diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
index 8b4c76059..111be9b42 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
@@ -9,10 +9,22 @@
 #include "../../model/world/universalid.hpp"
 #include "../../model/world/tablemimedata.hpp"
 
+CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::ChangeLock::ChangeLock (ScriptEdit& edit) : mEdit (edit)
+{
+    ++mEdit.mChangeLocked;
+}
+
+CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::ChangeLock::~ChangeLock()
+{
+    --mEdit.mChangeLocked;
+}
+
+
 CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::ScriptEdit (QWidget* parent, const CSMDoc::Document& document) :
     QTextEdit (parent),
     mDocument (document),
-    mWhiteListQoutes("^[a-z|_]{1}[a-z|0-9|_]{0,}$", Qt::CaseInsensitive)
+    mWhiteListQoutes("^[a-z|_]{1}[a-z|0-9|_]{0,}$", Qt::CaseInsensitive),
+    mChangeLocked (0)
 {
     setAcceptRichText (false);
     setLineWrapMode (QTextEdit::NoWrap);
@@ -50,6 +62,11 @@ CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::ScriptEdit (QWidget* parent, const CSMDoc::Document& docum
                   <<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Region;
 }
 
+bool CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::isChangeLocked() const
+{
+    return mChangeLocked!=0;
+}
+
 void CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::dragEnterEvent (QDragEnterEvent* event)
 {
     const CSMWorld::TableMimeData* mime = dynamic_cast<const CSMWorld::TableMimeData*> (event->mimeData());
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.hpp
index b4627c2fe..0b2ede119 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.hpp
@@ -19,9 +19,37 @@ namespace CSVWorld
     class ScriptEdit : public QTextEdit
     {
             Q_OBJECT
+
         public:
+
+            class ChangeLock
+            {
+                    ScriptEdit& mEdit;
+
+                    ChangeLock (const ChangeLock&);
+                    ChangeLock& operator= (const ChangeLock&);
+
+                public:
+
+                    ChangeLock (ScriptEdit& edit);
+                    ~ChangeLock();
+            };
+
+            friend class ChangeLock;
+
+        private:
+
+            int mChangeLocked;
+
+        public:
+
             ScriptEdit (QWidget* parent, const CSMDoc::Document& document);
 
+            /// Should changes to the data be ignored (i.e. not cause updated)?
+            ///
+            /// \note This mechanism is used to avoid infinite update recursions
+            bool isChangeLocked() const;
+
         private:
             QVector<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type> mAllowedTypes;
             const CSMDoc::Document& mDocument;
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptsubview.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptsubview.cpp
index 0508b4de2..52cd04413 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptsubview.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptsubview.cpp
@@ -15,18 +15,8 @@
 #include "scripthighlighter.hpp"
 #include "scriptedit.hpp"
 
-CSVWorld::ScriptSubView::ChangeLock::ChangeLock (ScriptSubView& view) : mView (view)
-{
-    ++mView.mChangeLocked;
-}
-
-CSVWorld::ScriptSubView::ChangeLock::~ChangeLock()
-{
-    --mView.mChangeLocked;
-}
-
 CSVWorld::ScriptSubView::ScriptSubView (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id, CSMDoc::Document& document)
-: SubView (id), mDocument (document), mColumn (-1), mChangeLocked (0)
+: SubView (id), mDocument (document), mColumn (-1)
 {
     setWidget (mEditor = new ScriptEdit (this, mDocument));
 
@@ -78,10 +68,10 @@ void CSVWorld::ScriptSubView::idListChanged()
 
 void CSVWorld::ScriptSubView::textChanged()
 {
-    if (mChangeLocked)
+    if (mEditor->isChangeLocked())
         return;
 
-    ChangeLock lock (*this);
+    ScriptEdit::ChangeLock lock (*mEditor);
 
     mDocument.getUndoStack().push (new CSMWorld::ModifyCommand (*mModel,
         mModel->getModelIndex (getUniversalId().getId(), mColumn), mEditor->toPlainText()));
@@ -89,10 +79,10 @@ void CSVWorld::ScriptSubView::textChanged()
 
 void CSVWorld::ScriptSubView::dataChanged (const QModelIndex& topLeft, const QModelIndex& bottomRight)
 {
-    if (mChangeLocked)
+    if (mEditor->isChangeLocked())
         return;
 
-    ChangeLock lock (*this);
+    ScriptEdit::ChangeLock lock (*mEditor);
 
     QModelIndex index = mModel->getModelIndex (getUniversalId().getId(), mColumn);
 
@@ -115,10 +105,10 @@ void CSVWorld::ScriptSubView::rowsAboutToBeRemoved (const QModelIndex& parent, i
 
 void CSVWorld::ScriptSubView::updateHighlighting()
 {
-    if (mChangeLocked)
+    if (mEditor->isChangeLocked())
         return;
 
-    ChangeLock lock (*this);
+    ScriptEdit::ChangeLock lock (*mEditor);
 
     mHighlighter->rehighlight();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptsubview.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptsubview.hpp
index 7ceab70ba..ccb8f706e 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptsubview.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptsubview.hpp
@@ -21,34 +21,19 @@ namespace CSMWorld
 namespace CSVWorld
 {
     class ScriptHighlighter;
+    class ScriptEdit;
 
     class ScriptSubView : public CSVDoc::SubView
     {
             Q_OBJECT
 
-            QTextEdit *mEditor;
+            ScriptEdit *mEditor;
             CSMDoc::Document& mDocument;
             CSMWorld::IdTable *mModel;
             int mColumn;
-            int mChangeLocked;
             ScriptHighlighter *mHighlighter;
             QTimer mUpdateTimer;
 
-            class ChangeLock
-            {
-                    ScriptSubView& mView;
-
-                    ChangeLock (const ChangeLock&);
-                    ChangeLock& operator= (const ChangeLock&);
-
-                public:
-
-                    ChangeLock (ScriptSubView& view);
-                    ~ChangeLock();
-            };
-
-            friend class ChangeLock;
-
         public:
 
             ScriptSubView (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id, CSMDoc::Document& document);