diff --git a/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus b/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus
index ca65a227..2751350e 100755
--- a/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus
+++ b/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus
@@ -419,12 +419,19 @@ class PrimitivusApp(QuickApp, InputHistory):
             except AttributeError:
                 log.warning(u"Paste discarded: there is no edit bar yet")
             else:
-                # XXX: if a paste is detected, we append it directly to the edit bar text
-                #      so the use can check it and press [enter] if it's OK
-                buf_paste = u''.join(self.keysToText(input_))
-                pos = edit_bar.edit_pos
-                edit_bar.set_edit_text(u'{}{}{}'.format(edit_bar.edit_text[:pos], buf_paste, edit_bar.edit_text[pos:]))
-                edit_bar.edit_pos+=len(buf_paste)
+                if self.main_widget.focus == edit_bar:
+                    # XXX: if a paste is detected, we append it directly to the edit bar text
+                    #      so the user can check it and press [enter] if it's OK
+                    buf_paste = u''.join(self.keysToText(input_))
+                    pos = edit_bar.edit_pos
+                    edit_bar.set_edit_text(u'{}{}{}'.format(edit_bar.edit_text[:pos], buf_paste, edit_bar.edit_text[pos:]))
+                    edit_bar.edit_pos+=len(buf_paste)
+                else:
+                    # we are not on the edit_bar,
+                    # so we treat pasted text as normal text
+                    if extra is None:
+                        extra = []
+                    extra.extend(input_)
             if not extra:
                 return
             input_ = extra