         // Close the dropDown if we press delete or cut the selected text
         if (operation is DeleteTextOperation || operation is CutOperation)
         {
+            super.changeHighlightedSelection(CUSTOM_SELECTED_ITEM);
             closeDropDown(false);
         }
         else


// TODO Fill out ASDoc
/**
 *  The ComboBox control is a child class of the DropDownList control. 
 *  Like the DropDownList control, when the user selects an item from 
 *  the drop-down list in the ComboBox control, the data item appears 
 *  in the prompt area of the control. 
 *

 *  @playerversion AIR 1.5
 *  @productversion Flex 4
 */
public class ComboBox extends DropDownListBase
{
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //
