diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
index 2620e4ed40f..892f1af6ce8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ instance.web.Notification =  instance.web.Widget.extend({
     }
 });
 
+var opened_modal = [];
+
 instance.web.action_notify = function(element, action) {
     element.do_notify(action.params.title, action.params.text, action.params.sticky);
 };
@@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ instance.web.Dialog = instance.web.Widget.extend({
             this.init_dialog();
         }
         this.$buttons.insertAfter(this.$dialog_box.find(".modal-body"));
+        //add to list of currently opened modal
+        opened_modal.push(this.$dialog_box);
         return this;
     },
     _add_buttons: function(buttons) {
@@ -212,9 +216,13 @@ instance.web.Dialog = instance.web.Widget.extend({
             //we need this to put the instruction to remove modal from DOM at the end
             //of the queue, otherwise it might already have been removed before the modal-backdrop
             //is removed when pressing escape key
-            var $parent = this.$el.parents('.modal');
             setTimeout(function () {
-                $parent.remove();
+                //remove last modal from list of opened modal since we just destroy it
+                opened_modal.pop().remove();
+                if (opened_modal.length > 0){
+                    //we still have other opened modal so we should focus it
+                    opened_modal[opened_modal.length-1].focus()
+                }
             },0);
         }
         this._super();
diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
index 2ea29674d8e..b9420a90559 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
         });
         var am = instance.webclient.action_manager;
         var form = am.dialog_widget.views.form.controller;
-        form.on("on_button_cancel", am.dialog, am.dialog.close);
+        form.on("on_button_cancel", am.dialog, function() { return am.dialog.$dialog_box.modal('hide'); });
         form.on('record_created', self, function(r) {
             (new instance.web.DataSet(self, self.group_by_field.relation)).name_get([r]).done(function(new_record) {
-                am.dialog.close();
+                am.dialog.$dialog_box.modal('hide');
                 var domain = self.dataset.domain.slice(0);
                 domain.push([self.group_by, '=', new_record[0][0]]);
                 var dataset = new instance.web.DataSetSearch(self, self.dataset.model, self.dataset.get_context(), domain);