diff --git a/src/main/java/org/humanistika/oxygen/tei/completer/GUI/newSuggestionForm.form b/src/main/java/org/humanistika/oxygen/tei/completer/GUI/newSuggestionForm.form
index 4932654..1d743d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/humanistika/oxygen/tei/completer/GUI/newSuggestionForm.form
+++ b/src/main/java/org/humanistika/oxygen/tei/completer/GUI/newSuggestionForm.form
@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@
       </Properties>
     </Component>
     <Component class="javax.swing.JTextField" name="dependentJTextField">
-      <Events>
-        <EventHandler event="inputMethodTextChanged" listener="java.awt.event.InputMethodListener" parameters="java.awt.event.InputMethodEvent" handler="dependentJTextFieldInputMethodTextChanged"/>
-      </Events>
     </Component>
     <Component class="javax.swing.JLabel" name="selectionJLabel">
       <Properties>
@@ -123,9 +120,6 @@
           <Dimension value="[200, 22]"/>
         </Property>
       </Properties>
-      <Events>
-        <EventHandler event="inputMethodTextChanged" listener="java.awt.event.InputMethodListener" parameters="java.awt.event.InputMethodEvent" handler="selectionJTextFieldInputMethodTextChanged"/>
-      </Events>
     </Component>
     <Component class="javax.swing.JButton" name="fetchjButton">
       <Properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/humanistika/oxygen/tei/completer/GUI/newSuggestionForm.java b/src/main/java/org/humanistika/oxygen/tei/completer/GUI/newSuggestionForm.java
index 4b0dde9..4e699fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/humanistika/oxygen/tei/completer/GUI/newSuggestionForm.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/humanistika/oxygen/tei/completer/GUI/newSuggestionForm.java
@@ -97,24 +97,9 @@ public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
 
         dependentJLabel.setText("Dependent:");
 
-        dependentJTextField.addInputMethodListener(new java.awt.event.InputMethodListener() {
-            public void caretPositionChanged(java.awt.event.InputMethodEvent evt) {
-            }
-            public void inputMethodTextChanged(java.awt.event.InputMethodEvent evt) {
-                dependentJTextFieldInputMethodTextChanged(evt);
-            }
-        });
-
         selectionJLabel.setText("Selection:");
 
         selectionJTextField.setMinimumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(200, 22));
-        selectionJTextField.addInputMethodListener(new java.awt.event.InputMethodListener() {
-            public void caretPositionChanged(java.awt.event.InputMethodEvent evt) {
-            }
-            public void inputMethodTextChanged(java.awt.event.InputMethodEvent evt) {
-                selectionJTextFieldInputMethodTextChanged(evt);
-            }
-        });
 
         fetchjButton.setText("Search...");
         fetchjButton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
@@ -203,6 +188,39 @@ public void mousePressed(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
                 .addContainerGap())
         );
 
+
+        // this will break the UI design in netbeans IDE but no alternative
+        // was found to get the text change event
+        selectionJTextField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener() {
+            public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
+                textChanged();
+            }
+
+            public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
+                textChanged();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
+
+            }
+        });
+
+        dependentJTextField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener() {
+            public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
+                textChanged();
+            }
+
+            public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
+                textChanged();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
+
+            }
+        });
+
         pack();
     }// </editor-fold>//GEN-END:initComponents
 
@@ -267,14 +285,6 @@ private void restultsJTableMousePressed(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {//GEN-FI
     }//GEN-LAST:event_restultsJTableMousePressed
 
 
-    private void dependentJTextFieldInputMethodTextChanged(java.awt.event.InputMethodEvent evt) {//GEN-FIRST:event_dependentJTextFieldInputMethodTextChanged
-        // TODO add your handling code here:
-    }//GEN-LAST:event_dependentJTextFieldInputMethodTextChanged
-
-    private void selectionJTextFieldInputMethodTextChanged(java.awt.event.InputMethodEvent evt) {//GEN-FIRST:event_selectionJTextFieldInputMethodTextChanged
-        // TODO add your handling code here:
-    }//GEN-LAST:event_selectionJTextFieldInputMethodTextChanged
-
 //    /**
 //     * @param args the command line arguments
 //     */