diff --git a/include/maskfld.cpp b/include/maskfld.cpp
index 3d20f4514..96f64f671 100755
--- a/include/maskfld.cpp
+++ b/include/maskfld.cpp
@@ -2101,9 +2101,10 @@ int TBrowse::do_input(
     fldref.write(val, *_cursor->relation());
     if (tofilter)
     {
-      const int len = fldref.len(cur);
-      if (val.len() < len)
-        val.left_just(len, '~');
+			const int len = fldref.len(cur);
+
+      if (val.len() < len	&& cur.type(fldref.name()) == _alfafld)
+        val.rpad(len, '~');
       fldref.write(val, filtrec);
     }
   }