diff --git a/src/gui/ColorWidget.cxx b/src/gui/ColorWidget.cxx
index 776272a3d..15f41e2ac 100644
--- a/src/gui/ColorWidget.cxx
+++ b/src/gui/ColorWidget.cxx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ColorWidget::ColorWidget(GuiObject* boss, const GUI::Font& font,
     _framed{framed},
     _cmd{cmd}
 {
-  _flags = Widget::FLAG_ENABLED | Widget::FLAG_CLEARBG | Widget::FLAG_RETAIN_FOCUS;
+  _flags = Widget::FLAG_ENABLED | Widget::FLAG_CLEARBG;
 }
 
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diff --git a/src/gui/ColorWidget.hxx b/src/gui/ColorWidget.hxx
index 199ad1c6f..fb0192c9c 100644
--- a/src/gui/ColorWidget.hxx
+++ b/src/gui/ColorWidget.hxx
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class ColorWidget : public Widget, public CommandSender
     void setCrossed(bool enable);
 
   protected:
+    void handleMouseEntered() override { }
+    void handleMouseLeft() override { }
     void drawWidget(bool hilite) override;
 
   protected: