diff --git a/src/react-editor-view.coffee b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
index 314aa449b..6d039b92e 100644
--- a/src/react-editor-view.coffee
+++ b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@ class ReactEditorView extends View
 
   getPane: ->
     @closest('.pane').view()
+
+  focus: ->
+    @component?.onFocus()