diff --git a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/DropdownListSearchPanel.form b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/DropdownListSearchPanel.form
index 0e884ac7f3..1f61e9255c 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/DropdownListSearchPanel.form
+++ b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/DropdownListSearchPanel.form
@@ -60,10 +60,8 @@
   <SubComponents>
     <Container class="javax.swing.JSplitPane" name="jSplitPane1">
       <Properties>
-        <Property name="font" type="java.awt.Font" editor="org.netbeans.modules.form.editors2.FontEditor">
-          <FontInfo relative="true">
-            <Font bold="false" component="jSplitPane1" property="font" relativeSize="false" size="11"/>
-          </FontInfo>
+        <Property name="font" type="java.awt.Font" editor="org.netbeans.modules.form.RADConnectionPropertyEditor">
+          <Connection component="leftPane" name="font" type="property"/>
         </Property>
       </Properties>
 
diff --git a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/DropdownListSearchPanel.java b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/DropdownListSearchPanel.java
index 577703b2a0..d794acb1dc 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/DropdownListSearchPanel.java
+++ b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/DropdownListSearchPanel.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class DropdownListSearchPanel extends KeywordSearchPanel {
 
         setFont(getFont().deriveFont(getFont().getStyle() & ~java.awt.Font.BOLD, 11));
 
-        jSplitPane1.setFont(jSplitPane1.getFont().deriveFont(jSplitPane1.getFont().getStyle() & ~java.awt.Font.BOLD, 11));
+        jSplitPane1.setFont(leftPane.getFont());
 
         leftPane.setFont(leftPane.getFont().deriveFont(leftPane.getFont().getStyle() & ~java.awt.Font.BOLD, 11));
         leftPane.setMinimumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(150, 23));