diff -r 702bafe15ee3 -r 1a53026013e4 pidgin/pidginconversationwindow.c
--- a/pidgin/pidginconversationwindow.c	Sun Jul 31 15:18:37 2022 -0500
+++ b/pidgin/pidginconversationwindow.c	Sun Jul 31 23:17:22 2022 -0500
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 	GtkWidget *vbox;
 
 	GtkWidget *view;
+	GtkTreeSelection *selection;
 	GtkTreeStore *model;
 
 	GtkWidget *stack;
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@
 	                   PIDGIN_CONVERSATION_WINDOW_COLUMN_MARKUP, _("Conversations"),
 	                   PIDGIN_CONVERSATION_WINDOW_COLUMN_NAME, "__conversations__",
 	                   -1);
+	gtk_tree_selection_select_iter(window->selection, &iter);
 	window->conversation_path = gtk_tree_model_get_path(GTK_TREE_MODEL(window->model),
 	                                                    &iter);
 }
@@ -236,6 +238,8 @@
 	                                     model);
 	gtk_widget_class_bind_template_child(widget_class, PidginConversationWindow,
 	                                     view);
+	gtk_widget_class_bind_template_child(widget_class, PidginConversationWindow,
+	                                     selection);
 
 	gtk_widget_class_bind_template_child(widget_class, PidginConversationWindow,
 	                                     stack);