diff --git a/examples/helloworld/src/helloworld.d b/examples/helloworld/src/helloworld.d
index b80631ec..365d2855 100644
--- a/examples/helloworld/src/helloworld.d
+++ b/examples/helloworld/src/helloworld.d
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
                     layoutWidth: fill
                     CheckBox { id: cb1; text: "checkbox 1" }
                     CheckBox { id: cb2; text: "checkbox 2" }
+                    ComboEdit { id: ce1; text: "some text"; }
                 }
             }
             HorizontalLayout {
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/combobox.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/combobox.d
index dff9d729..6bbee3c2 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/combobox.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/combobox.d
@@ -474,11 +474,15 @@ class ComboEdit : ComboBox {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /// set bool property value, for ML loaders
+    mixin(generatePropertySettersMethodOverride("setBoolProperty", "bool",
+                                                "readOnly"));
+
     override protected Widget createSelectedItemWidget() {
         EditLine res = new EditLine("COMBOBOX_BODY");
         res.layoutWidth = FILL_PARENT;
         res.layoutHeight = WRAP_CONTENT;
-        res.readOnly = true;
+        res.readOnly = false;
         _edit = res;
         return res;
     }