diff --git a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/smartfield/ProposalField.js b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/smartfield/ProposalField.js
index 0bcf975c73f..4076cefe097 100644
--- a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/smartfield/ProposalField.js
+++ b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/smartfield/ProposalField.js
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ export default class ProposalField extends SmartField {
   }
 
   _acceptInput(sync, searchText, searchTextEmpty, searchTextChanged, selectedLookupRow) {
+    if (this.touchMode) {
+      $.log.isDebugEnabled() && $.log.debug('(ProposalField#_acceptInput) Always send acceptInput for touch field');
+      this._inputAccepted(true, !!selectedLookupRow);
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Do nothing when search text is equals to the text of the current lookup row
     if (!selectedLookupRow && this.lookupRow && this.lookupRow.text === searchText) {
       $.log.isDebugEnabled() && $.log.debug('(ProposalField#_acceptInput) unchanged: text is equals. Close popup');
diff --git a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/smartfield/SmartField.js b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/smartfield/SmartField.js
index aef7b57cb39..cb6159d73a8 100644
--- a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/smartfield/SmartField.js
+++ b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/smartfield/SmartField.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2022 BSI Business Systems Integration AG.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2024 BSI Business Systems Integration AG.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -232,12 +232,6 @@ export default class SmartField extends ValueField {
     this._flushLookupStatus();
     this._clearPendingLookup();
 
-    if (this.touchMode) {
-      $.log.isDebugEnabled() && $.log.debug('(SmartField#acceptInput) Always send acceptInput for touch field');
-      this._inputAccepted();
-      return;
-    }
-
     return this._acceptInput(sync, searchText, searchTextEmpty, searchTextChanged, selectedLookupRow);
   }
 
@@ -287,6 +281,11 @@ export default class SmartField extends ValueField {
    * @param [sync] optional boolean value (default: false), when set to true acceptInput is not allowed to start an asynchronous lookup for text search
    */
   _acceptInput(sync, searchText, searchTextEmpty, searchTextChanged, selectedLookupRow) {
+    if (this.touchMode) {
+      $.log.isDebugEnabled() && $.log.debug('(SmartField#_acceptInput) Always send acceptInput for touch field');
+      this._inputAccepted();
+      return;
+    }
 
     let unchanged = false;
     if (this.removing) {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/ui/html/json/form/fields/smartfield/JsonProposalField.java b/org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/ui/html/json/form/fields/smartfield/JsonProposalField.java
index 95375a5baa9..56b5f4f30fe 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/ui/html/json/form/fields/smartfield/JsonProposalField.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/ui/html/json/form/fields/smartfield/JsonProposalField.java
@@ -1,24 +1,20 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017 BSI Business Systems Integration AG.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2024 BSI Business Systems Integration AG.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     BSI Business Systems Integration AG - initial API and implementation
  */
 package org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html.json.form.fields.smartfield;
 
-import org.eclipse.scout.rt.client.ui.form.fields.IValueField;
 import org.eclipse.scout.rt.client.ui.form.fields.smartfield.IProposalField;
-import org.eclipse.scout.rt.client.ui.form.fields.smartfield.ISmartField;
 import org.eclipse.scout.rt.platform.util.Assertions;
 import org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html.IUiSession;
 import org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html.json.IJsonAdapter;
-import org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html.json.JsonEvent;
 import org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html.json.JsonProperty;
-import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 public class JsonProposalField<VALUE, MODEL extends IProposalField<VALUE>> extends JsonSmartField<VALUE, MODEL> {
 
@@ -60,25 +56,4 @@ protected Object valueToJson(VALUE value) {
   protected void setValueFromUI(Object value) {
     getModel().getUIFacade().setValueAsStringFromUI((String) value);
   }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void handleUiAcceptInput(JsonEvent event) {
-    JSONObject data = event.getData();
-    if (data.has(IValueField.PROP_DISPLAY_TEXT)) {
-      this.handleUiDisplayTextChange(data);
-    }
-    if (data.has(IValueField.PROP_ERROR_STATUS)) {
-      this.handleUiErrorStatusChange(data);
-    }
-    // The difference to the smart-field is that the proposal-field
-    // can receive lookup-row and value in a single event. For instance:
-    // lookupRow=null, value=Foo (in case a custom text has been set)
-    if (data.has(ISmartField.PROP_LOOKUP_ROW)) {
-      this.handleUiLookupRowChange(data);
-    }
-    if (data.has(IValueField.PROP_VALUE)) {
-      handleUiValueChange(data);
-    }
-  }
-
 }