diff --git a/src/components/DocumentDrawer.vue b/src/components/DocumentDrawer.vue
index 67b0f4b..add76e6 100644
--- a/src/components/DocumentDrawer.vue
+++ b/src/components/DocumentDrawer.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { computed, onBeforeUnmount, ref, watch } from 'vue'
+import { computed, nextTick, onBeforeUnmount, ref, watch } from 'vue'
 import { PhCheckerboard, PhFilmReel, PhPlus, PhX } from '@phosphor-icons/vue'
 import { useSceneStore } from '@/stores/scene'
 import { confirmDialog, promptDialog, dialogState } from '@/components/ui'
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const { projectName, renameProject } = useProjectName()
 const { presets, addPreset, removePreset } = useCanvasPresets()
 
 const rootEl = ref<HTMLElement | null>(null)
+const nameInput = ref<HTMLInputElement | null>(null)
 
 // The drawer is opened only by the topbar project-name button (no tab,
 // no hover). An outside click or ESC dismisses it. A dialog on top
@@ -52,6 +53,14 @@ watch(open, (v) => {
       document.addEventListener('pointerdown', onDocPointerDown, true)
       document.addEventListener('keydown', onDocKeyDown)
     }, 0)
+    // Focus + select the project-name field on open — renaming is
+    // the main reason this drawer exists, so the cursor should land
+    // there without an extra click.
+    void nextTick().then(() => {
+      if (!open.value) return
+      nameInput.value?.focus()
+      nameInput.value?.select()
+    })
   } else {
     document.removeEventListener('pointerdown', onDocPointerDown, true)
     document.removeEventListener('keydown', onDocKeyDown)
@@ -327,6 +336,7 @@ async function onRemovePreset(p: CanvasPreset) {
         <label class="name-field">
           <span class="name-label">{{ t('documentDrawer.projectName') }}</span>
           <input
+            ref="nameInput"
             class="name-input"
             type="text"
             :value="nameDraft"
diff --git a/src/devtools/tests.ts b/src/devtools/tests.ts
index 86a387a..f770c74 100644
--- a/src/devtools/tests.ts
+++ b/src/devtools/tests.ts
@@ -6074,6 +6074,39 @@ export function registerAllTests(): void {
       handle.unmount()
     })
 
+    test('opening the drawer moves focus into the project-name input', async () => {
+      // Renaming is the main reason to open this drawer — cursor
+      // should land on the name field so the user can just start
+      // typing. Focus is scheduled for the next tick so Vue has
+      // committed the open class + the input is laid out.
+      makeFreshStore()
+      const { useProjectName } = await import('@/composables/useProjectName')
+      useProjectName().projectName.value = 'Hero'
+      const handle = mountComponent(DocumentDrawer, {})
+      try {
+        await nextTick()
+        const { useDocumentDrawer } = await import(
+          '@/composables/useDocumentDrawer'
+        )
+        useDocumentDrawer().openDrawer()
+        // Wait two ticks: one for `open` to flush, one for the
+        // scheduled focus in nextTick inside the watch.
+        await nextTick()
+        await nextTick()
+        const input = handle.host.querySelector(
+          '.document-drawer .name-input',
+        ) as HTMLInputElement
+        expect(input).toBeTruthy()
+        expect(document.activeElement).toBe(input)
+        // Contents pre-selected so the user can overwrite in one
+        // go (selectionStart/End span the full value).
+        expect(input.selectionStart).toBe(0)
+        expect(input.selectionEnd).toBe('Hero'.length)
+      } finally {
+        handle.unmount()
+      }
+    })
+
     test('panel exposes the canvas width / height fields bound to the store', async () => {
       const s = makeFreshStore()
       const handle = mountComponent(DocumentDrawer, {})