diff --git a/directives/input.html b/directives/input.html
index 58a72ed..6f1e4b6 100644
--- a/directives/input.html
+++ b/directives/input.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <form class="form form-horizontal" id="inputform" ng-submit="sendMessage()">
   <div class="input-group">
-    <textarea id="{{inputId}}" class="form-control favorite-font" ng-trim="false" rows="1" autocomplete="off" ng-model="command">
+    <textarea id="{{inputId}}" class="form-control favorite-font" ng-trim="false" rows="1" autocomplete="off" ng-model="command" ng-focus="hideSidebar()">
     </textarea>
     <span class="input-group-btn">
       <button class="btn btn-default btn-primary">Send</button>
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 6cae901..1d034f1 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
     <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="assets/img/favicon.png" >
     <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
     <link href="css/glowingbear.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
-    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.0-beta.8/angular.min.js"></script>
-    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.0-beta.8/angular-route.min.js"></script>
-    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.0-beta.8/angular-sanitize.min.js"></script>
-    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.0-beta.8/angular-touch.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.0-beta.18/angular.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.0-beta.18/angular-route.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.0-beta.18/angular-sanitize.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.0-beta.18/angular-touch.min.js"></script>
     <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.6.0/underscore-min.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="3rdparty/inflate.min.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/localstorage.js"></script>
diff --git a/js/glowingbear.js b/js/glowingbear.js
index 0efde02..ac4cd1e 100644
--- a/js/glowingbear.js
+++ b/js/glowingbear.js
@@ -907,9 +907,15 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
     $scope.showSidebar = function() {
         document.getElementById('sidebar').setAttribute('data-state', 'visible');
         document.getElementById('content').setAttribute('sidebar-state', 'visible');
+        if ($rootScope.isMobileUi()) {
+            // de-focus the input bar when opening the sidebar on mobile, so that the keyboard goes down
+            _.each(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea'), function(elem) {
+                elem.blur();
+            });
+        }
     };
 
-    $scope.hideSidebar = function() {
+    $rootScope.hideSidebar = function() {
         if ($rootScope.isMobileUi()) {
             document.getElementById('sidebar').setAttribute('data-state', 'hidden');
             document.getElementById('content').setAttribute('sidebar-state', 'hidden');
@@ -1394,6 +1400,10 @@ weechat.directive('inputBar', function() {
                 return document.querySelector('textarea#' + $scope.inputId);
             };
 
+            $scope.hideSidebar = function() {
+                $rootScope.hideSidebar();
+            };
+
             $scope.completeNick = function() {
                 // input DOM node
                 var inputNode = $scope.getInputNode();