diff --git a/sources/awesome-widget/package/contents/ui/qmldir b/sources/awesome-widget/package/contents/ui/qmldir
index 55ef134..818951c 100644
--- a/sources/awesome-widget/package/contents/ui/qmldir
+++ b/sources/awesome-widget/package/contents/ui/qmldir
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ singleton general 1.0 file:///usr/share/awesomewidgets/qml/general.qml
 
 # custom QML UI classes
 AboutTab file:///usr/share/awesomewidgets/qml/AboutTab.qml
+AWExtensions file:///usr/share/awesomewidgets/qml/AWExtensions.qml
 AWTagSelector file:///usr/share/awesomewidgets/qml/AWTagSelector.qml
 BugReport file:///usr/share/awesomewidgets/qml/BugReport.qml
 ButtonSelector file:///usr/share/awesomewidgets/qml/ButtonSelector.qml
diff --git a/sources/awesome-widget/package/contents/ui/widget.qml b/sources/awesome-widget/package/contents/ui/widget.qml
index 1499f48..e0f3086 100644
--- a/sources/awesome-widget/package/contents/ui/widget.qml
+++ b/sources/awesome-widget/package/contents/ui/widget.qml
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ Item {
     AWActions {
         id: awActions
     }
-    AWFormatterConfigFactory {
-        id: awFormatter
-    }
     AWTelemetryHandler {
         id: awTelemetryHandler
     }
@@ -76,44 +73,10 @@ Item {
             groups: general.awTagRegexp
         }
 
-        Row {
-            height: implicitHeight
-            width: parent.width
-            QtControls.Button {
-                width: parent.width * 3 / 10
-                text: i18n("Edit bars")
-                onClicked: awKeys.editItem("graphicalitem")
-            }
-            QtControls.Button {
-                width: parent.width * 3 / 10
-                text: i18n("Formatters")
-                onClicked: awFormatter.showDialog(awKeys.dictKeys(true))
-            }
-            QtControls.Button {
-                width: parent.width * 5 / 15
-                text: i18n("Preview")
-                onClicked: {
-                    lock = false
-                    awKeys.initKeys(textPattern.text, plasmoid.configuration.interval,
-                                    plasmoid.configuration.queueLimit, false)
-                }
-            }
-            QtControls.Button {
-                width: parent.width / 15
-                iconName: "view-history"
-                menu: QtControls.Menu {
-                    id: historyConfig
-                    Instantiator {
-                        model: awTelemetryHandler.get("awwidgetconfig")
-                        QtControls.MenuItem {
-                            text: modelData
-                            onTriggered: textPattern.text = modelData
-                        }
-                        onObjectAdded: historyConfig.insertItem(index, object)
-                        onObjectRemoved: historyConfig.removeItem(object)
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+        AWExtensions {
+            backend: awKeys
+            textArea: textPattern
+            onUnlock: lock = false
         }
 
         QtControls.TextArea {
@@ -151,7 +114,7 @@ Item {
         if (lock) return
         if (debug) console.debug()
 
-        compiledText.text = newText.replace(/ /g, " ")
+        compiledText.text = newText.replace(" ", " ")
         compiledText.open()
         lock = true
     }
diff --git a/sources/desktop-panel/package/contents/ui/qmldir b/sources/desktop-panel/package/contents/ui/qmldir
index 55ef134..818951c 100644
--- a/sources/desktop-panel/package/contents/ui/qmldir
+++ b/sources/desktop-panel/package/contents/ui/qmldir
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ singleton general 1.0 file:///usr/share/awesomewidgets/qml/general.qml
 
 # custom QML UI classes
 AboutTab file:///usr/share/awesomewidgets/qml/AboutTab.qml
+AWExtensions file:///usr/share/awesomewidgets/qml/AWExtensions.qml
 AWTagSelector file:///usr/share/awesomewidgets/qml/AWTagSelector.qml
 BugReport file:///usr/share/awesomewidgets/qml/BugReport.qml
 ButtonSelector file:///usr/share/awesomewidgets/qml/ButtonSelector.qml
diff --git a/sources/qml/AWExtensions.qml b/sources/qml/AWExtensions.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d8d477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/qml/AWExtensions.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   This file is part of awesome-widgets                                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   awesome-widgets is free software: you can redistribute it and/or      *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as        *
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the    *
+ *   License, or (at your option) any later version.                       *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   awesome-widgets is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,    *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
+ *   along with awesome-widgets. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/  *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+import QtQuick 2.2
+import QtQuick.Controls 1.3 as QtControls
+
+import org.kde.plasma.private.awesomewidget 1.0
+
+
+Row {
+    height: implicitHeight
+    width: parent.width
+
+    // backend
+    property var backend
+    AWFormatterConfigFactory {
+        id: awFormatter
+    }
+    // parent object in which text will be replaced
+    property var textArea
+
+    signal unlock
+
+    QtControls.Button {
+        width: parent.width * 3 / 10
+        text: i18n("Edit bars")
+        onClicked: backend.editItem("graphicalitem")
+    }
+
+    QtControls.Button {
+        width: parent.width * 3 / 10
+        text: i18n("Formatters")
+        onClicked: awFormatter.showDialog(backend.dictKeys(true))
+    }
+
+    QtControls.Button {
+        width: parent.width * 5 / 15
+        text: i18n("Preview")
+        onClicked: {
+            unlock()
+            backend.initKeys(textArea.text, plasmoid.configuration.interval,
+                             plasmoid.configuration.queueLimit, false)
+        }
+    }
+
+    QtControls.Button {
+        width: parent.width / 15
+        iconName: "view-history"
+        menu: QtControls.Menu {
+            id: historyConfig
+            Instantiator {
+                model: awTelemetryHandler.get("awwidgetconfig")
+                QtControls.MenuItem {
+                    text: modelData
+                    onTriggered: textArea.text = modelData
+                }
+                onObjectAdded: historyConfig.insertItem(index, object)
+                onObjectRemoved: historyConfig.removeItem(object)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sources/qml/qmldir.in b/sources/qml/qmldir.in
index 541a2e9..f822584 100644
--- a/sources/qml/qmldir.in
+++ b/sources/qml/qmldir.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ singleton general 1.0 file://@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@DATA_INSTALL_DIR@/@PROJECT_
 
 # custom QML UI classes
 AboutTab file://@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@DATA_INSTALL_DIR@/@PROJECT_NAME@/qml/AboutTab.qml
+AWExtensions file://@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@DATA_INSTALL_DIR@/@PROJECT_NAME@/qml/AWExtensions.qml
 AWTagSelector file://@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@DATA_INSTALL_DIR@/@PROJECT_NAME@/qml/AWTagSelector.qml
 BugReport file://@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@DATA_INSTALL_DIR@/@PROJECT_NAME@/qml/BugReport.qml
 ButtonSelector file://@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@DATA_INSTALL_DIR@/@PROJECT_NAME@/qml/ButtonSelector.qml