diff --git a/editor/ui/dialogs/content/EdImageProps.js b/editor/ui/dialogs/content/EdImageProps.js
index c586d76ac9fc..d6e308f4d277 100644
--- a/editor/ui/dialogs/content/EdImageProps.js
+++ b/editor/ui/dialogs/content/EdImageProps.js
@@ -793,3 +793,14 @@ function onImageCancel()
   CancelTimer();
   onCancel();
 }
+
+function onAlignFocus()
+{
+  dialog.alignText.setAttribute("focused", "true");
+}
+
+function onAlignBlur()
+{
+  dialog.alignText.removeAttribute("focused");
+}
+
diff --git a/editor/ui/dialogs/content/EdImageProps.xul b/editor/ui/dialogs/content/EdImageProps.xul
index 23c257a7eed3..f455b32bccab 100644
--- a/editor/ui/dialogs/content/EdImageProps.xul
+++ b/editor/ui/dialogs/content/EdImageProps.xul
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
           <spring class="spacer"/>
           <stack>
             <menulist id = "alignTypeSelect" oncommand="changeAlignment(event.target)" 
-                      style="height: 15px">
+                      style="height: 15px" onfocus="onAlignFocus();" onblur="onAlignBlur();">
               <menupopup valign="middle">
                 <menuitem class="middle" valign="middle" autostretch="never">
                   <spring class="spacer"/>
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
               mousethrough="always">
               <image id="alignImage"/>
               <spring class="spacer"/>
-              <text id="alignText" class="label"/>
+              <text id="alignText" class="label menu-list"/>
             </box>
           </stack>
         </titledbox>