diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.cpp
index 6c9a7692aa..4d140bc7f4 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.cpp
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ TaskDetail::TaskDetail(TechDraw::DrawViewPart* baseFeat):
     connect(ui->pbDragger, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)),
             this, SLOT(onDraggerClicked(bool)));
 
-    //use editingFinished signal instead of valueChanged to prevent keyboard lock out
-    //valueChanged fires every keystroke causing a recompute.
-    connect(ui->qsbX, SIGNAL(editingFinished()),
+    // the UI file uses keyboardTracking = false so that a recomputation
+    // will only be triggered when the arrow keys of the spinboxes are used
+    connect(ui->qsbX, SIGNAL(valueChanged(double)),
             this, SLOT(onXEdit()));
-    connect(ui->qsbY, SIGNAL(editingFinished()),
+    connect(ui->qsbY, SIGNAL(valueChanged(double)),
             this, SLOT(onYEdit()));
-    connect(ui->qsbRadius, SIGNAL(editingFinished()),
+    connect(ui->qsbRadius, SIGNAL(valueChanged(double)),
             this, SLOT(onRadiusEdit()));
     connect(ui->leReference, SIGNAL(editingFinished()),
         this, SLOT(onReferenceEdit()));
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@ TaskDetail::TaskDetail(TechDraw::DrawViewDetail* detailFeat):
     connect(ui->pbDragger, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)),
             this, SLOT(onDraggerClicked(bool)));
 
-    // the UI file uses setKeyboardTracking(false) so that a
-    // recomputation will only be triggered when the arrow yeys of the spinboxes are used
-    connect(ui->qsbX, SIGNAL(editingFinished()),
+    // the UI file uses keyboardTracking = false so that a recomputation
+    // will only be triggered when the arrow keys of the spinboxes are used
+    connect(ui->qsbX, SIGNAL(valueChanged(double)),
             this, SLOT(onXEdit()));
-    connect(ui->qsbY, SIGNAL(editingFinished()),
+    connect(ui->qsbY, SIGNAL(valueChanged(double)),
             this, SLOT(onYEdit()));
-    connect(ui->qsbRadius, SIGNAL(editingFinished()),
+    connect(ui->qsbRadius, SIGNAL(valueChanged(double)),
             this, SLOT(onRadiusEdit()));
     connect(ui->leReference, SIGNAL(editingFinished()),
         this, SLOT(onReferenceEdit()));
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.ui b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.ui
index e60ffddc2e..1b9be3601d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TaskDetail.ui
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
        </property>
        <property name="keyboardTracking">
-        <bool>true</bool>
+        <bool>false</bool>
        </property>
        <property name="unit" stdset="0">
         <string notr="true"/>
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
         <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
        </property>
        <property name="keyboardTracking">
-        <bool>true</bool>
+        <bool>false</bool>
        </property>
        <property name="unit" stdset="0">
         <string notr="true"/>
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
         <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
        </property>
        <property name="keyboardTracking">
-        <bool>true</bool>
+        <bool>false</bool>
        </property>
        <property name="unit" stdset="0">
         <string notr="true"/>