diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
index a9a7ae9cb3..085d3d40e9 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
@@ -215,13 +215,14 @@ const Et2WidgetMixin = (superClass) =>
 
 			this.disabled = false;
 			this._handleClick = this._handleClick.bind(this);
-			this.addEventListener("click", this._handleClick);
 		}
 
 		connectedCallback()
 		{
 			super.connectedCallback();
 
+			this.addEventListener("click", this._handleClick);
+
 			if(this.statustext)
 			{
 				this.egw().tooltipBind(this, this.statustext);