diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditScreen.kt
index b14978f..f3c36bb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditScreen.kt
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.isSpecified
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Shape
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.vector.ImageVector
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalFocusManager
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalSoftwareKeyboardController
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.pluralStringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.AnnotatedString
@@ -512,6 +514,10 @@ private fun EventEditContent(
     // they're locked here; everything else (reminders, location, notes) is the
     // user's to edit.
     val locked = state.isManaged
+    // Read in the form's own window, not the picker's: the field holding focus
+    // lives here, so this is the controller that can put its keyboard away.
+    val focusManager = LocalFocusManager.current
+    val keyboardController = LocalSoftwareKeyboardController.current
     var picker by remember { mutableStateOf<PickerTarget?>(null) }
     var showCalendarPicker by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(false) }
     var showReminderPicker by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(false) }
@@ -1117,6 +1123,17 @@ private fun EventEditContent(
         null -> Unit
     }
 
+    // A full-screen picker over the form is a change of place, so the form's
+    // keyboard has no business following it there — least of all onto the
+    // calendar manager, which the picker can hand off to. The form's own field
+    // keeps its text; only focus and the IME go.
+    LaunchedEffect(showCalendarPicker) {
+        if (showCalendarPicker) {
+            focusManager.clearFocus(force = true)
+            keyboardController?.hide()
+        }
+    }
+
     if (showCalendarPicker) {
         CalendarPicker(
             calendars = state.calendars,