diff --git a/src/components/treemode/TreeMode.svelte b/src/components/treemode/TreeMode.svelte
index d8dd541..2c48d4d 100644
--- a/src/components/treemode/TreeMode.svelte
+++ b/src/components/treemode/TreeMode.svelte
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     expandSelection,
 findRootPath
   } from '../../logic/selection.js'
-  import { isContentEditableDiv } from '../../utils/domUtils.js'
+  import { isContentEditableDiv, isTextInput } from '../../utils/domUtils.js'
   import {
     getIn,
     setIn,
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ findRootPath
   function handleKeyDown (event) {
     const combo = keyComboFromEvent(event)
 
-    if (!isContentEditableDiv(event.target)) {
+    if (!isContentEditableDiv(event.target) && !isTextInput(event.target)) {
       if (combo === 'Ctrl+X' || combo === 'Command+X') {
         event.preventDefault()
         handleCut()
diff --git a/src/utils/domUtils.js b/src/utils/domUtils.js
index aa8f9e8..c5a9f40 100644
--- a/src/utils/domUtils.js
+++ b/src/utils/domUtils.js
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ export function isContentEditableDiv (element) {
   return (element.nodeName === 'DIV' && element.contentEditable === 'true')
 }
 
+// test whether a DOM element is an "input" with type "text"
+export function isTextInput (element) {
+  console.log('element', element)
+  return (element.nodeName === 'INPUT' && element.type && element.type.toLowerCase() === 'text')
+}
+
 function hasAttribute (element, name, value) {
   return typeof element.getAttribute === 'function' && element.getAttribute(name) === value
 }