diff --git a/src/primitive-field/primitive-field.component.ts b/src/primitive-field/primitive-field.component.ts
index ac45aba..c7dff91 100644
--- a/src/primitive-field/primitive-field.component.ts
+++ b/src/primitive-field/primitive-field.component.ts
@@ -110,10 +110,7 @@ export class PrimitiveFieldComponent extends AbstractFieldComponent implements O
 
     if (this.schema.onValueChange) {
       // setTimeout to workaround the case when the value is changed back to previous value inside onValuChange callback
-      setTimeout( () => {
-        this.schema.onValueChange(this.path, this.value, this.jsonStoreService, this.keysStoreService);
-        this.validate();
-        }
+      setTimeout( () => this.schema.onValueChange(this.path, this.value, this.jsonStoreService, this.keysStoreService)
       );
     }
   }
@@ -134,7 +131,7 @@ export class PrimitiveFieldComponent extends AbstractFieldComponent implements O
   }
 
   onValueChange(value: string) {
-    this.value = value;
+    this.value = this.schema.stripWhitespace ? value.trim() : value;
   }
 
   onSearchableDropdownSelect(value: string) {
diff --git a/src/shared/interfaces/schema-option.ts b/src/shared/interfaces/schema-option.ts
index f6150df..5aea6c4 100644
--- a/src/shared/interfaces/schema-option.ts
+++ b/src/shared/interfaces/schema-option.ts
@@ -134,4 +134,9 @@ export interface SchemaOption {
    * Names of templates to be put as extra custom items to title dropdown.
    */
   titleDropdownItemTemplateNames?: Array<string>;
+
+  /**
+   * Configuration for striping whitespaces from field value
+   */
+  stripWhitespace?: boolean;
 }