diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/filetemplates/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     templatepreviewtoolview.cpp
     filetemplatesplugin.cpp
 
+    ipagefocus.cpp
     classidentifierpage.cpp
     classmemberspage.cpp
     defaultcreateclasshelper.cpp
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
 main.cpp
     templatepreview.cpp
 
+    ipagefocus.cpp
     classidentifierpage.cpp
     classmemberspage.cpp
     defaultcreateclasshelper.cpp
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/classidentifierpage.h b/plugins/filetemplates/classidentifierpage.h
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/classidentifierpage.h
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/classidentifierpage.h
@@ -21,10 +21,15 @@
 
 #include <QWidget>
 
+#include "ipagefocus.h"
+
+namespace KDevelop
+{
+
 /**
  * Assistant dialog page for setting the identifier and inheritances of a new class
  */
-class ClassIdentifierPage : public QWidget
+class ClassIdentifierPage : public QWidget, public IPageFocus
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_PROPERTY(QStringList inheritance READ inheritanceList)
@@ -54,6 +59,8 @@
      */
     void setInheritanceList(const QStringList& list);
 
+    void setFocusToFirstEditWidget() override;
+
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void inheritanceChanged();
     /**
@@ -71,4 +78,6 @@
     struct ClassIdentifierPagePrivate* const d;
 };
 
+}
+
 #endif // KDEVPLATFORM_PLUGIN_CLASSIDENTIFIERPAGE_H
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/classidentifierpage.cpp b/plugins/filetemplates/classidentifierpage.cpp
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/classidentifierpage.cpp
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/classidentifierpage.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 
 #include "ui_newclass.h"
 
-struct ClassIdentifierPagePrivate
+using namespace KDevelop;
+
+struct KDevelop::ClassIdentifierPagePrivate
 {
     ClassIdentifierPagePrivate()
         : classid(nullptr)
@@ -74,3 +76,8 @@
 {
     d->classid->keditlistwidget->setItems(list);
 }
+
+void ClassIdentifierPage::setFocusToFirstEditWidget()
+{
+    d->classid->identifierLineEdit->setFocus();
+}
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/classmemberspage.h b/plugins/filetemplates/classmemberspage.h
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/classmemberspage.h
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/classmemberspage.h
@@ -24,11 +24,16 @@
 
 #include <language/codegen/codedescription.h>
 
+#include "ipagefocus.h"
+
+namespace KDevelop
+{
+
 /**
  * Assistant dialog page for declaring data members of a new class
  *
  */
-class ClassMembersPage : public QWidget
+class ClassMembersPage : public QWidget, public IPageFocus
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_PROPERTY(KDevelop::VariableDescriptionList members READ members WRITE setMembers)
@@ -46,8 +51,12 @@
      */
     void setMembers(const KDevelop::VariableDescriptionList& members);
 
+    void setFocusToFirstEditWidget() override;
+
 private:
     class ClassMembersPagePrivate* const d;
 };
 
+}
+
 #endif // KDEVPLATFORM_PLUGIN_CLASSMEMBERSPAGE_H
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/classmemberspage.cpp b/plugins/filetemplates/classmemberspage.cpp
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/classmemberspage.cpp
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/classmemberspage.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 using namespace KDevelop;
 
-class ClassMembersPagePrivate
+class KDevelop::ClassMembersPagePrivate
 {
 public:
     KEditListWidget* editListWidget;
@@ -107,3 +107,8 @@
     }
     return list;
 }
+
+void ClassMembersPage::setFocusToFirstEditWidget()
+{
+    d->editListWidget->lineEdit()->setFocus();
+}
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/ipagefocus.h b/plugins/filetemplates/ipagefocus.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/ipagefocus.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*  This file is part of KDevelop
+    Copyright 2017 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Library General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#ifndef KDEVPLATFORM_PLUGIN_IPAGEFOCUS_H
+#define KDEVPLATFORM_PLUGIN_IPAGEFOCUS_H
+
+namespace KDevelop
+{
+
+class IPageFocus
+{
+public:
+    virtual ~IPageFocus();
+
+    /**
+     * Set the keyboard input focus to the first edit widget.
+     */
+    virtual void setFocusToFirstEditWidget() = 0;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/ipagefocus.cpp b/plugins/filetemplates/ipagefocus.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/ipagefocus.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*  This file is part of KDevelop
+    Copyright 2017 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Library General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#include "ipagefocus.h"
+
+namespace KDevelop
+{
+
+IPageFocus::~IPageFocus() = default;
+
+}
+
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/licensepage.h b/plugins/filetemplates/licensepage.h
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/licensepage.h
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/licensepage.h
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@
 
 #include <QWidget>
 
-
+#include "ipagefocus.h"
 
 namespace KDevelop {
 
 /**
  * Assistant dialog page for choosing the license of new source files
  *
  * @todo Add the name of the Author at the top of the license
  */
-class LicensePage : public QWidget
+class LicensePage : public QWidget, public IPageFocus
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
      */
     QString license() const;
 
+    void setFocusToFirstEditWidget() override;
+
 private:
     // data
     struct LicensePagePrivate* const d;
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/licensepage.cpp b/plugins/filetemplates/licensepage.cpp
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/licensepage.cpp
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/licensepage.cpp
@@ -270,6 +270,11 @@
     return licenseText;
 }
 
+void LicensePage::setFocusToFirstEditWidget()
+{
+    d->license->licenseComboBox->setFocus();
+}
+
 }
 
 Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(KDevelop::LicensePagePrivate::LicenseInfo, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/outputpage.h b/plugins/filetemplates/outputpage.h
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/outputpage.h
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/outputpage.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <ktexteditor/cursor.h>
 
+#include "ipagefocus.h"
+
 namespace KDevelop {
 
 class TemplateRenderer;
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@
 /**
  * Assistant page for setting the output location of generated source code
  */
-class OutputPage : public QWidget
+class OutputPage : public QWidget, public IPageFocus
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
@@ -69,6 +71,8 @@
      */
     QHash<QString, KTextEditor::Cursor> filePositions() const;
 
+    void setFocusToFirstEditWidget() override;
+
 Q_SIGNALS:
     /**
      * @copydoc ClassIdentifierPage::isValid
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/outputpage.cpp b/plugins/filetemplates/outputpage.cpp
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/outputpage.cpp
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/outputpage.cpp
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@
     return positions;
 }
 
+void OutputPage::setFocusToFirstEditWidget()
+{
+    d->output->lowerFilenameCheckBox->setFocus();
+}
+
 }
 
 #include "moc_outputpage.cpp"
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/overridespage.h b/plugins/filetemplates/overridespage.h
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/overridespage.h
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/overridespage.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <QWidget>
 
 #include "language/duchain/declaration.h"
+#include "ipagefocus.h"
 
 class QTreeWidget;
 class QTreeWidgetItem;
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
 /**
  * Assistant page for choosing class functions, overridden from base classes. 
  */
-class OverridesPage : public QWidget
+class OverridesPage : public QWidget, public IPageFocus
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@
 
     QWidget* extraFunctionsContainer() const;
 
+    void setFocusToFirstEditWidget() override;
+
 public Q_SLOTS:
     /**
      * Selects all functions for overriding
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/overridespage.cpp b/plugins/filetemplates/overridespage.cpp
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/overridespage.cpp
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/overridespage.cpp
@@ -264,3 +264,8 @@
     overrideTree()->expandAll();
     overrideTree()->header()->resizeSections(QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
 }
+
+void OverridesPage::setFocusToFirstEditWidget()
+{
+    d->overrides->overridesTree->setFocus();
+}
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/templateclassassistant.cpp b/plugins/filetemplates/templateclassassistant.cpp
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/templateclassassistant.cpp
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/templateclassassistant.cpp
@@ -505,6 +505,10 @@
     {
         d->outputPageWidget->loadFileTemplate(d->fileTemplate, d->baseUrl, d->renderer);
     }
+
+    if (auto* pageFocus = dynamic_cast<KDevelop::IPageFocus*>(currentPage()->widget())) {
+        pageFocus->setFocusToFirstEditWidget();
+    }
 }
 
 void TemplateClassAssistant::back()
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/templateoptionspage.h b/plugins/filetemplates/templateoptionspage.h
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/templateoptionspage.h
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/templateoptionspage.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <QWidget>
 #include <QVariantHash>
 
+#include "ipagefocus.h"
 
 
 namespace KDevelop
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
  * 
  * @sa SourceFileTemplate::customOptions()
  **/
-class TemplateOptionsPage : public QWidget
+class TemplateOptionsPage : public QWidget, public IPageFocus
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_PROPERTY(QVariantHash templateOptions READ templateOptions)
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@
      **/
     QVariantHash templateOptions() const;
 
+    void setFocusToFirstEditWidget() override;
+
 private:
     class TemplateOptionsPagePrivate* const d;
 };
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/templateoptionspage.cpp b/plugins/filetemplates/templateoptionspage.cpp
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/templateoptionspage.cpp
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/templateoptionspage.cpp
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@
     QList<SourceFileTemplate::ConfigOption> entries;
     QHash<QString, QWidget*> controls;
     QHash<QString, QByteArray> typeProperties;
+    QWidget *firstEditWidget;
 };
 
 TemplateOptionsPage::TemplateOptionsPage(QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags f)
 : QWidget(parent, f)
 , d(new TemplateOptionsPagePrivate)
 {
+    d->firstEditWidget = nullptr;
+
     d->typeProperties.insert(QStringLiteral("String"), "text");
     d->typeProperties.insert(QStringLiteral("Int"), "value");
     d->typeProperties.insert(QStringLiteral("Bool"), "checked");
@@ -62,6 +65,8 @@
 void TemplateOptionsPage::load(const SourceFileTemplate& fileTemplate, TemplateRenderer* renderer)
 {
     d->entries.clear();
+    d->controls.clear();
+    d->firstEditWidget = nullptr;
 
     QLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout();
     QHash<QString, QList<SourceFileTemplate::ConfigOption> > options = fileTemplate.customOptions(renderer);
@@ -114,6 +119,9 @@
                 QLabel* label = new QLabel(entryLabelText, box);
                 formLayout->addRow(label, control);
                 d->controls.insert(entry.name, control);
+                if (d->firstEditWidget == nullptr) {
+                    d->firstEditWidget = control;
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -139,3 +147,10 @@
 
     return values;
 }
+
+void TemplateOptionsPage::setFocusToFirstEditWidget()
+{
+    if (d->firstEditWidget) {
+        d->firstEditWidget->setFocus();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/testcasespage.h b/plugins/filetemplates/testcasespage.h
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/testcasespage.h
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/testcasespage.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <QWidget>
 
-
+#include "ipagefocus.h"
 
 class KEditListWidget;
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * Assistant page for specifying the list of test cases
  *
  */
-class TestCasesPage : public QWidget
+class TestCasesPage : public QWidget, public IPageFocus
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_PROPERTY(QStringList testCases READ testCases WRITE setTestCases)
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
      */
     void setTestCases(const QStringList& testCases);
 
+    void setFocusToFirstEditWidget() override;
+
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void isValid(bool valid);
 
diff --git a/plugins/filetemplates/testcasespage.cpp b/plugins/filetemplates/testcasespage.cpp
--- a/plugins/filetemplates/testcasespage.cpp
+++ b/plugins/filetemplates/testcasespage.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@
     return d->ui->keditlistwidget->items();
 }
 
+void TestCasesPage::setFocusToFirstEditWidget()
+{
+    d->ui->identifierLineEdit->setFocus();
+}
+
 void TestCasesPage::identifierChanged(const QString& identifier)
 {
     emit isValid(!identifier.isEmpty());