diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/typeahead/typeahead.widget.html b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/typeahead/typeahead.widget.html
index f2416b7700..77dfc9e853 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/typeahead/typeahead.widget.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/typeahead/typeahead.widget.html
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <div class="mdl-textfield mdl-js-textfield mdl-textfield--floating-label typeahead-widget"
      [class.is-dirty]="value"
-     [class.typeahead-widget__invalid]="!field.isValid">
+     [class.typeahead-widget__invalid]="!field.isValid" id="typehead-div">
     <input class="mdl-textfield__input"
            type="text"
            [attr.id]="field.id"
            [(ngModel)]="value"
-           (ngModelChange)="checkVisibility(field)"
            (keyup)="onKeyUp($event)"
            (blur)="onBlur()"
            [disabled]="field.readOnly">
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/typeahead/typeahead.widget.spec.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/typeahead/typeahead.widget.spec.ts
index 5cb375a497..03e0b906d2 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/typeahead/typeahead.widget.spec.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/typeahead/typeahead.widget.spec.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ describe('TypeaheadWidget', () => {
     it('should get filtered options', () => {
         let options: FormFieldOption[] = [
             { id: '1', name: 'Item one' },
-            { id: '2', name: 'Item two'}
+            { id: '2', name: 'Item two' }
         ];
         widget.field.options = options;
         widget.value = 'tw';
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ describe('TypeaheadWidget', () => {
 
     it('should reset fields when flushing missing option value', () => {
         widget.field.options = [
-            {id: '1', name: 'Item one'},
-            {id: '2', name: 'Item two'}
+            { id: '1', name: 'Item one' },
+            { id: '2', name: 'Item two' }
         ];
         widget.value = 'Missing item';
         widget.flushValue();
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ describe('TypeaheadWidget', () => {
 
     it('should reset fields when flushing incorrect value', () => {
         widget.field.options = [
-            {id: '1', name: 'Item one'},
-            {id: '2', name: 'Item two'}
+            { id: '1', name: 'Item one' },
+            { id: '2', name: 'Item two' }
         ];
         widget.field.value = 'Item two';
         widget.value = 'Item two!';
@@ -308,4 +308,33 @@ describe('TypeaheadWidget', () => {
         expect(widget.field.value).toBeNull();
     });
 
+    it('should emit field change event on item click', () => {
+        let event = jasmine.createSpyObj('event', ['preventDefault']);
+        let fakeField = new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {id: 'fakeField', value: 'fakeValue'});
+        widget.field = fakeField;
+        let item = {id: 'fake-id-opt', name: 'fake-name-opt'};
+        widget.onItemClick(item, event);
+
+        widget.fieldChanged.subscribe((field) => {
+            expect(field).toBeDefined();
+            expect(field.id).toEqual('fakeField');
+            expect(field.value).toEqual('fake-id-opt');
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should emit field change event on blur', (done) => {
+        spyOn(widget, 'flushValue').and.stub();
+        let fakeField = new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {id: 'fakeField', value: 'fakeValue'});
+        widget.field = fakeField;
+        widget.onBlur();
+
+        setTimeout(() => {
+            widget.fieldChanged.subscribe((field) => {
+                expect(field).toBeDefined();
+                expect(field.id).toEqual('field-id');
+                expect(field.value).toEqual('field-value');
+            });
+            done();
+        }, 200);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/typeahead/typeahead.widget.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/typeahead/typeahead.widget.ts
index 8bdbca48b9..8b7cc36048 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/typeahead/typeahead.widget.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/typeahead/typeahead.widget.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export class TypeaheadWidget extends WidgetComponent implements OnInit {
     onBlur() {
         setTimeout(() => {
             this.flushValue();
+            this.checkVisibility(this.field);
         }, 200);
     }
 
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ export class TypeaheadWidget extends WidgetComponent implements OnInit {
         if (item) {
             this.field.value = item.id;
             this.value = item.name;
+            this.checkVisibility(this.field);
         }
         if (event) {
             event.preventDefault();