diff --git a/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/widgets/client.py b/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/widgets/client.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/widgets/client.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/widgets/client.py
@@ -750,6 +750,7 @@ class ClientWidget(QWidget, SaveHistoryMixin):
         self.info_page = self.blank_page

         self.set_info_page()

         self.shellwidget.show()

+        self.get_control().setFocus()

 

     def _read_stderr(self):

         """Read the stderr file of the kernel."""
IPython console: Set focus to the console after hiding the loading page