.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ internal interface INativeWebViewControlImpl
     /// </summary>
     Task<IWebViewAdapter?> GetAdapterAsync();
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Moves keyboard focus to the hosted web content, if it's already initialized.
+    /// </summary>
+    void FocusWebView();
+
     /// <inheritdoc cref="NativeWebView.BeginReparenting"/>.
     IDisposable BeginReparenting(bool yieldOnLayoutBeforeExiting);
 
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/NativeWebDialog.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/NativeWebDialog.cs
index f895158..9f04ff6 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/NativeWebDialog.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/NativeWebDialog.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ public class NativeWebDialog : Core.IWebView, Core.IWebViewHolder, IDisposable
         private Color? _initialDefaultBackground;
         private bool _disposed;
         private bool _dialogInitialized;
+        private bool _shown;
+        private bool _focusRequested;
 
         static NativeWebDialog()
         {
@@ -299,10 +301,19 @@ public Color? DefaultBackground
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets if the dialog moves keyboard focus to its web content when shown. Default is true.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool ShowFocused { get; set; } = true;
+
         /// <inheritdoc cref="Core.INativeWebViewDialog.Closing"/>
         public event EventHandler? Closing;
         /// <inheritdoc cref="Core.INativeWebViewDialog.Show()"/>
-        public async void Show() => (await GetOrInitialize()).Show();
+        public async void Show()
+        {
+            (await GetOrInitialize()).Show();
+            OnShown();
+        }
 
 #if WPF
         /// <summary>
@@ -345,6 +356,39 @@ public async void Show(TopLevel owner)
             {
                 impl.Show();
             }
+
+            OnShown();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Activates the dialog and moves keyboard focus to the web content hosted inside of it.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Focus()
+        {
+            _focusRequested = true;
+            TryApplyFocus();
+        }
+
+        private void OnShown()
+        {
+            _shown = true;
+            _focusRequested |= ShowFocused;
+            TryApplyFocus();
+        }
+
+        private void TryApplyFocus()
+        {
+            // The adapter is typically created only after the dialog window was shown,
+            // and native focus can't be moved before that.
+            if (!_focusRequested || !_shown
+                || TryGetImpl() is not { } impl
+                || impl.TryGetAdapter() is null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _focusRequested = false;
+            impl.Focus();
         }
 
 #if WPF
@@ -501,6 +545,7 @@ private void DialogImplOnAdapterDestroyed(object? sender, Core.WebViewAdapterEve
             adapter.WebResourceRequested -= WebViewAdapterOnWebResourceRequested;
             adapter.NewWindowRequested -= WebViewAdapterOnNewWindowRequested;
             _dialogInitialized = false;
+            _shown = false;
             AdapterDestroyed?.Invoke(this, e);
         }
 
@@ -532,6 +577,8 @@ private void DialogImplOnAdapterCreated(object? sender, Core.WebViewAdapterEvent
             else if (_lastSource is ValueTuple<string, Uri?> pair)
                 adapter.NavigateToString(pair.Item1, pair.Item2);
             AdapterCreated?.Invoke(this, e);
+
+            TryApplyFocus();
         }
 
         private void DialogImplOnClosing(object? sender, EventArgs e)
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/NativeWebViewCompositorHost.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/NativeWebViewCompositorHost.cs
index 3a2ce2e..3962886 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/NativeWebViewCompositorHost.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/NativeWebViewCompositorHost.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ static NativeWebViewCompositorHost()
         _webViewReadyCompletion.Task.Result :
         null;
 
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public void FocusWebView() => Focus();
+
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public async Task<IWebViewAdapter?> GetAdapterAsync() =>
         _webViewReadyCompletion is null ? null : await _webViewReadyCompletion.Task;
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/NativeWebViewControlHost.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/NativeWebViewControlHost.cs
index e04ca28..3e32d44 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/NativeWebViewControlHost.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/NativeWebViewControlHost.cs
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ async void CompleteAdapter(WebViewAdapter.AdapterWrapper wrapper)
             _webViewReadyCompletion.Task.Result :
             null;
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void FocusWebView() => (TryGetAdapter() as Core.IWebViewAdapterWithFocus)?.Focus();
+
         protected override void DestroyNativeControlCore(IPlatformHandle control)
         {
             var adapter = TryGetAdapter();
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/WindowNativeWebViewDialog.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/WindowNativeWebViewDialog.cs
index d6c44ab..9cc4f0f 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/WindowNativeWebViewDialog.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.WebView/WindowNativeWebViewDialog.cs
@@ -113,6 +113,24 @@ event EventHandler? Core.INativeWebViewDialog.Closing
 
         bool Core.INativeWebViewDialog.Show(IPlatformHandle _) => false;
 
+        void Core.INativeWebViewDialog.Focus()
+        {
+            Activate();
+            _controlHostImpl?.FocusWebView();
+
+            if (!IsActive)
+            {
+                Activated -= OnActivatedFocusWebView;
+                Activated += OnActivatedFocusWebView;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void OnActivatedFocusWebView(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            Activated -= OnActivatedFocusWebView;
+            _controlHostImpl?.FocusWebView();
+        }
+
         public bool Resize(int width, int height)
         {
             Width = width;
diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Tests/NativeWebDialogTests.cs b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Tests/NativeWebDialogTests.cs
index cf0f062..62cd59a 100644
--- a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Tests/NativeWebDialogTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.WebView.Tests/NativeWebDialogTests.cs
@@ -164,6 +164,56 @@ public void Should_Raise_Closing_Event()
         Assert.True(closingRaised);
     }
 
+    [AvaloniaFact]
+    public async Task Should_Focus_WebView_On_Show_By_Default()
+    {
+        var dialog = new NativeWebDialog();
+        dialog.Show();
+
+        await WaitForAdapterCreation(dialog);
+
+        var window = dialog.TryGetWindow()!;
+        Assert.Same(window.Content, window.FocusManager?.GetFocusedElement());
+    }
+
+    [AvaloniaFact]
+    public async Task Should_Not_Focus_WebView_When_ShowFocused_Is_False()
+    {
+        var dialog = new NativeWebDialog { ShowFocused = false };
+        dialog.Show();
+
+        await WaitForAdapterCreation(dialog);
+
+        var window = dialog.TryGetWindow()!;
+        Assert.Null(window.FocusManager?.GetFocusedElement());
+    }
+
+    [AvaloniaFact]
+    public async Task Should_Focus_WebView_On_Demand()
+    {
+        var dialog = new NativeWebDialog { ShowFocused = false };
+        dialog.Show();
+
+        await WaitForAdapterCreation(dialog);
+        dialog.Focus();
+
+        var window = dialog.TryGetWindow()!;
+        Assert.Same(window.Content, window.FocusManager?.GetFocusedElement());
+    }
+
+    [AvaloniaFact]
+    public async Task Should_Apply_Focus_Requested_Before_Adapter_Creation()
+    {
+        var dialog = new NativeWebDialog { ShowFocused = false };
+        dialog.Show();
+        dialog.Focus();
+
+        await WaitForAdapterCreation(dialog);
+
+        var window = dialog.TryGetWindow()!;
+        Assert.Same(window.Content, window.FocusManager?.GetFocusedElement());
+    }
+
     [AvaloniaFact]
     public async Task Should_Raise_AdapterCreated_And_AdapterDestroyed()
     {