public void handleEvent(Event evt) {
    super.handleEvent(evt);

    ItsNatHTMLSelectMultImpl comp = getItsNatHTMLSelectMult();
    //        if (comp.isServerUpdatingFromClient())
    //            return;

    String type = evt.getType();
    if (type.equals("DOMCharacterDataModified")) {
      MutationEvent mutEvent = (MutationEvent) evt;
      CharacterData charDataNode = (CharacterData) mutEvent.getTarget();
      HTMLOptionElement option = (HTMLOptionElement) charDataNode.getParentNode();
      int index = option.getIndex();
      String value = charDataNode.getData();
      DefaultListModel dataModel = (DefaultListModel) comp.getListModel();
      if (!value.equals(dataModel.get(index))) dataModel.set(index, value);
    }
  }