diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2Select.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2Select.ts
index 64033907b7..e6aece169d 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2Select.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2Select.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ import {StaticOptions} from "./StaticOptions";
 import {Et2widgetWithSelectMixin} from "./Et2WidgetWithSelectMixin";
 import {SelectOption} from "./FindSelectOptions";
 
-export class Et2Select extends Et2widgetWithSelectMixin(LionSelect)
+// export Et2WidgetWithSelect which is used as type in other modules
+export class Et2WidgetWithSelect extends Et2widgetWithSelectMixin(LionSelect){};
+
+export class Et2Select extends Et2WidgetWithSelect
 {
 	static get styles()
 	{
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2SelectReadonly.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2SelectReadonly.ts
index 1af6510f5f..4fd5ff930c 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2SelectReadonly.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2SelectReadonly.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 import {css, html, LitElement, repeat, TemplateResult} from "@lion/core";
 import {et2_IDetachedDOM} from "../et2_core_interfaces";
 import {Et2Widget} from "../Et2Widget/Et2Widget";
-import {find_select_options, SelectOption} from "./Et2Select";
 import {StaticOptions} from "./StaticOptions";
+import {find_select_options, SelectOption} from "./FindSelectOptions";
 
 const so = new StaticOptions();
 
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/StaticOptions.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/StaticOptions.ts
index da098859dd..641cb2533f 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/StaticOptions.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/StaticOptions.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
  *
  * @param {type} widget
  */
-import {Et2WidgetWithSelect, find_select_options, SelectOption} from "./Et2Select";
 import {sprintf} from "../../egw_action/egw_action_common";
 import {Et2SelectReadonly} from "./Et2SelectReadonly";
+import {find_select_options, SelectOption} from "./FindSelectOptions";
+import {Et2WidgetWithSelect} from "./Et2Select";
 
 /**
  * Some options change, or are too complicated to have twice, so we get the