// it used to hapen in the init() code for the element, it should be moved to a 'global init for a whole module'
var pm = imports.ProjectManager.ProjectManager;
-var combomodel = this.get('/LeftProjectTree.combomodel');
+var combomodel = Window.get('/LeftProjectTree.combomodel');
pm.on('changed', function() {
print("caught changed hook on project manager - reloading data");
combomodel.loadData(pm.projects);