diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_merge.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_merge.inc.php
index dd30daf847..4e1f3330f8 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_merge.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_merge.inc.php
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ class addressbook_merge extends bo_merge
 	 *
 	 * @param int $id id of entry
 	 * @param string &$content=null content to create some replacements only if they are use
+	 * @param array $eroles=null element roles with keys app, app_id and erole_id
 	 * @return array|boolean
 	 */
-	protected function get_replacements($id,&$content=null)
+	protected function get_replacements($id,&$content=null,$eroles=null)
 	{
 		if (!($replacements = $this->contact_replacements($id)))
 		{
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.bo_merge.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.bo_merge.inc.php
index 60b57e8ba2..21f4053137 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.bo_merge.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.bo_merge.inc.php
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ abstract class bo_merge
 	 *
 	 * @param int $id id of entry
 	 * @param string &$content=null content to create some replacements only if they are use
+	 * @param array $eroles=null element roles with keys app, app_id and erole_id
 	 * @return array|boolean array with replacements or false if entry not found
 	 */
-	abstract protected function get_replacements($id,&$content=null);
+	abstract protected function get_replacements($id,&$content=null,$eroles=null);
 
 	/**
 	 * Return if merge-print is implemented for given mime-type (and/or extension)
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ abstract class bo_merge
 	 * Return replacements for a contact
 	 *
 	 * @param int|string|array $contact contact-array or id
-	 * @param string $prefix='' prefix like eg. 'user'
+	 * @param string $prefix='' prefix like eg. 'user' or 'erole'
 	 * @return array
 	 */
 	public function contact_replacements($contact,$prefix='')
@@ -252,9 +253,10 @@ abstract class bo_merge
 	 * @param string &$err error-message on error
 	 * @param string $mimetype mimetype of complete document, eg. text/*, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text, application/rtf
 	 * @param array $fix=null regular expression => replacement pairs eg. to fix garbled placeholders
+	 * @param array $eroles=null element roles with keys app, app_id and erole_id
 	 * @return string|boolean merged document or false on error
 	 */
-	public function &merge($document,$ids,&$err,$mimetype,array $fix=null)
+	public function &merge($document,$ids,&$err,$mimetype,array $fix=null,array $eroles=null)
 	{
 		if (!($content = file_get_contents($document)))
 		{
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ abstract class bo_merge
 		{
 			$mimetype = 'application/rtf';
 		}
-		return $this->merge_string($content,$ids,$err,$mimetype,$fix);
+		return $this->merge_string($content,$ids,$err,$mimetype,$fix,$eroles);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -277,10 +279,10 @@ abstract class bo_merge
 	 * @param string &$err error-message on error
 	 * @param string $mimetype mimetype of complete document, eg. text/*, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text, application/rtf
 	 * @param array $fix=null regular expression => replacement pairs eg. to fix garbled placeholders
-	 * @param string $document=null path/url of document, if applicable
+	 * @param array $eroles=null element roles with keys app, app_id and erole_id
 	 * @return string|boolean merged document or false on error
 	 */
-	public function &merge_string($content,$ids,&$err,$mimetype,array $fix=null)
+	public function &merge_string($content,$ids,&$err,$mimetype,array $fix=null,array $eroles=null)
 	{
 		if ($mimetype == 'application/xml' &&
 			preg_match('/'.preg_quote('<?mso-application progid="').'([^"]+)'.preg_quote('"?>').'/',substr($content,0,200),$matches))
@@ -356,11 +358,11 @@ abstract class bo_merge
 			if ($lableprint) $content = $Labelrepeat;
 
 			// generate replacements
-			if (!($replacements = $this->get_replacements($id,$content)))
+			if(!($replacements = $this->get_replacements($id,$content,is_array($eroles) ? $eroles : null)))
 			{
 				$err = lang('Entry not found!');
 				return false;
-			}
+			}		
 			// some general replacements: current user, date and time
 			if (strpos($content,'$$user/') !== null && ($user = $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->id2name($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_id'],'person_id')))
 			{
@@ -635,9 +637,10 @@ abstract class bo_merge
 	 *
 	 * @param string $document vfs-path of document
 	 * @param array $ids array with contact id(s)
+	 * @param array $eroles=null element roles with keys app, app_id and erole_id
 	 * @return string with error-message on error, otherwise it does NOT return
 	 */
-	public function download($document,$ids)
+	public function download($document,$ids,$eroles=null)
 	{
 		$content_url = egw_vfs::PREFIX.$document;
 		switch (($mimetype = egw_vfs::mime_content_type($document)))
@@ -684,7 +687,7 @@ abstract class bo_merge
 				$content_url = 'zip://'.$archive.'#'.($content_file = 'xl/sharedStrings.xml');
 				break;
 		}
-		if (!($merged =& $this->merge($content_url,$ids,$err,$mimetype,$fix)))
+		if (!($merged =& $this->merge($content_url,$ids,$err,$mimetype,$fix,$eroles)))
 		{
 			return $err;
 		}
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
index 5169a85f59..cdd2654fb7 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class select_widget
 		'post_process' => True,
 	);
 	/**
-	 * availible extensions and there names for the editor
+	 * availible extensions and their names for the editor
 	 * @var array
 	 */
 	var $human_name = array(
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class select_widget
 		'select-country'  => 'Select Country',
 		'select-state'    => 'Select State',	// US-states
 		'select-cat'      => 'Select Category',	// Category-Selection, size: -1=Single+All, 0=Single, >0=Multiple with size lines
+		'select-erole'	  => 'Select Element role',
 		'select-account'  => 'Select Account',	// label=accounts(default),groups,both
 												// size: -1=Single+not assigned, 0=Single, >0=Multiple
 		'select-year'     => 'Select Year',
@@ -212,6 +213,43 @@ class select_widget
 				$cell['size'] = $rows.($type2 ? ','.$type2 : '');
 				$cell['no_lang'] = True;
 				break;
+				
+			case 'select-erole': // $type2: extraStyleMultiselect
+				$eroles = new projectmanager_eroles_so();
+				if ($readonly)
+				{
+					$cell['no_lang'] = True;
+					if ($value)
+					{
+						if (!is_array($value)) $value = explode(',',$value);
+						foreach($value as $key => $id)
+						{
+							if ($id && ($name = $eroles->id2title($id)))
+							{
+								$cell['sel_options'][$id] = $name;
+							}
+							else
+							{
+								unset($value[$key]);	// remove not (longer) existing or inaccessible eroles
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					break;
+				}
+				
+				foreach($eroles->get_free_eroles() as $id => $data)
+				{
+					$global = $data['pm_id'] == 0 ? ' ('.lang('Global').')' : '';
+					$cell['sel_options'][$data['role_id']] = array(
+						'label' => $data['role_title'] . $global,
+						'title' => $data['role_description'],
+					);
+				}
+				
+				$cell['size'] = $rows.($type2 ? ','.$type2 : '');
+				$cell['no_lang'] = True;
+				break;
+
 
 			case 'select-account':	// options: #rows,{accounts(default)|both|groups|owngroups},{0(=lid)|1(default=name)|2(=lid+name),expand-multiselect-rows,not-to-show-accounts,...)}
 				//echo "<p>select-account widget: name=$cell[name], type='$type', rows=$rows, readonly=".(int)($cell['readonly'] || $readonlys)."</p>\n";
@@ -507,8 +545,6 @@ class select_widget
 	 * will return no data (if it has a preprocessing method). The framework insures that
 	 * the post-processing of all contained widget has been done before.
 	 *
-	 * Only used by select-dow so far
-	 *
 	 * @param string $name form-name of the widget
 	 * @param mixed &$value the extension returns here it's input, if there's any
 	 * @param mixed &$extension_data persistent storage between calls or pre- and post-process
@@ -536,6 +572,11 @@ class select_widget
 					}
 				}
 				break;
+				
+			case 'select-erole':
+				$value = null;
+				if(is_array($value_in)) $value = implode(',',$value_in);
+				break;
 
 			case 'select-dow':
 				$value = 0;