diff --git a/src/editor/components/seList.js b/src/editor/components/seList.js
index 3e1504c3..8f0b393a 100644
--- a/src/editor/components/seList.js
+++ b/src/editor/components/seList.js
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ export class SeList extends HTMLElement {
   connectedCallback () {
     const currentObj = this;
     this.$dropdown.addEventListener('selectedindexchange', (e) => {
-      e.preventDefault();
       if (e?.detail?.selectedIndex !== undefined) {
         const value = this.$dropdown.selectedItem.getAttribute('value');
         const closeEvent = new CustomEvent('change', { detail: { value } });
@@ -133,6 +132,12 @@ export class SeList extends HTMLElement {
         currentObj.value = value;
       }
     });
+    this.$dropdown.addEventListener('close', (e) => {
+      /** @todo: with Chrome, selectedindexchange does not fire consistently
+      * unless you forec change in this close event
+      */
+      this.$dropdown.selectedIndex = this.$dropdown.currentIndex;
+    });
   }
 }