diff --git a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/ControlUtils.java b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/ControlUtils.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/ControlUtils.java
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/ControlUtils.java
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 import javafx.beans.Observable;
 import javafx.collections.ObservableMap;
 import javafx.event.Event;
+import javafx.scene.Node;
+import javafx.scene.Parent;
+import javafx.scene.Scene;
 
 class ControlUtils {
     private static final String SCROLL_TO_INDEX_KEY = "util.scroll.index";
@@ -95,4 +98,21 @@
     private static void fireScrollToColumnEvent(final Control control, final TableColumnBase<?, ?> column) {
         control.fireEvent(new ScrollToEvent<TableColumnBase<?, ?>>(control, control, ScrollToEvent.scrollToColumn(), column));
     }
+
+    static void requestFocusOnControlOnlyIfCurrentFocusOwnerIsChild(Control c) {
+        Scene scene = c.getScene();
+        final Node focusOwner = scene == null ? null : scene.getFocusOwner();
+        if (focusOwner == null) {
+            c.requestFocus();
+        } else if (! c.equals(focusOwner)) {
+            Parent p = focusOwner.getParent();
+            while (p != null) {
+                if (c.equals(p)) {
+                    c.requestFocus();
+                    break;
+                }
+                p = p.getParent();
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/ListCell.java b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/ListCell.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/ListCell.java
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/ListCell.java
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
 import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
 
 import javafx.collections.WeakListChangeListener;
+import javafx.scene.Node;
+import javafx.scene.Parent;
+import javafx.scene.Scene;
+
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -362,7 +366,7 @@
     @Override public void commitEdit(T newValue) {
         if (! isEditing()) return;
         ListView<T> list = getListView();
-        
+
         if (list != null) {
             // Inform the ListView of the edit being ready to be committed.
             list.fireEvent(new ListView.EditEvent<T>(list,
@@ -387,7 +391,12 @@
             // the ListView editingIndex property (if they choose to do that
             // rather than just grab the int from the event).
             list.edit(-1);
-            list.requestFocus();
+
+            // request focus back onto the list, only if the current focus
+            // owner has the list as a parent (otherwise the user might have
+            // clicked out of the list entirely and given focus to something else.
+            // It would be rude of us to request it back again.
+            ControlUtils.requestFocusOnControlOnlyIfCurrentFocusOwnerIsChild(list);
         }
     }
     
@@ -405,7 +414,12 @@
             
             // reset the editing index on the ListView
             if (updateEditingIndex) list.edit(-1);
-            list.requestFocus();
+
+            // request focus back onto the list, only if the current focus
+            // owner has the list as a parent (otherwise the user might have
+            // clicked out of the list entirely and given focus to something else.
+            // It would be rude of us to request it back again.
+            ControlUtils.requestFocusOnControlOnlyIfCurrentFocusOwnerIsChild(list);
         
             list.fireEvent(new ListView.EditEvent<T>(list,
                     ListView.<T>editCancelEvent(),
diff --git a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TableCell.java b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TableCell.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TableCell.java
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TableCell.java
@@ -337,7 +337,12 @@
         if (table != null) {
             // reset the editing cell on the TableView
             table.edit(-1, null);
-            table.requestFocus();
+
+            // request focus back onto the table, only if the current focus
+            // owner has the table as a parent (otherwise the user might have
+            // clicked out of the table entirely and given focus to something else.
+            // It would be rude of us to request it back again.
+            ControlUtils.requestFocusOnControlOnlyIfCurrentFocusOwnerIsChild(table);
         }
     }
 
@@ -354,7 +359,11 @@
             TablePosition editingCell = table.getEditingCell();
             if (updateEditingIndex) table.edit(-1, null);
 
-            table.requestFocus();
+            // request focus back onto the table, only if the current focus
+            // owner has the table as a parent (otherwise the user might have
+            // clicked out of the table entirely and given focus to something else.
+            // It would be rude of us to request it back again.
+            ControlUtils.requestFocusOnControlOnlyIfCurrentFocusOwnerIsChild(table);
 
             CellEditEvent editEvent = new CellEditEvent(
                 table,
diff --git a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TreeCell.java b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TreeCell.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TreeCell.java
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TreeCell.java
@@ -407,7 +407,12 @@
         if (tree != null) {
             // reset the editing item in the TreetView
             tree.edit(null);
-            tree.requestFocus();
+
+            // request focus back onto the tree, only if the current focus
+            // owner has the tree as a parent (otherwise the user might have
+            // clicked out of the tree entirely and given focus to something else.
+            // It would be rude of us to request it back again.
+            ControlUtils.requestFocusOnControlOnlyIfCurrentFocusOwnerIsChild(tree);
         }
     }
 
@@ -422,7 +427,12 @@
         if (tree != null) {
             // reset the editing index on the TreeView
             if (updateEditingIndex) tree.edit(null);
-            tree.requestFocus();
+
+            // request focus back onto the tree, only if the current focus
+            // owner has the tree as a parent (otherwise the user might have
+            // clicked out of the tree entirely and given focus to something else.
+            // It would be rude of us to request it back again.
+            ControlUtils.requestFocusOnControlOnlyIfCurrentFocusOwnerIsChild(tree);
         
             tree.fireEvent(new TreeView.EditEvent<T>(tree,
                     TreeView.<T>editCancelEvent(),
diff --git a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TreeTableCell.java b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TreeTableCell.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TreeTableCell.java
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TreeTableCell.java
@@ -335,7 +335,12 @@
         if (table != null) {
             // reset the editing cell on the TableView
             table.edit(-1, null);
-            table.requestFocus();
+
+            // request focus back onto the table, only if the current focus
+            // owner has the table as a parent (otherwise the user might have
+            // clicked out of the table entirely and given focus to something else.
+            // It would be rude of us to request it back again.
+            ControlUtils.requestFocusOnControlOnlyIfCurrentFocusOwnerIsChild(table);
         }
     }
 
@@ -354,7 +359,11 @@
             
             if (updateEditingIndex) table.edit(-1, null);
 
-            table.requestFocus();
+            // request focus back onto the table, only if the current focus
+            // owner has the table as a parent (otherwise the user might have
+            // clicked out of the table entirely and given focus to something else.
+            // It would be rude of us to request it back again.
+            ControlUtils.requestFocusOnControlOnlyIfCurrentFocusOwnerIsChild(table);
 
             CellEditEvent<S,T> editEvent = new CellEditEvent<S,T>(
                 table,