diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/HotkeyHandler.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/HotkeyHandler.java
index aaf1dc69..b8d8427d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/HotkeyHandler.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/HotkeyHandler.java
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime;
 
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
-import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo;
-import android.view.inputmethod.InputConnection;
 
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.R;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.db.DictionaryLoader;
@@ -11,15 +9,11 @@ import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.modes.InputMode;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.modes.ModeABC;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.modes.ModePredictive;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.LanguageCollection;
-import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.LanguageKind;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.preferences.helpers.Hotkeys;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ui.UI;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ui.dialogs.AddWordDialog;
 
 public abstract class HotkeyHandler extends TypingHandler {
-	private boolean isSystemRTL = false;
-
-
 	@Override
 	protected void onInit() {
 		if (settings.areHotkeysInitialized()) {
@@ -28,13 +22,6 @@ public abstract class HotkeyHandler extends TypingHandler {
 	}
 
 
-	@Override
-	protected boolean onStart(InputConnection connection, EditorInfo field) {
-		isSystemRTL = LanguageKind.isRTL(LanguageCollection.getDefault(this));
-		return super.onStart(connection, field);
-	}
-
-
 	@Override public boolean onBack() {
 		return settings.isMainLayoutNumpad();
 	}
@@ -208,11 +195,7 @@ public abstract class HotkeyHandler extends TypingHandler {
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		suggestionOps.cancelDelayedAccept();
-		backward = isSystemRTL != backward;
-		suggestionOps.scrollTo(backward ? -1 : 1);
-		mInputMode.setWordStem(suggestionOps.getCurrent(), true);
-		appHacks.setComposingTextWithHighlightedStem(suggestionOps.getCurrent(), mInputMode);
+		scrollSuggestions(backward);
 
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TypingHandler.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TypingHandler.java
index 4747dfe3..92b18462 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TypingHandler.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/TypingHandler.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.modes.InputMode;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.modes.ModePredictive;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.Language;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.LanguageCollection;
+import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.LanguageKind;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ui.UI;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.util.Text;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ public abstract class TypingHandler extends KeyPadHandler {
 	@NonNull protected InputType inputType = new InputType(null, null);
 	@NonNull protected TextField textField = new TextField(null, null);
 	protected SuggestionOps suggestionOps;
+	private boolean isSystemRTL;
 
 	// input
 	protected ArrayList<Integer> allowedInputModes = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ public abstract class TypingHandler extends KeyPadHandler {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		isSystemRTL = LanguageKind.isRTL(LanguageCollection.getDefault(this));
 		resetKeyRepeat();
 		mInputMode = getInputMode();
 		determineTextCase();
@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ public abstract class TypingHandler extends KeyPadHandler {
 		}
 
 		if (mInputMode.shouldSelectNextSuggestion() && !suggestionOps.isEmpty()) {
-			onHotkey(settings.getKeyNextSuggestion(), false, false);
+			scrollSuggestions(false);
 			suggestionOps.scheduleDelayedAccept(mInputMode.getAutoAcceptTimeout());
 		} else {
 			getSuggestions();
@@ -326,4 +329,13 @@ public abstract class TypingHandler extends KeyPadHandler {
 
 		forceShowWindowIfHidden();
 	}
+
+
+	protected void scrollSuggestions(boolean backward) {
+		suggestionOps.cancelDelayedAccept();
+		backward = isSystemRTL != backward;
+		suggestionOps.scrollTo(backward ? -1 : 1);
+		mInputMode.setWordStem(suggestionOps.getCurrent(), true);
+		appHacks.setComposingTextWithHighlightedStem(suggestionOps.getCurrent(), mInputMode);
+	}
 }