diff --git a/javascript/TreeDropdownField.js b/javascript/TreeDropdownField.js
index 2385f4af3..d58313d72 100644
--- a/javascript/TreeDropdownField.js
+++ b/javascript/TreeDropdownField.js
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@
 							title = node.children('a').find("span.jstree_pageicon")?node.children('a').find("span.item").html():null;
 						if(!title) title=(node.length > 0) ? tree.jstree('get_text', node[0]) : null;
 						
-						if(title) self.setTitle(title);
+						if(title) {
+							self.setTitle(title);
+							self.data('title', title)
+						}
 						if(node) tree.jstree('select_node', node);
 					}
 				};