diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
index 2609b3c3c3..a2bb28fd4a 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-09-12  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
+
+	* combox.C (hide): execute the callback _after_ closing the
+	combox. 
+
 2001-09-12  Angus Leeming  <a.leeming@ic.ac.uk>
 
 	* forms/form_citation.fd: remove spurious shortcut to a labelframe!
diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/combox.C b/src/frontends/xforms/combox.C
index 8509c4b0f3..3cbebf864d 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/combox.C
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/combox.C
@@ -338,8 +338,6 @@ void Combox::hide(int who)
 	}
         XUngrabPointer(fl_get_display(), 0);
 	XFlush(fl_get_display());
-	if (!who && browser && label && callback)
-	    callback(sel, cb_arg, this);
         if (form) {
 		fl_hide_form(form);
 		XSetInputFocus(fl_get_display(), save_window,
@@ -352,6 +350,8 @@ void Combox::hide(int who)
 			fl_redraw_object(button);
 		}
 	} 
+	if (!who && browser && label && callback)
+	    callback(sel, cb_arg, this);
         if (_post) _post();
 }