diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/RenderElement.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/RenderElement.php
index 47c84024c696e0e4685485ec94b6492c055cce08..b6f95bcd6cc7c2df28966c1d3448a48f2929c69f 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/RenderElement.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/RenderElement.php
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ public static function preRenderAjaxForm($element) {
       return $element;
     }
 
+    // Add a data attribute to disable automatic refocus after ajax call.
+    if (!empty($element['#ajax']['disable-refocus'])) {
+      $element['#attributes']['data-disable-refocus'] = "true";
+    }
+
     // Add a reasonable default event handler if none was specified.
     if (isset($element['#ajax']) && !isset($element['#ajax']['event'])) {
       switch ($element['#type']) {
diff --git a/core/misc/ajax.js b/core/misc/ajax.js
index 2a6616dc760a28f9a91e07e78f8caf8dcedf552f..b63bc0344360af59e66a5a3081061a4a3231d989 100644
--- a/core/misc/ajax.js
+++ b/core/misc/ajax.js
@@ -735,9 +735,36 @@
     }
     $(this.element).prop('disabled', false);
 
+    // Save element's ancestors tree so if the element is removed from the dom
+    // we can try to refocus one of its parents. Using addBack reverse the
+    // result array, meaning that index 0 is the highest parent in the hierarchy
+    // in this situation it is usually a <form> element.
+    var elementParents = $(this.element).parents('[data-drupal-selector]').addBack().toArray();
+
+    // Track if any command is altering the focus so we can avoid changing the
+    // focus set by the Ajax command.
+    var focusChanged = false;
     for (var i in response) {
       if (response.hasOwnProperty(i) && response[i].command && this.commands[response[i].command]) {
         this.commands[response[i].command](this, response[i], status);
+        if (response[i].command === 'invoke' && response[i].method === 'focus') {
+          focusChanged = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // If the focus hasn't be changed by the ajax commands, try to refocus the
+    // triggering element or one of its parents if that element does not exist
+    // anymore.
+    if (!focusChanged && this.element && !$(this.element).data('disable-refocus')) {
+      var target = false;
+
+      for (var n = elementParents.length - 1; !target && n > 0; n--) {
+        target = document.querySelector('[data-drupal-selector="' + elementParents[n].getAttribute('data-drupal-selector') + '"]');
+      }
+
+      if (target) {
+        $(target).trigger('focus');
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewPreviewForm.php b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewPreviewForm.php
index 7ec8f4de1206a7569bbebf126891f989025862c2..d87f593d1f266274d7a58aa27ae119e5e4be6b01 100644
--- a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewPreviewForm.php
+++ b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewPreviewForm.php
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ protected function actions(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
           'event' => 'click',
           'progress' => array('type' => 'fullscreen'),
           'method' => 'replaceWith',
+          'disable-refocus' => TRUE,
         ),
       ),
     );