diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/property-editors/uis/multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string-item/input-multiple-text-string-item.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/property-editors/uis/multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string-item/input-multiple-text-string-item.element.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..840cf73484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/property-editors/uis/multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string-item/input-multiple-text-string-item.element.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+import { css, html, nothing } from 'lit';
+import { UUITextStyles } from '@umbraco-ui/uui-css/lib';
+import { customElement, property, query } from 'lit/decorators.js';
+import { FormControlMixin } from '@umbraco-ui/uui-base/lib/mixins';
+import { UUIInputEvent } from '@umbraco-ui/uui-input';
+import { UUIInputElement } from '@umbraco-ui/uui';
+import { UmbLitElement } from '@umbraco-cms/element';
+import { UmbModalService, UMB_MODAL_SERVICE_CONTEXT_TOKEN } from 'src/core/modal';
+import { UmbChangeEvent } from 'src/core/events/change.event';
+import { UmbDeleteEvent } from 'src/core/events/delete.event';
+import { UmbInputEvent } from 'src/core/events/input.event';
+import { elementUpdated } from '@open-wc/testing';
+
+/**
+ * @element umb-input-multiple-text-string-item
+ */
+@customElement('umb-input-multiple-text-string-item')
+export class UmbInputMultipleTextStringItemElement extends FormControlMixin(UmbLitElement) {
+	static styles = [
+		UUITextStyles,
+		css`
+			:host {
+				display: flex;
+				align-items: center;
+				margin-bottom: var(--uui-size-space-3);
+				gap: var(--uui-size-space-3);
+			}
+
+			#input {
+				flex: 1;
+			}
+		`,
+	];
+
+	/**
+	 * Disables the input
+	 * @type {boolean}
+	 * @attr
+	 * @default false
+	 */
+	@property({ type: Boolean, reflect: true })
+	disabled = false;
+
+	/**
+	 * Disables the input
+	 * @type {boolean}
+	 * @attr
+	 * @default false
+	 */
+	@property({ type: Boolean, reflect: true })
+	readonly = false;
+
+	/**
+	 * Makes the input required
+	 * @type {boolean}
+	 * @attr
+	 * @default false
+	 */
+	@property({ type: Boolean, reflect: true })
+	required = false;
+
+	@query('#input')
+	protected _input?: UUIInputElement;
+
+	private _modalService?: UmbModalService;
+
+	constructor() {
+		super();
+
+		this.consumeContext(UMB_MODAL_SERVICE_CONTEXT_TOKEN, (modalService) => {
+			this._modalService = modalService;
+		});
+	}
+
+	#onDelete() {
+		const modalHandler = this._modalService?.confirm({
+			headline: `Delete ${this._value || 'item'}`,
+			content: 'Are you sure you want to delete this item?',
+			color: 'danger',
+			confirmLabel: 'Delete',
+		});
+
+		modalHandler?.onClose().then(({ confirmed }: any) => {
+			if (confirmed) this.dispatchEvent(new UmbDeleteEvent());
+		});
+	}
+
+	#onInput(event: UUIInputEvent) {
+		event.stopPropagation();
+		const target = event.currentTarget as UUIInputElement;
+		this._value = target.value as string;
+		this.dispatchEvent(new UmbInputEvent());
+	}
+
+	#onChange(event: UUIInputEvent) {
+		event.stopPropagation();
+		const target = event.currentTarget as UUIInputElement;
+		this._value = target.value as string;
+		this.dispatchEvent(new UmbChangeEvent());
+	}
+
+	public async focus() {
+		await this.updateComplete;
+		this._input?.focus();
+	}
+
+	protected getFormElement() {
+		return undefined;
+	}
+
+	render() {
+		return html`
+			${this.disabled || this.readonly ? nothing : html`<uui-icon name="umb:navigation"></uui-icon>`}
+			<uui-input
+				id="input"
+				value="${this._value}"
+				@input="${this.#onInput}"
+				@change="${this.#onChange}"
+				?disabled=${this.disabled}
+				?readonly=${this.readonly}></uui-input>
+
+			${this.readonly
+				? nothing
+				: html`<uui-button
+						label="Delete ${this._value}"
+						look="primary"
+						color="danger"
+						@click="${this.#onDelete}"
+						?disabled=${this.disabled}
+						compact>
+						<uui-icon name="umb:trash"></uui-icon>
+				  </uui-button>`}
+		`;
+	}
+}
+
+export default UmbInputMultipleTextStringItemElement;
+
+declare global {
+	interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+		'umb-input-multiple-text-string-item': UmbInputMultipleTextStringItemElement;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/property-editors/uis/multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/property-editors/uis/multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string.element.ts
index 9c4317f9c5..1367b61847 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/property-editors/uis/multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/property-editors/uis/multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string.element.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ import { UUITextStyles } from '@umbraco-ui/uui-css/lib';
 import { customElement, property, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { repeat } from 'lit/directives/repeat.js';
 import { FormControlMixin } from '@umbraco-ui/uui-base/lib/mixins';
-import { UUIInputElement, UUIInputEvent } from '@umbraco-ui/uui-input';
+import UmbInputMultipleTextStringItemElement from '../input-multiple-text-string-item/input-multiple-text-string-item.element';
 import { UmbLitElement } from '@umbraco-cms/element';
 import { UmbModalService, UMB_MODAL_SERVICE_CONTEXT_TOKEN } from 'src/core/modal';
 import { UmbChangeEvent } from 'src/core/events/change.event';
+import { UmbDeleteEvent } from 'src/core/events/delete.event';
+
+import '../input-multiple-text-string-item/input-multiple-text-string-item.element';
+import { UmbInputEvent } from 'src/core/events/input.event';
 
 export type MultipleTextStringValue = Array<MultipleTextStringValueItem>;
 
@@ -22,17 +26,6 @@ export class UmbInputMultipleTextStringElement extends FormControlMixin(UmbLitEl
 	static styles = [
 		UUITextStyles,
 		css`
-			.item {
-				display: flex;
-				align-items: center;
-				margin-bottom: var(--uui-size-space-3);
-				gap: var(--uui-size-space-3);
-			}
-
-			.item #text-field {
-				flex: 1;
-			}
-
 			#action {
 				display: block;
 			}
@@ -93,8 +86,6 @@ export class UmbInputMultipleTextStringElement extends FormControlMixin(UmbLitEl
 	@property({ type: Boolean, reflect: true })
 	readonly = false;
 
-	private _modalService?: UmbModalService;
-
 	constructor() {
 		super();
 
@@ -108,10 +99,6 @@ export class UmbInputMultipleTextStringElement extends FormControlMixin(UmbLitEl
 			() => this.maxMessage,
 			() => !!this.max && this._items.length > this.max
 		);
-
-		this.consumeContext(UMB_MODAL_SERVICE_CONTEXT_TOKEN, (modalService) => {
-			this._modalService = modalService;
-		});
 	}
 
 	@state()
@@ -137,23 +124,9 @@ export class UmbInputMultipleTextStringElement extends FormControlMixin(UmbLitEl
 		this.#focusNewItem();
 	}
 
-	#onDelete(index: number) {
-		const item = this._items[index];
-
-		const modalHandler = this._modalService?.confirm({
-			headline: `Delete ${item.value || 'item'}`,
-			content: 'Are you sure you want to delete this item?',
-			color: 'danger',
-			confirmLabel: 'Delete',
-		});
-
-		modalHandler?.onClose().then(({ confirmed }: any) => {
-			if (confirmed) this.#deleteItem(index);
-		});
-	}
-
-	#onInput(event: UUIInputEvent, currentIndex: number) {
-		const target = event.currentTarget as UUIInputElement;
+	#onInput(event: UmbInputEvent, currentIndex: number) {
+		event.stopPropagation();
+		const target = event.currentTarget as UmbInputMultipleTextStringItemElement;
 		const value = target.value as string;
 		this._items = this._items.map((item, index) => (index === currentIndex ? { value } : item));
 		this.dispatchEvent(new UmbChangeEvent());
@@ -161,12 +134,15 @@ export class UmbInputMultipleTextStringElement extends FormControlMixin(UmbLitEl
 
 	async #focusNewItem() {
 		await this.updateComplete;
-		const inputs = this.shadowRoot?.querySelectorAll('uui-input') as NodeListOf<UUIInputElement>;
+		const inputs = this.shadowRoot?.querySelectorAll(
+			'umb-input-multiple-text-string-item'
+		) as NodeListOf<UmbInputMultipleTextStringItemElement>;
 		const lastInput = inputs[inputs.length - 1];
 		lastInput.focus();
 	}
 
-	#deleteItem(itemIndex: number) {
+	#deleteItem(event: UmbDeleteEvent, itemIndex: number) {
+		event.stopPropagation();
 		this._items = this._items.filter((item, index) => index !== itemIndex);
 		this.dispatchEvent(new UmbChangeEvent());
 	}
@@ -195,34 +171,16 @@ export class UmbInputMultipleTextStringElement extends FormControlMixin(UmbLitEl
 			${repeat(
 				this._items,
 				(item, index) => index,
-				(item, index) => html`${this._renderItem(item, index)}`
+				(item, index) =>
+					html`<umb-input-multiple-text-string-item
+						value=${item.value}
+						@input=${(event: UmbInputEvent) => this.#onInput(event, index)}
+						@delete="${(event: UmbDeleteEvent) => this.#deleteItem(event, index)}"
+						?disabled=${this.disabled}
+						?readonly=${this.readonly}></umb-input-multiple-text-string-item>`
 			)}
 		`;
 	}
-
-	private _renderItem(item: MultipleTextStringValueItem, index: number) {
-		return html`<div class="item">
-			${this.disabled || this.readonly ? nothing : html`<uui-icon name="umb:navigation"></uui-icon>`}
-			<uui-input
-				id="text-field"
-				value="${item.value}"
-				@input="${(event: UUIInputEvent) => this.#onInput(event, index)}"
-				?disabled=${this.disabled}
-				?readonly=${this.readonly}></uui-input>
-
-			${this.readonly
-				? nothing
-				: html`<uui-button
-						label="Delete ${item.value}"
-						look="primary"
-						color="danger"
-						@click="${() => this.#onDelete(index)}"
-						?disabled=${this.disabled}
-						compact>
-						<uui-icon name="umb:trash"></uui-icon>
-				  </uui-button>`}
-		</div>`;
-	}
 }
 
 export default UmbInputMultipleTextStringElement;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/core/events/delete.event.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/core/events/delete.event.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d690607e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/core/events/delete.event.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export class UmbDeleteEvent extends Event {
+	public constructor() {
+		super('delete', { bubbles: true, composed: false, cancelable: false });
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/core/events/input.event.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/core/events/input.event.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7f22fe548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/core/events/input.event.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export class UmbInputEvent extends Event {
+	public constructor() {
+		// mimics the native input event
+		super('input', { bubbles: true, composed: true, cancelable: false });
+	}
+}