diff --git a/web/index.html b/web/index.html
index 497c6e471..56c8032e2 100755
--- a/web/index.html
+++ b/web/index.html
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 					<div class="prefs-section">
 						<div class="title">Blocklist</div>
 						<div class="row"><div class="key"><input type="checkbox" id="blocklist-enabled"/><label for="blocklist-enabled">Enable blocklist:</label></div>
-						                 <div class="value"><input type="text" id="blocklist-url"/></div></div>
+						                 <div class="value"><input type="url" id="blocklist-url"/></div></div>
 						<div class="row"><div class="key" style="margin-top: 3px; font-size: smaller;">Blocklist has <span id="blocklist-size">?</span> rules</div>
 						                 <div class="value"><input type="button" id="blocklist-update-button" value="Update"/></div></div>
 					</div>
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
 						<label for="torrent_upload_file">Please select a torrent file to upload:</label>
 							<input type="file" name="torrent_files[]" id="torrent_upload_file" multiple="multiple" />
 						<label for="torrent_upload_url">Or enter a URL:</label>
-							<input type="text" id="torrent_upload_url"/>
+							<input type="url" id="torrent_upload_url"/>
 							<input type="checkbox" id="torrent_auto_start" />
 						<label for="torrent_auto_start" id="auto_start_label">Start when added</label>
 					</div>
diff --git a/web/javascript/prefs-dialog.js b/web/javascript/prefs-dialog.js
index 887718942..3d6b84751 100644
--- a/web/javascript/prefs-dialog.js
+++ b/web/javascript/prefs-dialog.js
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ function PrefsDialog(remote) {
                     break;
 
                 case 'text':
+                case 'url':
+                case 'email':
+                case 'number':
+                case 'search':
                     e.focus(onControlFocused);
                     e.blur(onControlBlurred);
 
@@ -266,6 +270,10 @@ function PrefsDialog(remote) {
                     setGroupEnabled(key, val);
                     break;
                 case 'text':
+                case 'url':
+                case 'email':
+                case 'number':
+                case 'search':
                     // don't change the text if the user's editing it.
                     // it's very annoying when that happens!
                     if (e[0] !== document.activeElement)