diff --git a/src/Gui/Widgets.cpp b/src/Gui/Widgets.cpp
index 0326aeaa8f..b760d2da4e 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Widgets.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Widgets.cpp
@@ -1438,8 +1438,10 @@ ExpLineEdit::ExpLineEdit(QWidget* parent, bool expressionOnly)
 bool ExpLineEdit::apply(const std::string& propName) {
     
     if (!ExpressionBinding::apply(propName)) {
-        QString val = QString::fromUtf8(Base::Interpreter().strToPython(text().toUtf8()).c_str());
-        Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Doc, "%s = \"%s\"", propName.c_str(), val.constData());
+        if(!autoClose) {
+            QString val = QString::fromUtf8(Base::Interpreter().strToPython(text().toUtf8()).c_str());
+            Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Doc, "%s = \"%s\"", propName.c_str(), val.constData());
+        }
         return true;
     }
     else