diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/layout/dflt_name.xml b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/layout/dflt_name.xml
index 5704f3e33..dc1425dfb 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/layout/dflt_name.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/layout/dflt_name.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
             android:autoText="false"
             android:capitalize="words"
             android:singleLine="true"
+            android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
             android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
             />