                     addEventListener(DropDownEvent.OPEN, editingOpenHandler);
                     return;
                 }   
-     
-                processInputField();
             }
+            
+            processInputField();
         }
     }
     

        
        //trace("CB.processInputField input string",textInput.text);
        
        // If the textInput has been changed, then use the input string as the selectedItem
        actualProposedSelectedIndex = CUSTOM_SELECTED_ITEM; 
                
        if (textInput.text != "")
        {
            if (itemMatchingFunction != null)

        if (operation is DeleteTextOperation || operation is CutOperation)
        {
            super.changeHighlightedSelection(CUSTOM_SELECTED_ITEM);
        }
        else
        {
