diff --git a/include/nana/gui/widgets/listbox.hpp b/include/nana/gui/widgets/listbox.hpp
index b5781ad2..ccd03e35 100644
--- a/include/nana/gui/widgets/listbox.hpp
+++ b/include/nana/gui/widgets/listbox.hpp
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ namespace nana
 		/// Determines whether expension/shrink of category is blocked
         bool category_change_blocked() const noexcept;
 
-        arg_category(const drawerbase::listbox::cat_proxy&) noexcept;
+		arg_category(const drawerbase::listbox::cat_proxy&) noexcept;
     private:
         mutable bool block_change_;
 	};
diff --git a/source/gui/widgets/combox.cpp b/source/gui/widgets/combox.cpp
index a4631668..a5bed1fa 100644
--- a/source/gui/widgets/combox.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/widgets/combox.cpp
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ namespace nana
 					if(editor_)
 					{
 						editor_->editable(enb);
-
+						editor_->show_caret(enb);
 						if (!enb)
 						{
 							editor_->ext_renderer().background = [this](graph_reference graph, const ::nana::rectangle&, const ::nana::color&)
@@ -245,22 +245,23 @@ namespace nana
 
 				void open_lister_if_push_button_positioned()
 				{
-					if((nullptr == state_.lister) && !items_.empty() && (parts::push_button == state_.pointer_where))
-					{
-						module_.items.clear();
-						std::copy(items_.cbegin(), items_.cend(), std::back_inserter(module_.items));
-						state_.lister = &form_loader<nana::float_listbox, false>()(widget_->handle(), nana::rectangle(0, widget_->size().height, widget_->size().width, 10), true);
-						state_.lister->renderer(item_renderer_);
-						state_.lister->set_module(module_, image_pixels_);
-						state_.item_index_before_selection = module_.index;
-						//The lister window closes by itself. I just take care about the destroy event.
-						//The event should be destroy rather than unload. Because the unload event is invoked while
-						//the lister is not closed, if popuping a message box, the lister will cover the message box.
-						state_.lister->events().destroy.connect_unignorable([this]
+					if(nullptr == state_.lister && !items_.empty())
+						if((parts::push_button == state_.pointer_where && editor_->attr().editable) || !editor_->attr().editable)
 						{
-							_m_lister_close_sig();
-						});
-					}
+							module_.items.clear();
+							std::copy(items_.cbegin(), items_.cend(), std::back_inserter(module_.items));
+							state_.lister = &form_loader<nana::float_listbox, false>()(widget_->handle(), nana::rectangle(0, widget_->size().height, widget_->size().width, 10), true);
+							state_.lister->renderer(item_renderer_);
+							state_.lister->set_module(module_, image_pixels_);
+							state_.item_index_before_selection = module_.index;
+							//The lister window closes by itself. I just take care about the destroy event.
+							//The event should be destroy rather than unload. Because the unload event is invoked while
+							//the lister is not closed, if popuping a message box, the lister will cover the message box.
+							state_.lister->events().destroy.connect_unignorable([this]
+							{
+								_m_lister_close_sig();
+							});
+						}
 				}
 
 				void scroll_items(bool upwards)
@@ -622,8 +623,8 @@ namespace nana
 					if(drawer_->widget_ptr()->enabled())
 					{
 						auto * editor = drawer_->editor();
-						if (!editor->mouse_pressed(arg))
-							drawer_->open_lister_if_push_button_positioned();
+						editor->mouse_pressed(arg);
+						drawer_->open_lister_if_push_button_positioned();
 
 						drawer_->draw();
 						if(editor->attr().editable)
diff --git a/source/gui/widgets/listbox.cpp b/source/gui/widgets/listbox.cpp
index bf1260cc..f58ac172 100644
--- a/source/gui/widgets/listbox.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/widgets/listbox.cpp
@@ -4360,18 +4360,17 @@ namespace nana
 
 	//Implementation of arg_category
 	//Contributed by leobackes(pr#97)
-
 	arg_category::arg_category ( const nana::drawerbase::listbox::cat_proxy& cat ) noexcept
 		: category(cat), block_change_(false)
     {
     }
 
-    void arg_category::block_category_change() const noexcept
+	void arg_category::block_category_change() const noexcept
 	{
 		block_change_ = true;
     }
 
-    bool arg_category::category_change_blocked() const noexcept
+	bool arg_category::category_change_blocked() const noexcept
 	{
 		return block_change_;
     }
diff --git a/source/gui/widgets/skeletons/text_editor.cpp b/source/gui/widgets/skeletons/text_editor.cpp
index 0c8cf46a..c31f23aa 100644
--- a/source/gui/widgets/skeletons/text_editor.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/widgets/skeletons/text_editor.cpp
@@ -1635,11 +1635,14 @@ namespace nana{	namespace widgets
 		bool text_editor::mouse_move(bool left_button, const point& scrpos)
 		{
 			cursor cur = cursor::iterm;
-			if ((!hit_text_area(scrpos)) && (!text_area_.captured))
+			if(((!hit_text_area(scrpos)) && (!text_area_.captured)) || !attributes_.editable || !API::window_enabled(window_))
 				cur = cursor::arrow;
 
 			API::window_cursor(window_, cur);
 
+			if(!attributes_.editable)
+				return false;
+
 			if(left_button)
 			{
 				mouse_caret(scrpos);
@@ -1655,6 +1658,9 @@ namespace nana{	namespace widgets
 
 		bool text_editor::mouse_pressed(const arg_mouse& arg)
 		{
+			if(!attributes_.editable)
+				return false;
+
 			if (event_code::mouse_down == arg.evt_code)
 			{
 				if (!hit_text_area(arg.pos))
@@ -1790,6 +1796,9 @@ namespace nana{	namespace widgets
 					reset_caret_pixels();
 			}
 
+			if(!attributes_.editable)
+				visible = false;
+
 			API::caret_visible(window_, visible);
 
 			if(visible)
@@ -3078,7 +3087,7 @@ namespace nana{	namespace widgets
 			graph_.palette(false, scheme_->selection.get_color());
 
 			//The text is not selected or the whole line text is selected
-			if (!focused || (!_m_get_sort_select_points(a, b)) || (select_.a.y != str_pos.y && select_.b.y != str_pos.y))
+			if(!focused || (!_m_get_sort_select_points(a, b)) || (select_.a.y != str_pos.y && select_.b.y != str_pos.y) || !attributes_.editable)
 			{
 				bool selected = (a.y < str_pos.y && str_pos.y < b.y);
 				for (auto & ent : reordered)