diff --git a/Src/LexText/Interlinear/SandboxBase.ComboHandlers.cs b/Src/LexText/Interlinear/SandboxBase.ComboHandlers.cs
index c321b4f89d..9cd5ad0ff2 100644
--- a/Src/LexText/Interlinear/SandboxBase.ComboHandlers.cs
+++ b/Src/LexText/Interlinear/SandboxBase.ComboHandlers.cs
@@ -1819,6 +1819,10 @@ public override void SetupCombo()
 				ITsTextProps disabledItemProperties = null;
 				if (m_sandbox.IsMorphFormLineEmpty)
 					disabledItemProperties = DisabledItemProperties();
+				AddItemToComboList(ITextStrings.ksCreateNewEntry_,
+					new EventHandler(OnSelectCreateNewEntry),
+					disabledItemProperties,
+					disabledItemProperties == null);
 				if (GetLexEntry() != null)
 				{
 					AddItemToComboList(ITextStrings.ksEditLexicalEntry_,
@@ -1826,10 +1830,6 @@ public override void SetupCombo()
 						disabledItemProperties,
 						disabledItemProperties == null);
 				}
-				AddItemToComboList(ITextStrings.ksCreateNewEntry_,
-					new EventHandler(OnSelectCreateNewEntry),
-					disabledItemProperties,
-					disabledItemProperties == null);
 				AddItemToComboList(ITextStrings.ksVariantOf_,
 					new EventHandler(OnSelectVariantOf),
 					disabledItemProperties,