diff --git a/components/orderlist/OrderList.vue b/components/orderlist/OrderList.vue
index 30c119e22..9e04cd6c7 100755
--- a/components/orderlist/OrderList.vue
+++ b/components/orderlist/OrderList.vue
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
                 v-bind="listProps"
             >
                 <template v-for="(item, i) of modelValue" :key="getItemKey(item, i)">
-                    <li :id="id + '_' + i" v-ripple role="option" :class="itemClass(item, `${id}_${i}`)" @click="onItemClick($event, item, i)" @touchend="onItemTouchEnd" :aria-selected="isSelected(item)">
+                    <li :id="id + '_' + i" v-ripple role="option" :class="itemClass(item, `${id}_${i}`)" @click="onItemClick($event, item, i)" @touchend="onItemTouchEnd" :aria-selected="isSelected(item)" @mousedown="onOptionMouseDown(i)">
                         <slot name="item" :item="item" :index="i"> </slot>
                     </li>
                 </template>
@@ -148,9 +148,12 @@ export default {
         },
         onListFocus(event) {
             const selectedFirstItem = DomHandler.findSingle(this.list, 'li.p-orderlist-item.p-highlight');
-            const index = selectedFirstItem ? ObjectUtils.findIndexInList(selectedFirstItem, this.list.children) : '0';
+            const findIndex = ObjectUtils.findIndexInList(selectedFirstItem, this.list.children);
 
             this.focused = true;
+
+            const index = this.focusedOptionIndex !== -1 ? this.focusedOptionIndex : selectedFirstItem ? findIndex : -1;
+
             this.changeFocusedOptionIndex(index);
             this.$emit('focus', event);
         },
@@ -195,6 +198,10 @@ export default {
                     break;
             }
         },
+        onOptionMouseDown(index) {
+            this.focused = true;
+            this.focusedOptionIndex = index;
+        },
         onArrowDownKey(event) {
             const optionIndex = this.findNextOptionIndex(this.focusedOptionIndex);
 
diff --git a/components/picklist/PickList.vue b/components/picklist/PickList.vue
index 66a9684dd..9566038b4 100755
--- a/components/picklist/PickList.vue
+++ b/components/picklist/PickList.vue
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
                         @click="onItemClick($event, item, i, 0)"
                         @dblclick="onItemDblClick($event, item, 0)"
                         @touchend="onItemTouchEnd"
+                        @mousedown="onOptionMouseDown(i, 'sourceList')"
                         role="option"
                         :aria-selected="isSelected(item, 0)"
                     >
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@
                         @click="onItemClick($event, item, i, 1)"
                         @dblclick="onItemDblClick($event, item, 1)"
                         @keydown="onItemKeyDown($event, 'targetList')"
+                        @mousedown="onOptionMouseDown(i, 'targetList')"
                         @touchend="onItemTouchEnd"
                         role="option"
                         :aria-selected="isSelected(item, 1)"
@@ -236,9 +238,12 @@ export default {
         },
         onListFocus(event, listType) {
             const selectedFirstItem = DomHandler.findSingle(this.$refs[listType].$el, 'li.p-picklist-item.p-highlight');
-            const index = selectedFirstItem ? ObjectUtils.findIndexInList(selectedFirstItem, this.$refs[listType].$el.children) : '0';
+            const findIndex = ObjectUtils.findIndexInList(selectedFirstItem, this.$refs[listType].$el.children);
 
             this.focused[listType] = true;
+
+            const index = this.focusedOptionIndex !== -1 ? this.focusedOptionIndex : selectedFirstItem ? findIndex : -1;
+
             this.changeFocusedOptionIndex(index, listType);
             this.$emit('focus', event);
         },
@@ -247,6 +252,10 @@ export default {
             this.focusedOptionIndex = -1;
             this.$emit('blur', event);
         },
+        onOptionMouseDown(index, listType) {
+            this.focused[listType] = true;
+            this.focusedOptionIndex = index;
+        },
         moveUp(event, listIndex) {
             if (this.d_selection && this.d_selection[listIndex]) {
                 let valueList = [...this.modelValue[listIndex]];