diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index c2101f3..73d0563 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -3616,6 +3616,7 @@ void GuiView::dispatch(FuncRequest const & cmd, DispatchResult & dr)
 				GuiView & gv = guiApp->view(ids[i]);
 				if (gv.workArea(*buffer)) {
 					gv.activateWindow();
+					gv.raise();
 					gv.setBuffer(buffer);
 					break;
 				}