diff --git a/source/main.dfm b/source/main.dfm
index e52ba412..b1605e80 100644
--- a/source/main.dfm
+++ b/source/main.dfm
@@ -3123,6 +3123,12 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
       Visible = False
       OnExecute = actAttachDatabaseExecute
     end
+    object actSynEditCompletionPropose: TAction
+      Category = 'SQL'
+      Caption = 'Show SQL completion proposal'
+      ShortCut = 16416
+      OnExecute = actSynEditCompletionProposeExecute
+    end
   end
   object menuConnections: TPopupMenu
     AutoHotkeys = maManual
@@ -3694,7 +3700,7 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
     Images = VirtualImageListMain
     Margin = 1
     OnExecute = SynCompletionProposalExecute
-    ShortCut = 16416
+    ShortCut = 0
     Editor = SynMemoQuery
     TimerInterval = 500
     OnAfterCodeCompletion = SynCompletionProposalAfterCodeCompletion
@@ -3744,6 +3750,9 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
     object menuclear: TMenuItem
       Action = actClearQueryEditor
     end
+    object ShowSQLcompletionproposal1: TMenuItem
+      Action = actSynEditCompletionPropose
+    end
     object ReformatSQL1: TMenuItem
       Action = actReformatSQL
     end
diff --git a/source/main.pas b/source/main.pas
index a1337afa..fb9b6886 100644
--- a/source/main.pas
+++ b/source/main.pas
@@ -667,6 +667,8 @@ type
     actAttachDatabase: TAction;
     Detach1: TMenuItem;
     Attach1: TMenuItem;
+    actSynEditCompletionPropose: TAction;
+    ShowSQLcompletionproposal1: TMenuItem;
     procedure actCreateDBObjectExecute(Sender: TObject);
     procedure menuConnectionsPopup(Sender: TObject);
     procedure actExitApplicationExecute(Sender: TObject);
@@ -1038,6 +1040,7 @@ type
     procedure ApplicationEvents1ShortCut(var Msg: TWMKey; var Handled: Boolean);
     procedure actDetachDatabaseExecute(Sender: TObject);
     procedure actAttachDatabaseExecute(Sender: TObject);
+    procedure actSynEditCompletionProposeExecute(Sender: TObject);
   private
     // Executable file details
     FAppVerMajor: Integer;
@@ -4504,6 +4507,14 @@ begin
 end;
 
 
+procedure TMainForm.actSynEditCompletionProposeExecute(Sender: TObject);
+begin
+  // Show completion proposal explicitely, without the use of its own ShortCut property,
+  // to support a customized shortcut, see
+  SynCompletionProposal.Editor := ActiveSynMemo(False);
+  SynCompletionProposal.ActivateCompletion;
+end;
+
 {***
   Show SQL Help window directly using a keyword
   @param String SQL-keyword