diff --git a/crates/snowbound/src/sidebar.rs b/crates/snowbound/src/sidebar.rs
index 53d1303651e0fa6c2f82f98cb7d7ee5bd5404ab0..743fddbe1588504d3d60c74e061bbbea01c217a1 100644
--- a/crates/snowbound/src/sidebar.rs
+++ b/crates/snowbound/src/sidebar.rs
@@ -766,7 +766,8 @@ impl crate::State {
             &mut tree,
             &self.notebooks,
             drags,
-            width > 0.5,
+            // Opening, the rows are built at once, so a rename field there takes the focus.
+            width > 0.5 || self.sidebar && !self.full_page,
             self.navigation_bar_right,
         );
         let Tree {
diff --git a/crates/snowbound/tests/replay.rs b/crates/snowbound/tests/replay.rs
index c00ce5eb935ebe24f7f9e5408439ccbf07036e2f..3b4a763783268786a877db12db6ba354fdc9214e 100644
--- a/crates/snowbound/tests/replay.rs
+++ b/crates/snowbound/tests/replay.rs
@@ -350,3 +350,22 @@ fn a_version_copied_into_its_section_is_listed_and_found() {
     assert_eq!(versioned, 3, "{pages:?}");
     assert!(!search_results(&found).is_empty(), "{found}");
 }
+
+/// Rename on a section tab's menu opens the shut sidebar on a field that takes what is
+/// typed over the old name at once.
+#[test]
+fn renaming_a_section_from_its_tab_types_into_the_sidebar_at_once() {
+    let scratch = Scratch::new("rename-shut-sidebar");
+    let notebook =
+        Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("../../corpus/cross-container/candidate");
+    let mut steps = vec!["move 53 53", "press right", "release right", "wait 400"];
+    steps.extend(["key Down", "key Enter", "wait 400"]);
+    steps.extend(["type Renamed", "wait 100", "accessibility typed"]);
+    let [typed] = replay(&scratch, Some(&notebook), &steps)
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        typed.contains(r#"TextInput "Name" = "Renamed" [focused]"#),
+        "{typed}"
+    );
+}