diff --git a/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Ox.List.js b/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Ox.List.js
index 2fd9e787..0ec8891c 100644
--- a/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Ox.List.js
+++ b/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Ox.List.js
@@ -1282,6 +1282,7 @@ Ox.List = function(options, self) {
         } else if (key == 'selected') {
             Ox.print('setOption selected', value)
             setSelected(value);
+            triggerSelectEvent();
         } else if (key == 'sort') {
             Ox.print('---sort---')
             updateSort();
diff --git a/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Ox.TextList.js b/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Ox.TextList.js
index 9250fa19..55c65313 100644
--- a/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Ox.TextList.js
+++ b/source/Ox.UI/js/List/Ox.TextList.js
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ Ox.TextList = function(options, self) {
                 key_right: function() {
                     var $element = that.$body.$element;
                     $element[0].scrollLeft = $element[0].scrollLeft + $element.width();
-                }
+                },
+                keys: find
             });
 
     self.options.columns.forEach(function(v) { // fixme: can this go into a generic ox.js function?
@@ -480,6 +481,21 @@ Ox.TextList = function(options, self) {
         });
     }
 
+    function find(data) {
+        // fixme: works only if items are an array
+        var query = data.keys,
+            sort = self.options.sort[0];
+        Ox.forEach(self.options.items, function(item, i) {
+            var value = (
+                sort.map ? sort.map(item[sort.key]) : item[sort.key]
+            ).toLowerCase();
+            if (Ox.startsWith(value, query)) {
+                that.$body.options({selected: [item[self.unique]]});
+                return false;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     function getCell(id, key) {
         Ox.print('getCell', id, key)
         var $item = getItem(id);