diff --git a/components/qtmaterialautocomplete.cpp b/components/qtmaterialautocomplete.cpp
index e12c09d..c8e5fdd 100644
--- a/components/qtmaterialautocomplete.cpp
+++ b/components/qtmaterialautocomplete.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,9 @@ bool QtMaterialAutoComplete::eventFilter(QObject *watched, QEvent *event)
         });
         QtMaterialFlatButton *widget;
         if ((widget = static_cast<QtMaterialFlatButton *>(watched))) {
-            setText(widget->text());
+            QString text(widget->text());
+            setText(text);
+            emit itemSelected(text);
         }
         break;
     }
diff --git a/components/qtmaterialautocomplete.h b/components/qtmaterialautocomplete.h
index a3a10fa..8b46861 100644
--- a/components/qtmaterialautocomplete.h
+++ b/components/qtmaterialautocomplete.h
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ public:
 
     void setDataSource(const QStringList &data);
 
+signals:
+    void itemSelected(QString);
+
 protected slots:
     void updateResults(QString text);
 
diff --git a/examples/autocompletesettingseditor.cpp b/examples/autocompletesettingseditor.cpp
index d91671a..0c8dede 100644
--- a/examples/autocompletesettingseditor.cpp
+++ b/examples/autocompletesettingseditor.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ AutoCompleteSettingsEditor::AutoCompleteSettingsEditor(QWidget *parent)
     canvas->setStyleSheet("QWidget { background: white; }");
     layout->addWidget(canvas);
 
+    canvas->setMinimumHeight(900); //
+
     //ui->setupUi(widget);
     layout->setContentsMargins(20, 20, 20, 20);
 
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ AutoCompleteSettingsEditor::AutoCompleteSettingsEditor(QWidget *parent)
     m_autocomplete->setDataSource(states);
 
     layout->addWidget(m_autocomplete);
+    layout->addSpacing(600);
     layout->setAlignment(m_autocomplete, Qt::AlignCenter);
 
     setupForm();