diff --git a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_taglist.js b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_taglist.js
index 2b1376c0be..e959389476 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_taglist.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_taglist.js
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ var et2_taglist = et2_selectbox.extend(
 	getValue: function()
 	{
 		if(this.taglist == null) return null;
+		// trigger blur on taglist to not loose just typed value
+		jQuery(this.taglist.container).trigger('blur');
 		return this.taglist.getValue();
 	}
 });
diff --git a/phpgwapi/js/jquery/magicsuggest/src/magicsuggest-1.3.1.js b/phpgwapi/js/jquery/magicsuggest/src/magicsuggest-1.3.1.js
index 0d12eb41a2..20a4b91c86 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/js/jquery/magicsuggest/src/magicsuggest-1.3.1.js
+++ b/phpgwapi/js/jquery/magicsuggest/src/magicsuggest-1.3.1.js
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@
                     style: cfg.style
                 }).width(w);
                 ms.container.focus($.proxy(handlers._onFocus, this));
-                ms.container.focusout($.proxy(handlers._onBlur, this));
+                ms.container.blur($.proxy(handlers._onBlur, this));
                 ms.container.keydown($.proxy(handlers._onKeyDown, this));
                 ms.container.keyup($.proxy(handlers._onKeyUp, this));