diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/lists.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/lists.d
index 1b5482c0..d2885e51 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/lists.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/lists.d
@@ -1452,6 +1452,7 @@ class StringListWidget : ListWidget {
 
             if (timePassed > 0.5) _searchString = ""d;
             _searchString ~= to!dchar(event.text.toUTF8);
+            _stopWatch.reset;
 
             if ( selectClosestMatch(_searchString) ) {
                 invalidate();