diff --git a/UI/Input/TextField.ts b/UI/Input/TextField.ts
index 6a20faa..0ae1e28 100644
--- a/UI/Input/TextField.ts
+++ b/UI/Input/TextField.ts
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ export class TextField extends InputElement<string> {
     private readonly _isArea: boolean;
     private readonly _textAreaRows: number;
 
-    private readonly _isValid: (string) => boolean;
+    private readonly _isValid: (string, country) => boolean;
 
     constructor(options?: {
         placeholder?: string | UIElement,
         value?: UIEventSource<string>,
         textArea?: boolean,
         textAreaRows?: number,
-        isValid?: ((s: string) => boolean)
+        isValid?: ((s: string, country?: string) => boolean)
     }) {
         super(undefined);
         const self = this;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class TextField extends InputElement<string> {
         this.value = options?.value ?? new UIEventSource<string>(undefined);
 
         this._textAreaRows = options.textAreaRows;
-        this._isValid = options.isValid ?? ((str) => true);
+        this._isValid = options.isValid ?? ((str, country) => true);
 
         this._placeholder = Translations.W(options.placeholder ?? "");
         this.ListenTo(this._placeholder._source);
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export class TextField extends InputElement<string> {
             self.IsSelected.setData(true)
         });
         this.value.addCallback((t) => {
+            console.log("Setting actual value to", t);
             const field = document.getElementById("txt-"+this.id);
             if (field === undefined || field === null) {
                 return;
@@ -74,10 +75,12 @@ export class TextField extends InputElement<string> {
         const field = document.getElementById("txt-" + this.id);
         const self = this;
         field.oninput = () => {
+            
+            // How much characters are on the right, not including spaces?
             // @ts-ignore
-            const endDistance = field.value.length - field.selectionEnd;
+            const endDistance = field.value.substring(field.selectionEnd).replace(/ /g,'').length;
             // @ts-ignore
-            const val: string = field.value;
+            let val: string = field.value;
             if (!self.IsValid(val)) {
                 self.value.setData(undefined);
             } else {
@@ -86,8 +89,21 @@ export class TextField extends InputElement<string> {
             // Setting the value might cause the value to be set again. We keep the distance _to the end_ stable, as phone number formatting might cause the start to change
             // See https://github.com/pietervdvn/MapComplete/issues/103
             // We reread the field value - it might have changed!
+            
             // @ts-ignore
-            self.SetCursorPosition(field.value.length - endDistance);
+            val = field.value;
+            let newCursorPos = endDistance;
+            while(newCursorPos >= 0 && 
+                // We count the number of _actual_ characters (non-space characters) on the right of the new value
+                // This count should become bigger then the end distance
+                val.substr(newCursorPos).replace(/ /g, '').length <= endDistance
+                ){
+                newCursorPos --;
+            }
+            newCursorPos++;
+            
+            // @ts-ignore
+            self.SetCursorPosition(newCursorPos);
         };
 
         if (this.value.data !== undefined && this.value.data !== null) {
@@ -127,7 +143,7 @@ export class TextField extends InputElement<string> {
         if (t === undefined || t === null) {
             return false
         }
-        return this._isValid(t);
+        return this._isValid(t, undefined);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/UI/Input/ValidatedTextField.ts b/UI/Input/ValidatedTextField.ts
index d6659d0..c8e25b3 100644
--- a/UI/Input/ValidatedTextField.ts
+++ b/UI/Input/ValidatedTextField.ts
@@ -140,9 +140,7 @@ export default class ValidatedTextField {
                 }
                 return parsePhoneNumberFromString(str, country?.toUpperCase())?.isValid() ?? false
             },
-            (str, country: any) => {
-                return  parsePhoneNumberFromString(str, country?.toUpperCase()).formatInternational()
-            }
+            (str, country: any) => parsePhoneNumberFromString(str, country?.toUpperCase()).formatInternational()
         )
     ]
     
@@ -170,21 +168,38 @@ export default class ValidatedTextField {
         value?: UIEventSource<string>,
         textArea?: boolean,
         textAreaRows?: number,
-        isValid?: ((s: string) => boolean)
+        isValid?: ((s: string, country: string) => boolean),
+        country?: string
     }): InputElement<string> {
         options = options ?? {};
         options.placeholder = options.placeholder ?? type;
         const tp: TextFieldDef = ValidatedTextField.AllTypes[type]
-        let isValid = tp.isValid;
+        const isValidTp = tp.isValid;
+        let isValid;
         if (options.isValid) {
             const optValid = options.isValid;
             isValid = (str, country) => {
-                return ValidatedTextField.AllTypes[type](str, country) && optValid(str);
+                if(str === undefined){
+                    return false;
+                }
+                return isValidTp(str, country ?? options.country) && optValid(str, country ?? options.country);
             }
+        }else{
+            isValid = isValidTp;
         }
         options.isValid = isValid;
 
         let input: InputElement<string> = new TextField(options);
+        if (tp.reformat) {
+            input.GetValue().addCallbackAndRun(str => {
+                if (!options.isValid(str, options.country)) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                const formatted = tp.reformat(str, options.country);
+                input.GetValue().setData(formatted);
+            })
+        }
+
         if (tp.inputHelper) {
             input = new CombinedInputElement(input, tp.inputHelper(input.GetValue()));
         }
@@ -252,11 +267,12 @@ export default class ValidatedTextField {
         startValidated?: boolean,
         textArea?: boolean,
         textAreaRows?: number,
-        isValid?: ((string: string) => boolean)
+        isValid?: ((string: string) => boolean),
+        country?: string
     }): InputElement<T> {
         let textField: InputElement<string>;
         if (options.type) {
-            textField = ValidatedTextField.InputForType(options.type);
+            textField = ValidatedTextField.InputForType(options.type, options);
         } else {
             textField = new TextField(options);
         }
diff --git a/UI/TagRendering.ts b/UI/TagRendering.ts
index 71cd2a5..20928cd 100644
--- a/UI/TagRendering.ts
+++ b/UI/TagRendering.ts
@@ -326,15 +326,13 @@ export class TagRendering extends UIElement implements TagDependantUIElement {
         }
 
         
-        let formatter = ValidatedTextField.AllTypes[type].reformat ?? ((str) => str);
-
         const pickString =
             (string: any) => {
                 if (string === "" || string === undefined) {
                     return undefined;
                 }
 
-                const tag = new Tag(freeform.key, formatter(string, this._source.data._country));
+                const tag = new Tag(freeform.key, string);
 
                 if (freeform.extraTags === undefined) {
                     return tag;
@@ -361,11 +359,14 @@ export class TagRendering extends UIElement implements TagDependantUIElement {
             return undefined;
         }
 
+        console.log("Creating a freeform input element for ", this._source.data._country);
+
         return ValidatedTextField.Mapped(pickString, toString, {
             placeholder: this._freeform.placeholder,
             type: type,
             isValid: (str) => (str.length <= 255),
-            textArea: isTextArea
+            textArea: isTextArea,
+            country: this._source.data._country
         })
     }