diff --git a/src/ui/form-modal-ui-handler.ts b/src/ui/form-modal-ui-handler.ts
index 5c547465de9..c6ef8705aa8 100644
--- a/src/ui/form-modal-ui-handler.ts
+++ b/src/ui/form-modal-ui-handler.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ export abstract class FormModalUiHandler extends ModalUiHandler {
       this.submitAction = config.buttonActions.length ? config.buttonActions[0] : null;
       this.cancelAction = config.buttonActions[1] ?? null;
 
+      // Auto focus the first input field after a short delay, to prevent accidental inputs
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        this.inputs[0].setFocus();
+      }, 50);
+
       // #region: Override button pointerDown
       // Override the pointerDown event for the buttonBgs to call the `submitAction` and `cancelAction`
       // properties that we set above, allowing their behavior to change after this method terminates
diff --git a/src/ui/pokedex-scan-ui-handler.ts b/src/ui/pokedex-scan-ui-handler.ts
index 4f606cbcbb0..9be7a903dec 100644
--- a/src/ui/pokedex-scan-ui-handler.ts
+++ b/src/ui/pokedex-scan-ui-handler.ts
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ export class PokedexScanUiHandler extends FormModalUiHandler {
 
     this.reduceKeys();
 
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      input.setFocus(); // Focus after a short delay to avoid unwanted input
-    }, 50);
-
     input.on("keydown", (inputObject, evt: KeyboardEvent) => {
       if (
         ["escape", "space"].some(v => v === evt.key.toLowerCase() || v === evt.code.toLowerCase()) &&