diff --git a/js/acl.js b/js/acl.js
index 4924ac1289..054f509602 100644
--- a/js/acl.js
+++ b/js/acl.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ ACL.prototype.add_mention = function(id) {
 	if (this.element.val().indexOf( searchText) >= 0 ) {
 		return;
 	}
-	this.element.val(searchText + this.element.val());
+	this.element.val(searchText + this.element.val()).trigger('change');
 }
 
 ACL.prototype.on_submit = function(){
diff --git a/js/autocomplete.js b/js/autocomplete.js
index 8702abbcf9..3ed9fa30f9 100644
--- a/js/autocomplete.js
+++ b/js/autocomplete.js
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ function listNewLineAutocomplete(id) {
 	if (word != null) {
 		var textBefore = text.value.substring(0, caretPos);
 		var textAfter  = text.value.substring(caretPos, text.length);
-		$('#' + id).val(textBefore + '\r\n[*] ' + textAfter);
+		$('#' + id).val(textBefore + '\r\n[*] ' + textAfter).trigger('change');
 		setCaretPosition(text, caretPos + 5);
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index c85aab4a27..5df33ed590 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
 			var start = textarea.selectionStart;
 			var end = textarea.selectionEnd;
 			textarea.value = textarea.value.substring(0, start) + bbcode + textarea.value.substring(end, textarea.value.length);
+			$(textarea).trigger('change');
 		});
 
 
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/js/textedit.js b/view/theme/frio/js/textedit.js
index d212ee0038..8794658dd6 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/js/textedit.js
+++ b/view/theme/frio/js/textedit.js
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ function insertFormatting(BBcode,id) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	$(textarea).trigger('change');
+
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/js/theme.js b/view/theme/frio/js/theme.js
index 27dd296e5f..41a437de7d 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/js/theme.js
+++ b/view/theme/frio/js/theme.js
@@ -300,6 +300,13 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 		});
 	});
 
+	/*
+	 * This event listeners ensures that the textarea size is updated event if the
+	 * value is changed externally (textcomplete, insertFormatting, fbrowser...)
+	 */
+	$(document).on('change', 'textarea', function(event) {
+		autosize.update(event.target);
+	});
 });
 
 function openClose(theID) {