diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorComponentImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorComponentImpl.java
index a361ce3a036e..e49063d7d66e 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorComponentImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorComponentImpl.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import com.intellij.ide.CutProvider;
 import com.intellij.ide.DataManager;
 import com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue;
 import com.intellij.ide.PasteProvider;
-import com.intellij.ide.ui.UISettings;
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.CommonDataKeys;
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.DataContext;
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.DataProvider;
@@ -65,6 +64,7 @@ public class EditorComponentImpl extends JComponent implements Scrollable, DataP
     enableEvents(AWTEvent.KEY_EVENT_MASK | AWTEvent.INPUT_METHOD_EVENT_MASK);
     enableInputMethods(true);
     setFocusCycleRoot(true);
+    setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled(false);
     setOpaque(true);
 
     putClientProperty(Magnificator.CLIENT_PROPERTY_KEY, new Magnificator() {