diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/MoreKeysKeyboardView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/MoreKeysKeyboardView.java
index a356eb119..a82fb79bd 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/MoreKeysKeyboardView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/MoreKeysKeyboardView.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
 public class MoreKeysKeyboardView extends KeyboardView implements MoreKeysPanel {
     private final int[] mCoordinates = CoordinateUtils.newInstance();
 
-    private final KeyDetector mKeyDetector;
+    protected final KeyDetector mKeyDetector;
     private Controller mController;
     protected KeyboardActionListener mListener;
     private int mOriginX;
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/MoreSuggestionsView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/MoreSuggestionsView.java
index 94715cd84..6509f394b 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/MoreSuggestionsView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/MoreSuggestionsView.java
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ public final class MoreSuggestionsView extends MoreKeysKeyboardView {
         updateKeyDrawParams(keyHeight);
     }
 
+    public void adjustVerticalCorrectionForModalMode() {
+        // Set vertical correction to zero (Reset more keys keyboard sliding allowance
+        // {@link R#dimen.more_keys_keyboard_slide_allowance}).
+        mKeyDetector.setKeyboard(getKeyboard(), -getPaddingLeft(), -getPaddingTop());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void onCodeInput(final int code, final int x, final int y) {
         final int index = code - MoreSuggestions.SUGGESTION_CODE_BASE;
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.java
index 4ef36fa46..2a21ec2f5 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/suggestions/SuggestionStripView.java
@@ -755,8 +755,7 @@ public final class SuggestionStripView extends RelativeLayout implements OnClick
 
     @Override
     public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(final MotionEvent me) {
-        if (!mMoreSuggestionsView.isShowingInParent()
-                || mMoreSuggestionsMode == MORE_SUGGESTIONS_IN_MODAL_MODE) {
+        if (!mMoreSuggestionsView.isShowingInParent()) {
             mLastX = (int)me.getX();
             mLastY = (int)me.getY();
             if (mMoreSuggestionsSlidingDetector.onTouchEvent(me)) {
@@ -784,6 +783,7 @@ public final class SuggestionStripView extends RelativeLayout implements OnClick
             } else if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP || action == MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_UP) {
                 // Decided to be in the modal input mode
                 mMoreSuggestionsMode = MORE_SUGGESTIONS_IN_MODAL_MODE;
+                mMoreSuggestionsView.adjustVerticalCorrectionForModalMode();
             }
             return true;
         }