--- a/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/config/gui/UrlConfigGui.java	
+++ a/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/config/gui/UrlConfigGui.java	
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ package org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.config.gui;
 
 import java.awt.BorderLayout;
 import java.awt.Component;
+import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
+import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 import java.awt.FlowLayout;
 import java.awt.Font;
 
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
 import javax.swing.Box;
 import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
 import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
+import javax.swing.JComboBox;
 import javax.swing.JLabel;
 import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ public class UrlConfigGui extends JPanel implements ChangeListener {
 
     private JCheckBox useBrowserCompatibleMultipartMode;
 
-    private JLabeledChoice method;
+    private JComboBox method;
     
     private JLabeledChoice httpImplementation;
 
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@ public class UrlConfigGui extends JPanel implements ChangeListener {
         if (notConfigOnly){
             followRedirects.setSelected(true);
             autoRedirects.setSelected(false);
-            method.setText(HTTPSamplerBase.DEFAULT_METHOD);
+            method.setSelectedItem(HTTPSamplerBase.DEFAULT_METHOD);
             useKeepAlive.setSelected(true);
             useMultipartForPost.setSelected(false);
             useBrowserCompatibleMultipartMode.setSelected(HTTPSamplerBase.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE_MULTIPART_MODE_DEFAULT);
@@ -266,7 +269,7 @@ public class UrlConfigGui extends JPanel implements ChangeListener {
         element.setProperty(HTTPSamplerBase.CONTENT_ENCODING, contentEncoding.getText());
         element.setProperty(HTTPSamplerBase.PATH, path.getText());
         if (notConfigOnly){
-            element.setProperty(HTTPSamplerBase.METHOD, method.getText());
+            element.setProperty(HTTPSamplerBase.METHOD, (String) method.getSelectedItem());
             element.setProperty(new BooleanProperty(HTTPSamplerBase.FOLLOW_REDIRECTS, followRedirects.isSelected()));
             element.setProperty(new BooleanProperty(HTTPSamplerBase.AUTO_REDIRECTS, autoRedirects.isSelected()));
             element.setProperty(new BooleanProperty(HTTPSamplerBase.USE_KEEPALIVE, useKeepAlive.isSelected()));
@@ -352,7 +355,7 @@ public class UrlConfigGui extends JPanel implements ChangeListener {
         contentEncoding.setText(el.getPropertyAsString(HTTPSamplerBase.CONTENT_ENCODING));
         path.setText(el.getPropertyAsString(HTTPSamplerBase.PATH));
         if (notConfigOnly){
-            method.setText(el.getPropertyAsString(HTTPSamplerBase.METHOD));
+            method.setSelectedItem(el.getPropertyAsString(HTTPSamplerBase.METHOD));
             followRedirects.setSelected(el.getPropertyAsBoolean(HTTPSamplerBase.FOLLOW_REDIRECTS));
             autoRedirects.setSelected(el.getPropertyAsBoolean(HTTPSamplerBase.AUTO_REDIRECTS));
             useKeepAlive.setSelected(el.getPropertyAsBoolean(HTTPSamplerBase.USE_KEEPALIVE));
@@ -625,10 +628,19 @@ public class UrlConfigGui extends JPanel implements ChangeListener {
         JLabel contentEncodingLabel = new JLabel(JMeterUtils.getResString("content_encoding")); // $NON-NLS-1$
         contentEncodingLabel.setLabelFor(contentEncoding);
 
+        JPanel methodPanel = null;
         if (notConfigOnly){
-            method = new JLabeledChoice(JMeterUtils.getResString("method"), // $NON-NLS-1$
-                    HTTPSamplerBase.getValidMethodsAsArray(), true);
-            method.addChangeListener(this);
+            methodPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
+            JLabel methodLabel = new JLabel(JMeterUtils.getResString("method")); // $NON-NLS-1$
+            method = new JComboBox(HTTPSamplerBase.getValidMethodsAsArray());
+            method.setEditable(true);
+            method.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
+                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+                    stateChanged(new ChangeEvent(e.getSource()));
+                }
+            });
+            methodPanel.add(methodLabel);
+            methodPanel.add(method);
         }
 
         JPanel panel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
@@ -641,7 +653,7 @@ public class UrlConfigGui extends JPanel implements ChangeListener {
         panel.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(5));
 
         if (notConfigOnly){
-            panel.add(method);
+            panel.add(methodPanel);
         }
         panel.setMinimumSize(panel.getPreferredSize());
         panel.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(5));
@@ -800,7 +812,7 @@ public class UrlConfigGui extends JPanel implements ChangeListener {
         }
         // disable the multi-part if not a post request
         else if(e.getSource() == method) {
-            boolean isPostMethod = HTTPConstants.POST.equals(method.getText());
+            boolean isPostMethod = HTTPConstants.POST.equals((String) method.getSelectedItem());
             useMultipartForPost.setEnabled(isPostMethod);    
         }
     }