diff --git a/src/components/layers/JSONEditor.jsx b/src/components/layers/JSONEditor.jsx
index 5935043d..e721ab30 100644
--- a/src/components/layers/JSONEditor.jsx
+++ b/src/components/layers/JSONEditor.jsx
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ class JSONEditor extends React.Component {
   }
 
   constructor(props) {
-    super(props)
+    super(props);
+    this._keyEvent = "keyboard";
     this.state = {
       isEditing: false,
       showMessage: false,