diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7cb85c12..76cf0011 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2020-01-09  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
-	* The setCurrentItem() method was added to the FComboBox widget class.
+	* With setText() and clearText() the text in the edit line can be changed 
+	  without changing the content of the combo box
+	* The setCurrentItem() method was added to the FComboBox widget class. 
 	  Thanks cybin for the sample code
 
 2020-01-03  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
diff --git a/src/include/final/fcombobox.h b/src/include/final/fcombobox.h
index ae6a43fc..5259f012 100644
--- a/src/include/final/fcombobox.h
+++ b/src/include/final/fcombobox.h
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ class FComboBox : public FWidget
     bool                unsetEditable();
     void                setCurrentItem (std::size_t);
     void                setMaxVisibleItems (std::size_t);
+    void                setText (const FString&);
+    void                clearText();
     void                setLabelText (const FString&);
     void                setLabelOrientation (const FLineEdit::label_o);
 
@@ -303,8 +305,7 @@ inline bool FComboBox::hasShadow()
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 template <typename T>
-void FComboBox::insert ( const std::initializer_list<T>& list
-                       , FDataPtr d )
+void FComboBox::insert (const std::initializer_list<T>& list, FDataPtr d)
 {
   for (auto& item : list)
   {
@@ -315,8 +316,7 @@ void FComboBox::insert ( const std::initializer_list<T>& list
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 template <typename ItemT>
-void FComboBox::insert ( const ItemT& item
-                       , FDataPtr d )
+void FComboBox::insert (const ItemT& item, FDataPtr d)
 {
   FListBoxItem listItem (FString() << item, d);
   insert (listItem);
@@ -326,6 +326,14 @@ void FComboBox::insert ( const ItemT& item
 inline void FComboBox::reserve (std::size_t new_cap)
 { list_window.list.reserve(new_cap); }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+inline void FComboBox::setText (const FString& s)
+{ input_field.setText(s); }
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+inline void FComboBox::clearText()
+{ input_field.clear(); }
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 inline void FComboBox::setLabelText (const FString& s)
 { input_field.setLabelText(s); }