diff --git a/src/mathquill.d.ts b/src/mathquill.d.ts
index 34751c201..0db653079 100644
--- a/src/mathquill.d.ts
+++ b/src/mathquill.d.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ declare namespace MathQuill {
       setAriaLabel(str: string): this;
       blur(): this;
       focus(): this;
+      select(): this;
     }
 
     interface EditableMathQuill extends BaseMathQuill {
-      select: () => EditableMathQuill;
       moveToRightEnd: () => EditableMathQuill;
       moveToLeftEnd: () => EditableMathQuill;
       cmd: (latex: string) => EditableMathQuill;
diff --git a/src/publicapi.ts b/src/publicapi.ts
index c05ba8c01..787e1aa4e 100644
--- a/src/publicapi.ts
+++ b/src/publicapi.ts
@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ function getInterface(v: number): MathQuill.v3.API | MathQuill.v1.API {
       if (this.__controller.editable) this.__controller.scrollHoriz();
       return this;
     }
+    select() {
+      this.__controller.selectAll();
+      return this;
+    }
     blur() {
       this.__controller.getTextarea().blur();
       return this;
@@ -376,10 +380,6 @@ function getInterface(v: number): MathQuill.v3.API | MathQuill.v1.API {
       this.__controller.editablesTextareaEvents();
       return this;
     }
-    select() {
-      this.__controller.selectAll();
-      return this;
-    }
     clearSelection() {
       this.__controller.cursor.clearSelection();
       return this;
diff --git a/src/services/mouse.ts b/src/services/mouse.ts
index 12c790ad7..ae8e03b48 100644
--- a/src/services/mouse.ts
+++ b/src/services/mouse.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ class Controller_mouse extends Controller_latex {
     };
 
     if (ctrlr.blurred) {
-      textarea.focus();
+      //for static mathquills, we focus on mousemove
+      if (this.editable) textarea.focus();
       // focus call may bubble to clients, who may then write to
       // mathquill, triggering cancelSelectionOnEdit. If that happens, we
       // don't want to stop the cursor blink or bind listeners,
diff --git a/test/unit/focusBlur.test.js b/test/unit/focusBlur.test.js
index 66b60ef7e..a82d5c042 100644
--- a/test/unit/focusBlur.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/focusBlur.test.js
@@ -143,4 +143,38 @@ suite('focusBlur', function () {
     mq.blur();
     assertHasFocus(mq, 'math field', 'not');
   });
+
+  test('static math does not focus on click', function (done) {
+    var mq = MQ.StaticMath(
+      $('<span>1234\\times 10^{23}</span>').appendTo('#mock')[0]
+    );
+
+    const clickEvent = new Event('mousedown', {
+      bubbles: true,
+      cancelable: true
+    });
+
+    mq.el().dispatchEvent(clickEvent);
+    setTimeout(function () {
+      assertHasFocus(mq, 'math field', 'not');
+      done();
+    }, 100);
+  });
+
+  test('editable math does focus on click', function (done) {
+    var mq = MQ.MathField(
+      $('<span>1234\\times 10^{23}</span>').appendTo('#mock')[0]
+    );
+
+    const clickEvent = new Event('mousedown', {
+      bubbles: true,
+      cancelable: true
+    });
+
+    mq.el().dispatchEvent(clickEvent);
+    setTimeout(function () {
+      assertHasFocus(mq, 'math field');
+      done();
+    }, 100);
+  });
 });