diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_inputWidget.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_inputWidget.js
index e933bda57b..c5e6a37ba9 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_inputWidget.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_inputWidget.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ var et2_inputWidget = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
         //		}
         _super.prototype.detachFromDOM.call(this);
     };
-    et2_inputWidget.prototype.change = function (_node) {
+    et2_inputWidget.prototype.change = function (_node, _widget, _value) {
         var messages = [];
         var valid = this.isValid(messages);
         // Passing false will clear any set messages
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_inputWidget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_inputWidget.ts
index 3dba37724c..134f30093d 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_inputWidget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_inputWidget.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export class et2_inputWidget extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IInput, et2_
 		super.detachFromDOM();
 	}
 
-	change(_node)
+	change(_node, _widget?, _value?)
 	{
 		var messages = [];
 		var valid = this.isValid(messages);
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_widget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_widget.ts
index 3a137c892c..c3d2b39a26 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_widget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_widget.ts
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ export class et2_widget extends ClassWithAttributes
 	 *
 	 * @param {Promise[]} promises List of promises from widgets that are not done.  Pass an empty array, it will be filled if needed.
 	 */
-	loadingFinished(promises)
+	loadingFinished(promises?)
 	{
 		// Call all availble setters
 		this.initAttributes(this.options);
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_types.d.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_types.d.ts
index 21cef642a7..ab9875853d 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_types.d.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_types.d.ts
@@ -119,12 +119,7 @@ declare var et2_radioGroup : any;
 declare var et2_script : any;
 declare var et2_selectAccount : any;
 declare var et2_selectAccount_ro : any;
-declare class et2_selectbox extends et2_inputWidget {
-	loadingFinished()
-	getDOMNode()
-	set_value(s: string)
-	getValue()
-}
+declare class et2_selectbox extends et2_inputWidget {}
 declare var et2_selectbox_ro : any;
 declare var et2_menulist : any;
 declare var et2_split : any;
@@ -164,4 +159,5 @@ declare function et2_compileLegacyJS(_code : string, _widget : et2_widget, _cont
 declare function et2_loadXMLFromURL(_url : string, _callback : Function, _context? : object, _fail_callback? : Function) : void;
 declare function et2_directChildrenByTagName(_node, _tagName);
 declare function et2_filteredNodeIterator(_node, _callback, _context);
-declare function et2_readAttrWithDefault(_node, _name, _default?);
\ No newline at end of file
+declare function et2_readAttrWithDefault(_node, _name, _default?);
+declare function sprintf(format : string, ...args : any) : string;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.js
index b8306ff05d..e9d32820d5 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.js
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ var et2_date = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
      */
     et2_date.prototype.set_readonly = function (_ro) {
         if (this.input_date && !this.input_date.attr('disabled') != !_ro) {
-            this.input_date.attr('disabled', !_ro ? 0 : 1)
+            this.input_date.prop('disabled', !!_ro)
                 .datepicker('option', 'disabled', !!_ro);
         }
     };
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ String: A string in the user\'s date format, or a relative date. Relative dates
     };
     return et2_date;
 }(et2_core_inputWidget_1.et2_inputWidget));
+exports.et2_date = et2_date;
 et2_core_widget_1.et2_register_widget(et2_date, ["date", "date-time", "date-timeonly"]);
 /**
  * Class which implements the "date-duration" XET-Tag
@@ -820,6 +821,7 @@ var et2_date_duration = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
     };
     return et2_date_duration;
 }(et2_date));
+exports.et2_date_duration = et2_date_duration;
 et2_core_widget_1.et2_register_widget(et2_date_duration, ["date-duration"]);
 /**
  * r/o date-duration
@@ -885,6 +887,7 @@ var et2_date_duration_ro = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
     };
     return et2_date_duration_ro;
 }(et2_date_duration));
+exports.et2_date_duration_ro = et2_date_duration_ro;
 et2_core_widget_1.et2_register_widget(et2_date_duration_ro, ["date-duration_ro"]);
 /**
  * et2_date_ro is the readonly implementation of some date widget.
@@ -1090,6 +1093,7 @@ var et2_date_ro = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
     };
     return et2_date_ro;
 }(et2_core_valueWidget_1.et2_valueWidget));
+exports.et2_date_ro = et2_date_ro;
 et2_core_widget_1.et2_register_widget(et2_date_ro, ["date_ro", "date-time_ro", "date-since", "date-time_today", "time_or_date", "date-timeonly_ro"]);
 /**
  * Widget for selecting a date range
@@ -1360,5 +1364,6 @@ var et2_date_range = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
     ];
     return et2_date_range;
 }(et2_core_inputWidget_1.et2_inputWidget));
+exports.et2_date_range = et2_date_range;
 et2_core_widget_1.et2_register_widget(et2_date_range, ["date-range"]);
 //# sourceMappingURL=et2_widget_date.js.map
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.ts
index 38e6416a71..040139a36b 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_date.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { ClassWithAttributes } from "./et2_core_inheritance";
 import { et2_widget, et2_createWidget, et2_register_widget, WidgetConfig } from "./et2_core_widget";
 import { et2_valueWidget } from './et2_core_valueWidget'
 import { et2_inputWidget } from './et2_core_inputWidget'
+import { et2_selectbox } from './et2_widget_selectbox'
 import './et2_types';
 import {et2_DOMWidget} from "./et2_core_DOMWidget";
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ declare function date (format : string, timestamp? : string | number | Date);
  * Widgets uses jQuery date- and time-picker for desktop browsers and
  * HTML5 input fields for mobile devices to get their native UI for date/time entry.
  */
-class et2_date extends et2_inputWidget
+export class et2_date extends et2_inputWidget
 {
 	static readonly _attributes: any = {
 		"value": {
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ String: A string in the user\'s date format, or a relative date. Relative dates
 	{
 		if (this.input_date && !this.input_date.attr('disabled') != !_ro)
 		{
-			this.input_date.attr('disabled', !_ro ? 0 : 1)
+			this.input_date.prop('disabled', !!_ro)
 				.datepicker('option', 'disabled', !!_ro);
 		}
 	}
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ et2_register_widget(et2_date, ["date", "date-time", "date-timeonly"]);
 /**
  * Class which implements the "date-duration" XET-Tag
  */
-class et2_date_duration extends et2_date
+export class et2_date_duration extends et2_date
 {
 	static readonly _attributes: any = {
 		"data_format": {
@@ -963,7 +964,7 @@ et2_register_widget(et2_date_duration, ["date-duration"]);
 /**
  * r/o date-duration
  */
-class et2_date_duration_ro extends et2_date_duration implements et2_IDetachedDOM
+export class et2_date_duration_ro extends et2_date_duration implements et2_IDetachedDOM
 {
 	createInputWidget()
 	{
@@ -1037,7 +1038,7 @@ et2_register_widget(et2_date_duration_ro, ["date-duration_ro"]);
 /**
  * et2_date_ro is the readonly implementation of some date widget.
  */
-class et2_date_ro extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IDetachedDOM
+export class et2_date_ro extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IDetachedDOM
 {
 	/**
 	 * Ignore all more advanced attributes.
@@ -1282,7 +1283,7 @@ et2_register_widget(et2_date_ro, ["date_ro", "date-time_ro", "date-since", "date
 /**
  * Widget for selecting a date range
  */
-class et2_date_range extends et2_inputWidget
+export class et2_date_range extends et2_inputWidget
 {
 	static readonly _attributes: any = {
 		value: {
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_selectbox.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_selectbox.js
index 47ba765f81..54209eddbc 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_selectbox.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_selectbox.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+"use strict";
 /**
  * EGroupware eTemplate2 - JS Selectbox object
  *
@@ -8,1788 +9,1502 @@
  * @author Nathan Gray
  * @author Andreas Stöckel
  * @copyright Nathan Gray 2011
- * @version $Id$
  */
-
+var __extends = (this && this.__extends) || (function () {
+    var extendStatics = function (d, b) {
+        extendStatics = Object.setPrototypeOf ||
+            ({ __proto__: [] } instanceof Array && function (d, b) { d.__proto__ = b; }) ||
+            function (d, b) { for (var p in b) if (b.hasOwnProperty(p)) d[p] = b[p]; };
+        return extendStatics(d, b);
+    };
+    return function (d, b) {
+        extendStatics(d, b);
+        function __() { this.constructor = d; }
+        d.prototype = b === null ? Object.create(b) : (__.prototype = b.prototype, new __());
+    };
+})();
+Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 /*egw:uses
-	/vendor/bower-asset/jquery/dist/jquery.js;
-	/api/js/jquery/chosen/chosen.jquery.js;
-	et2_core_xml;
-	et2_core_DOMWidget;
-	et2_core_inputWidget;
+    /vendor/bower-asset/jquery/dist/jquery.js;
+    /api/js/jquery/chosen/chosen.jquery.js;
+    et2_core_xml;
+    et2_core_DOMWidget;
+    et2_core_inputWidget;
 */
-
+require("./et2_core_common");
+var et2_core_inheritance_1 = require("./et2_core_inheritance");
+var et2_core_widget_1 = require("./et2_core_widget");
+var et2_core_inputWidget_1 = require("./et2_core_inputWidget");
+require("./et2_types");
+var et2_core_DOMWidget_1 = require("./et2_core_DOMWidget");
+// all calls to Chosen jQuery plugin as jQuery.(un)chosen() give errors which are currently suppressed with @ts-ignore
+// adding npm package @types/chosen-js did NOT help :(
 /**
- * @augments et2_inputWidget
+ * et2 select(box) widget
  */
-var et2_selectbox = (function(){ "use strict"; return et2_inputWidget.extend(
-{
-	attributes: {
-		// todo fully implement attr[multiple] === "dynamic" to render widget with a button to switch to multiple
-		//	as it is used in account_id selection in admin >> mailaccount (app.admin.edit_multiple method client-side)
-		"multiple": {
-			"name": "multiple",
-			"type": "boolean",
-			"default": false,
-			"description": "Allow selecting multiple options"
-		},
-		"expand_multiple_rows": {
-			"name": "Expand multiple",
-			"type": "integer",
-			"default": et2_no_init,
-			"description": "Shows single select widget, with a button.  If the "+
-				"user clicks the button, the input will toggle to a multiselect,"+
-				"with this many rows.  "
-		},
-		"rows": {
-			"name": "Rows",
-			"type": "any",	// Old options put either rows or empty_label in first space
-			"default": 1,
-			"description": "Number of rows to display"
-		},
-		"empty_label": {
-			"name": "Empty label",
-			"type": "string",
-			"default": "",
-			"description": "Textual label for first row, eg: 'All' or 'None'.  ID will be ''",
-			translate:true
-		},
-		"select_options": {
-			"type": "any",
-			"name": "Select options",
-			"default": {},
-			"description": "Internaly used to hold the select options."
-		},
-		"selected_first": {
-			"name": "Selected options first",
-			"type": "boolean",
-			"default": true,
-			"description": "For multi-selects, put the selected options at the top of the list when first loaded"
-		},
-
-		// Chosen options
-		"search": {
-			"name": "Search",
-			"type": "boolean",
-			"default": false,
-			"description": "For single selects, add a search box to the drop-down list"
-		},
-		"tags": {
-			"name": "Tag style",
-			"type": "boolean",
-			"default": false,
-			"description": "For multi-selects, displays selected as a list of tags instead of a big list"
-		},
-		"allow_single_deselect": {
-			"name": "Allow Single Deselect",
-			"type": "boolean",
-			"default": true,
-			"description": "Allow user to unset current selected value"
-		},
-
-		// Value can be string or integer
-		"value": {
-			"type": "any"
-		},
-		// Type specific legacy options.  Avoid using.
-		"other": {
-			"ignore": true,
-			"type": "any"
-		},
-		value_class: {
-			name: "Value class",
-			type: "string",
-			default: "",
-			description: "Allow to set a custom css class combined with selected value. (e.g. cat_23)"
-		}
-	},
-
-	legacyOptions: ["rows","other"], // Other is sub-type specific
-
-	/**
-	 * Construtor
-	 *
-	 * @memberOf et2_selectbox
-	 */
-	init: function() {
-		this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-
-		this.input = null;
-		// Start at '' to avoid infinite loops while setting value/select options
-		this.value = '';
-
-		// Allow no other widgets inside this one
-		this.supportedWidgetClasses = [];
-
-		// Legacy options could have row count or empty label in first slot
-		if(typeof this.options.rows == "string")
-		{
-			if(isNaN(this.options.rows))
-			{
-				this.options.empty_label = this.egw().lang(this.options.rows);
-				this.options.rows = 1;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				this.options.rows = parseInt(this.options.rows);
-			}
-		}
-
-		if(this.options.rows > 1)
-		{
-			this.options.multiple = true;
-			if(this.options.tags)
-			{
-				this.createInputWidget();
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				this.createMultiSelect();
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			this.createInputWidget();
-		}
-		if(!this.options.empty_label && !this.options.readonly && this.options.multiple)
-		{
-			this.options.empty_label = this.egw().lang('Select some options');
-		}
-	},
-
-	destroy: function() {
-		if(this.input != null)
-		{
-			this.input.unchosen();
-		}
-		if(this.expand_button)
-		{
-			this.expand_button.off();
-			this.expand_button.remove();
-			this.expand_button = null;
-		}
-		this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-
-		this.input = null;
-	},
-
-	transformAttributes: function(_attrs) {
-		this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-
-		// If select_options are already known, skip the rest
-		if(this.options && this.options.select_options && !jQuery.isEmptyObject(this.options.select_options) ||
-			_attrs.select_options && !jQuery.isEmptyObject(_attrs.select_options) ||
-			// Allow children to skip select_options - check to make sure default got set to something (should be {})
-			typeof _attrs.select_options == 'undefined' || _attrs.select_options === null
-		)
-		{
-			// do not return inside nextmatch, as get_rows data might have changed select_options
-			// for performance reasons we only do it for first row, which should have id "0[...]"
-			if (this.getParent()._type != 'rowWidget' || !_attrs.id || _attrs.id[0] != '0') return;
-		}
-
-		var sel_options = et2_selectbox.find_select_options(this, _attrs['select_options'], _attrs);
-		if(!jQuery.isEmptyObject(sel_options))
-		{
-			_attrs['select_options'] = sel_options;
-		}
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Switch instanciated widget to multi-selection and back, optionally enabeling tags too
-	 *
-	 * If you want to switch tags on too, you need to do so after switching to multiple!
-	 *
-	 * @param {boolean} _multiple
-	 * @param {integer} _size default=3
-	 */
-	set_multiple: function(_multiple, _size)
-	{
-		this.options.multiple = _multiple;
-
-		if (this.input)
-		{
-			if (_multiple)
-			{
-				this.input.attr('size', _size || 3);
-				this.input.attr('multiple', true);
-				this.input.attr('name', this.id + '[]');
-
-				if (this.input[0].options.length && this.input[0].options[0].value === '')
-				{
-					this.input[0].options[0] = null;
-				}
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				this.input.attr('multiple', false);
-				this.input.removeAttr('size');
-				this.input.attr('name', this.id);
-
-				if (this.options.empty_label && this.input[0].options[0].value !== '')
-				{
-					this._appendOptionElement('', this.options.empty_label);
-				}
-			}
-			if(this.expand_button)
-			{
-				if(_multiple)
-				{
-					this.expand_button.addClass('ui-icon-minus').removeClass('ui-icon-plus');
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					this.expand_button.removeClass('ui-icon-minus').addClass('ui-icon-plus');
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	},
-
-	change: function(_node, _widget, _value) {
-		var valid = this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-		if (!this.input) return valid;
-		var selected = this.input.siblings().find('a.chzn-single');
-		var val = _value && _value.selected ? _value.selected : this.input.val();
-		switch (this._type)
-		{
-			case 'select-country':
-				if (selected && selected.length == 1 && val)
-				{
-					selected.removeClass (function (index, className) {
-						return (className.match (/(^|\s)flag-\S+/g) || []).join(' ');
-					});
-					selected.find('span.img').remove();
-					selected.prepend('<span class="img"></span>');
-					selected.addClass('et2_country-select flag-'+ val.toLowerCase());
-				}
-				else if(selected)
-				{
-					selected.removeClass('et2_country-select');
-				}
-				break;
-		}
-		return valid;
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Add an option to regular drop-down select
-	 *
-	 * @param {string} _value value attribute of option
-	 * @param {string} _label label of option
-	 * @param {string} _title title attribute of option
-	 * @param {node} dom_element parent of new option
-	 * @param {string} _class specify classes of option
-	 */
-	_appendOptionElement: function(_value, _label, _title, dom_element, _class) {
-		if(_value == "" && (_label == null || _label == "")) {
-			return;	// empty_label is added in set_select_options anyway, ignoring it here to not add it twice
-		}
-
-		if(this.input == null)
-		{
-			return this._appendMultiOption(_value, _label, _title, dom_element);
-		}
-
-		var option = jQuery(document.createElement("option"))
-			.attr("value", _value)
-			.text(_label+"");
-		option.addClass(_class);
-		if (this.options.tags)
-		{
-			switch (this._type)
-			{
-				case 'select-cat':
-					option.addClass('cat_'+_value);
-					break;
-				case 'select-country':
-					// jQuery(document.createElement("span")).addClass('et2_country-select').appenTo(option);
-					option.addClass('et2_country-select flag-'+_value.toLowerCase());
-					break;
-			}
-			if (this.options.value_class != '') option.addClass(this.options.value_class+_value);
-		}
-		if (typeof _title != "undefined" && _title)
-		{
-			option.attr("title", _title);
-		}
-		if(_label == this.options.empty_label || this.options.empty_label == "" && _value === "")
-		{
-			// Make sure empty / all option is first
-			option.prependTo(this.input);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			option.appendTo(dom_element || this.input);
-		}
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Append a value to multi-select
-	 *
-	 * @param {string} _value value attribute of option
-	 * @param {string} _label label of option
-	 * @param {string} _title title attribute of option
-	 * @param {node} dom_element parent of new option
-	 */
-	_appendMultiOption: function(_value, _label, _title, dom_element) {
-		var option_data = null;
-		if(typeof _label == "object")
-		{
-			option_data = _label;
-			_label = option_data.label;
-		}
-
-		// Already in header
-		if(_label == this.options.empty_label) return;
-
-		var opt_id = this.dom_id + "_opt_" + _value;
-		var label = jQuery(document.createElement("label"))
-			.attr("for", opt_id)
-			.hover(
-				function() {jQuery(this).addClass("ui-state-hover");},
-				function() {jQuery(this).removeClass("ui-state-hover");}
-			);
-		var option = jQuery(document.createElement("input"))
-			.attr("type", "checkbox")
-			.attr("id",opt_id)
-			.attr("value", _value)
-			.appendTo(label);
-		if(typeof _title !== "undefined")
-		{
-			option.attr("title",_title);
-		}
-
-		// Some special stuff for categories
-		if(option_data )
-		{
-			if(option_data.icon)
-			{
-				var img = this.egw().image(option_data.icon);
-				jQuery(document.createElement(img ? "img" : "div"))
-					.attr("src", img)
-					.addClass('cat_icon cat_' + _value)
-					.appendTo(label);
-			}
-			if(option_data.color)
-			{
-				label.css("background-color",option_data.color)
-					.addClass('cat_' + _value);
-			}
-		}
-		label.append(jQuery("<span>"+_label+"</span>"));
-		var li = jQuery(document.createElement("li")).append(label);
-		if (this.options.value_class !='') li.addClass(this.options.value_class+_value);
-		li.appendTo(dom_element || this.multiOptions);
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a regular drop-down select box
-	 */
-	createInputWidget: function() {
-		// Create the base input widget
-		this.input = jQuery(document.createElement("select"))
-			.addClass("et2_selectbox")
-			.attr("size", this.options.rows);
-
-		this.setDOMNode(this.input[0]);
-
-		// Add the empty label
-		if(this.options.empty_label)
-		{
-			this._appendOptionElement("", this.options.empty_label);
-		}
-
-		// Set multiple
-		if(this.options.multiple)
-		{
-			this.input.attr("multiple", "multiple");
-		}
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a list of checkboxes
-	 */
-	createMultiSelect: function() {
-		var node = jQuery(document.createElement("div"))
-			.addClass("et2_selectbox");
-
-		var header = jQuery(document.createElement("div"))
-			.addClass("ui-widget-header ui-helper-clearfix")
-			.appendTo(node);
-		var controls = jQuery(document.createElement("ul"))
-			.addClass('ui-helper-reset')
-			.appendTo(header);
-
-			jQuery(document.createElement("span"))
-				.text(this.options.empty_label)
-				.addClass("ui-multiselect-header")
-				.appendTo(header);
-
-
-		// Set up for options to be added later
-		var options = this.multiOptions = jQuery(document.createElement("ul"));
-		this.multiOptions.addClass("ui-multiselect-checkboxes ui-helper-reset")
-			.css("height", 1.9*this.options.rows + "em")
-			.appendTo(node);
-
-		if(this.options.rows >= 5)
-		{
-			// Check / uncheck all
-			var header_controls = {
-				check: {
-					icon_class: 'ui-icon-check',
-					label:	this.egw().lang('Check all'),
-					click: function(e) {
-						var all_off = false;
-						jQuery("input[type='checkbox']",e.data).each(function() {
-							if(!jQuery(this).prop("checked")) all_off = true;
-						});
-						jQuery("input[type='checkbox']",e.data).prop("checked", all_off);
-					}
-				}
-			};
-			for(var key in header_controls)
-			{
-				jQuery(document.createElement("li"))
-					.addClass("et2_clickable")
-					.click(options, header_controls[key].click)
-					.attr("title", header_controls[key].label)
-					.append('<span class="ui-icon ' + header_controls[key].icon_class + '"/>')
-					.appendTo(controls);
-			}
-
-		}
-
-		this.setDOMNode(node[0]);
-	},
-
-	doLoadingFinished: function() {
-		this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-
-		this.set_tags(this.options.tags, this.options.width);
-
-		return true;
-	},
-
-	loadFromXML: function(_node) {
-		// Handle special case where legacy option for empty label is used (conflicts with rows), and rows is set as an attribute
-		var legacy = _node.getAttribute("options");
-		if(legacy)
-		{
-			var legacy = legacy.split(",");
-			if(legacy.length && isNaN(legacy[0]))
-			{
-				this.options.empty_label = legacy[0];
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Read the option-tags
-		var options = et2_directChildrenByTagName(_node, "option");
-		if(options.length)
-		{
-			// Break reference to content manager, we don't want to add to it
-			this.options.select_options = jQuery.extend([], this.options.select_options);
-		}
-		var egw = this.egw();
-		for (var i = 0; i < options.length; i++)
-		{
-			this.options.select_options.push({
-				value: et2_readAttrWithDefault(options[i], "value", options[i].textContent),
-				// allow options to contain multiple translated sub-strings eg: {Firstname}.{Lastname}
-				"label": options[i].textContent.replace(/{([^}]+)}/g, function(str,p1)
-				{
-					return egw.lang(p1);
-				}),
-				"title": et2_readAttrWithDefault(options[i], "title", "")
-			});
-		}
-
-		this.set_select_options(this.options.select_options);
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Regular expression, to check string-value contains multiple comma-separated values
-	 */
-	_is_multiple_regexp: /^[,0-9A-Za-z/_ -]+$/,
-
-	/**
-	 * Regular expression and replace value for escaping values in jQuery selectors used to find options
-	 */
-	_escape_value_replace: /\\/g,
-	_escape_value_with: '\\\\',
-
-	/**
-	 * Find an option by it's value
-	 *
-	 * Taking care of escaping values correctly eg. EGroupware\Api\Mail\Smtp using above regular expression
-	 *
-	 * @param {string} _value
-	 * @return {array}
-	 */
-	find_option: function(_value)
-	{
-		return jQuery("option[value='"+(typeof _value === 'string' ? _value.replace(this._escape_value_replace, this._escape_value_with) : _value)+"']", this.input);
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Set value
-	 *
-	 * @param {string|number} _value
-	 * @param {boolean} _dont_try_set_options true: if _value is not in options, use "" instead of calling set_select_options
-	 *		(which would go into an infinit loop)
-	 */
-	set_value: function(_value, _dont_try_set_options)
-	{
-		if (typeof _value == "number") _value = ""+_value;	// convert to string for consitent matching
-		if(typeof _value == "string" && (this.options.multiple || this.options.expand_multiple_rows) && _value.match(this._is_multiple_regexp) !== null)
-		{
-			_value = _value.split(',');
-		}
-		if(this.input !== null && this.options.select_options && (
-				!jQuery.isEmptyObject(this.options.select_options) || this.options.select_options.length > 0
-			) && this.input.children().length == 0)
-		{
-			// No options set yet
-			this.set_select_options(this.options.select_options);
-		}
-		// select-cat set/unset right cat_ color for selected value
-		if ((this._type == 'select-cat' || this.options.value_class) && this.options.tags) {
-			var chosen = this.input.next();
-			var prefix_c = this.options.value_class ? this.options.value_class : 'cat_';
-			this.input.removeClass(prefix_c+this._oldValue);
-			this.input.addClass(prefix_c+this.value);
-			if (chosen.length > 0) {
-				chosen.removeClass(prefix_c+this._oldValue);
-				chosen.addClass(prefix_c+this.value);
-			}
-		}
-		if (this._type == 'select-country' && this.options.tags)
-		{
-			var selected = this.input.siblings().find('a.chzn-single');
-			if (selected && selected.length == 1 && _value)
-			{
-				selected.removeClass (function (index, className) {
-					return (className.match (/(^|\s)flag-\S+/g) || []).join(' ');
-				});
-				selected.find('span.img').remove();
-				selected.prepend('<span class="img"></span>');
-				selected.addClass('et2_country-select flag-'+ _value.toLowerCase());
-			}
-		}
-		if(this._type == "select-bitwise" && _value && !isNaN(_value) && this.options.select_options)
-		{
-			var new_value = [];
-			for(var index in this.options.select_options)
-			{
-				var right = this.options.select_options[index].value;
-				if(!!(_value & right))
-				{
-					new_value.push(right);
-				}
-			}
-			_value = new_value;
-		}
-		this._oldValue = this.value;
-		if(this.input !== null && (this.options.tags || this.options.search))
-		{
-			// Value must be a real Array, not an object
-			this.input.val(typeof _value == 'object' && _value != null ? jQuery.map(_value,function(value,index){return [value];}) : _value);
-			this.input.trigger("liszt:updated");
-			var self = this;
-			if (this._type == 'listbox' && this.options.value_class != '')
-			{
-				var chosen = this.input.next();
-				chosen.find('.search-choice-close').each(function(i,v){
-					jQuery(v).parent().addClass(self.options.value_class + self.options.select_options[v.rel]['value']);
-				});
-			}
-			this.value = _value;
-			return;
-		}
-		if(this.input == null)
-		{
-			return this.set_multi_value(_value);
-		}
-		// Auto-expand multiple if not yet turned on, and value has multiple
-		if(this.options.expand_multiple_rows && !this.options.multiple && jQuery.isArray(_value) && _value.length > 1)
-		{
-			this.set_multiple(true, this.options.expand_multiple_rows);
-		}
-
-		jQuery("option",this.input).prop("selected", false);
-		if (typeof _value == "object")
-		{
-			for(var i in _value)
-			{
-				this.find_option(_value[i]).prop("selected", true);
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			if(_value && this.find_option(_value).prop("selected", true).length == 0)
-			{
-				if(this.options.select_options[_value] ||
-					this.options.select_options.filter &&
-					this.options.select_options.filter(function(value) {return value == _value;}) &&
-					!_dont_try_set_options)
-				{
-					// Options not set yet? Do that now, which will try again.
-					return this.set_select_options(this.options.select_options);
-				}
-				else if (_dont_try_set_options)
-				{
-					this.value = "";
-				}
-				else if (jQuery.isEmptyObject(this.options.select_options))
-				{
-					this.egw().debug("warn", "Can't set value to '%s', widget has no options set",_value, this);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					var debug_value = _value;
-					if(debug_value === null) debug_value == 'NULL';
-					this.egw().debug("warn", "Tried to set value '%s' that isn't an option", debug_value, this);
-				}
-				return;
-			}
-		}
-		this.value = _value;
-		if(this.isAttached() && this._oldValue !== et2_no_init && this._oldValue !== _value)
-		{
-			this.input.change();
-		}
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Find an option by it's value
-	 *
-	 * Taking care of escaping values correctly eg. EGroupware\Api\Mail\Smtp
-	 *
-	 * @param {string} _value
-	 * @return {array}
-	 */
-	find_multi_option: function(_value)
-	{
-		return jQuery("input[value='"+
-			(typeof _value === 'string' ? _value.replace(this._escape_value_replace, this._escape_value_with) : _value)+
-			"']", this.multiOptions
-		);
-	},
-
-	set_multi_value: function(_value)
-	{
-		jQuery("input",this.multiOptions).prop("checked", false);
-		if (typeof _value == "object")
-		{
-			for(var i in _value)
-			{
-				this.find_multi_option(_value[i]).prop("checked", true);
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			if(this.find_multi_option(_value).prop("checked", true).length == 0)
-			{
-				var debug_value = _value;
-				if(debug_value === null) debug_value == 'NULL';
-				this.egw().debug("warn", "Tried to set value '%s' that isn't an option", debug_value, this);
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Sort selected to the top
-		if(this.selected_first)
-		{
-			this.multiOptions.find("li:has(input:checked)").prependTo(this.multiOptions);
-		}
-		this.value = _value;
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Method to check all options of a multi-select, if not all are selected, or none if all where selected
-	 *
-	 * @todo: add an attribute to automatic add a button calling this method
-	 */
-	select_all_toggle: function()
-	{
-		var all = jQuery("input",this.multiOptions);
-		all.prop("checked", jQuery("input:checked",this.multiOptions).length == all.length ? false : true);
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Add a button to toggle between single select and multi select.
-	 *
-	 * @param {number} _rows How many rows for multi-select
-	 */
-	set_expand_multiple_rows: function(_rows)
-	{
-		this.options.expand_multiple_rows = _rows;
-
-		var surroundings = this.getSurroundings();
-		if(_rows <= 1 && this.expand_button )
-		{
-			// Remove
-			surroundings.removeDOMNode(this.expand_button.get(0));
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			if (!this.expand_button)
-			{
-				var button_id = this.getInstanceManager().uniqueId+'_'+this.id.replace(/\./g, '-') + "_expand";
-				this.expand_button = jQuery("<button class='et2_button et2_button_icon et2_selectbox_expand ui-icon' id='" + button_id + "'/>")
-					.addClass(this.options.multiple ? 'ui-icon-minus' : 'ui-icon-plus')
-					.on("click", jQuery.proxy(function(e) {
-						if(typeof this.input.attr('size') !== 'undefined' && this.input.attr('size') != 1)
-						{
-							this.set_multiple(false, 1);
-							this.expand_button.removeClass('ui-icon-minus').addClass('ui-icon-plus');
-						}
-						else
-						{
-							this.set_multiple(true, this.options.expand_multiple_rows);
-							this.expand_button.addClass('ui-icon-minus').removeClass('ui-icon-plus');
-						}
-					},this));
-			}
-			surroundings.appendDOMNode(this.expand_button.get(0));
-		}
-		surroundings.update();
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Turn tag style on and off
-	 *
-	 * If you want to switch multiple on too, you need to do so before switching tags on!
-	 *
-	 * @param {boolean} _tags
-	 * @param {string} _width width to use, default width of selectbox
-	 */
-	set_tags: function(_tags, _width)
-	{
-		this.options.tags = _tags;
-
-		// Can't actually do chosen until attached, loadingFinished should call again
-		if(!this.isAttached()) return;
-
-		if(this.input != null && !this.options.tags && !this.options.search)
-		{
-			this.input.unchosen().css('width', '');
-
-			return;
-		}
-
-		// Turn on tags, if desired
-		if(this.input != null && (this.options.search || this.options.tags) && !this.options.disabled)
-		{
-			if(this.options.empty_label)
-			{
-				this.input.attr("data-placeholder", this.options.empty_label);
-				// Remove from list of options, if multiple
-				if (this.options.multiple)
-				{
-					this.input.children('[value=""]').remove();
-				}
-			}
-			// Don't do it again if already done
-			if(this.input.hasClass("chzn-done")) return;
-
-			// Properly size chosen, even if on a hidden tab
-			var size = egw.getHiddenDimensions(this.input);
-			if (this._type == 'listbox' && this.options.value_class != '')
-			{
-				var self = this;
-				this.input.find('option').each(function(i,v) {jQuery(v).addClass(self.options.value_class+v.value);});
-			}
-			this.input.chosen({
-				inherit_select_classes: true,
-				search_contains: true,
-				width: _width || size.w + "px",
-				allow_single_deselect: this.options.allow_single_deselect,
-				no_results_text: this.egw().lang('No results match')
-			});
-			// set autocomplete for search input field to an arbitary value in order to stop it.
-			this.input.siblings().find('.chzn-search input').attr('autocomplete', 'new-password');
-			if (this._type == 'select-country') {
-				var selected = this.input.siblings().find('a.chzn-single');
-				if (selected && selected.length == 1 && this.getValue())
-				{
-					selected.removeClass (function (index, className) {
-						return (className.match (/(^|\s)flag-\S+/g) || []).join(' ');
-					});
-					selected.find('span.img').remove();
-					selected.prepend('<span class="img"></span>');
-					selected.addClass('et2_country-select flag-'+ this.getValue().toLowerCase());
-				}
-			}
-			if(this.options.onchange)
-			{
-				// Unbind change handler of widget's ancestor to stop it from bubbling
-				// chosen has its own onchange
-				jQuery(this.input).unbind('change.et2_inputWidget');
-
-				var self = this;
-				this.input.chosen().change(function(_ev, _change)
-				{
-					// enhance signature of regular et2_selectbox.onchange with 3. parameter from chosen
-					self.change.call(self, self.input, self, _change);
-				});
-			}
-
-			// multi selection with limited show line of single row
-			if (this.options.multiple && this.options.rows == 1 && this.options.height)
-			{
-				var $chosen_div = jQuery(this.input.siblings());
-				var self = this;
-
-				/**
-				 * A function to set counter for multi tags limited for single row
-				 * @returns {undefined}
-				 */
-				var _update_item_counter = function ()
-				{
-					$chosen_div.find('ul.chzn-choices').attr('data-after',self.getValue().length);
-				};
-
-				// Update the item counter
-				_update_item_counter();
-				// Initialize the single row class
-				$chosen_div.toggleClass('et2_selectbox_single_row', true);
-
-				// bind mouse handlers
-				$chosen_div.on('mouseleave mouseup', function(e){
-					jQuery(this).toggleClass('et2_selectbox_multi_row', false);
-					jQuery(this).toggleClass('et2_selectbox_single_row', true);
-					_update_item_counter();
-				});
-
-				$chosen_div.on('mouseenter', function(e){
-					jQuery(this).toggleClass('et2_selectbox_multi_row', true);
-					jQuery(this).toggleClass('et2_selectbox_single_row', false);
-				});
-			}
-		}
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * The set_select_options function is added, as the select options have to be
-	 * added after the "option"-widgets were added to selectbox.
-	 *
-	 * @param {(array|object)} _options array or object with options
-	 */
-	set_select_options: function(_options) {
-		// Empty current options
-		if(this.input)
-		{
-			this.input.empty();
-		}
-		else if (this.multiOptions)
-		{
-			this.multiOptions.empty();
-		}
-		// Re-add empty, it's usually not there (empty_label get's allways translated, independent of no_lang!)
-		// Empty label should not be added as an option for chosen, it conflicts
-		if(this.options.empty_label && !(this.options.tags || this.options.search))
-		{
-			this._appendOptionElement('',this.egw().lang(this.options.empty_label));
-		}
-
-		// Add the select_options
-		for (var key in _options)
-		{
-			// Translate the options
-			if(!this.options.no_lang)
-			{
-				if (typeof _options[key] === 'object' && _options[key] !== null)
-				{
-					if(_options[key]["label"]) _options[key]["label"] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]["label"]);
-					if(_options[key]["title"]) _options[key]["title"] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]["title"]);
-				}
-				else if(Array.isArray(_options) && _options.length>0 || typeof _options === 'object')
-				{
-					_options[key] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]);
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (typeof _options[key] === 'object' && _options[key] !== null)
-			{
-				// Optgroup
-				if(typeof _options[key]["label"] == 'undefined' && typeof _options[key]["title"] == "undefined")
-				{
-					var label = isNaN(key) ? key : _options[key].value;
-					var group = jQuery(document.createElement("optgroup"))
-						.attr("label", this.options.no_lang ? label : this.egw().lang(label))
-						.appendTo(this.input);
-					if(this.input == null)
-					{
-						group = jQuery(document.createElement("ul"))
-							.append('<li class="ui-widget-header"><span>'+key+'</span></li>')
-							.appendTo(this.multiOptions);
-					}
-
-					for(var sub in _options[key])
-					{
-						if(sub == 'value') continue;
-						if (typeof _options[key][sub] === 'object' && _options[key][sub] !== null)
-						{
-							this._appendOptionElement(sub,
-								_options[key][sub]["label"] ? _options[key][sub]["label"] : "",
-								_options[key][sub]["title"] ? _options[key][sub]["title"] : "",
-								group
-							);
-						}
-						else
-						{
-							this._appendOptionElement(sub, _options[key][sub],undefined,group);
-						}
-					}
-				}
-				else if(this.input == null)
-				{
-					// Allow some special extras for objects by passing the whole thing
-					_options[key]["label"] = _options[key]["label"] ? _options[key]["label"] : "";
-					this._appendMultiOption(typeof _options[key].value != 'undefined' ? _options[key].value : key,
-						_options[key], _options[key]["title"]);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					this._appendOptionElement(typeof _options[key].value != 'undefined'  ? _options[key].value : key,
-						_options[key]["label"] ? _options[key]["label"] : "",
-						_options[key]["title"] ? _options[key]["title"] : "",
-						'',
-						_options[key]["class"] ? _options[key]["class"] : "");
-				}
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				this._appendOptionElement(key, _options[key]);
-			}
-		}
-		// add an empty option for single select tags with empty_label in order
-		// to make allow_single_deselect option to work.
-		if (this.options.empty_label && this.options.tags
-				&& this.options.allow_single_deselect && !this.options.multiple)
-		{
-			var empty_option = jQuery(document.createElement("option"))
-			.attr("value", '');
-			empty_option.prependTo(this.input);
-		}
-
-		this.options.select_options = _options;
-
-		if(this.options.tags || this.options.search)
-		{
-			this.input.trigger("liszt:updated");
-		}
-		// Sometimes value gets set before options
-		if(this.value || this.options.empty_label || this.value === ''  && this.input && this.input.children('[value=""]').length === 1)
-		{
-			this.set_value(this.value, true);	// true = dont try to set_options, to avoid an infinit recursion
-		}
-		else if (this.value === null && this.options.value)
-		{
-			// Null means it tried to set the value, and it got stripped by missing options
-			this.set_value(this.options.value, true);
-		}
-	},
-
-	getValue: function() {
-		if(this.input == null)
-		{
-			var value = [];
-			jQuery("input:checked",this.multiOptions).each(function(){value.push(this.value);});
-			// we need to return null for no value instead of empty array, which gets overwritten by preserved value on server-side
-			this.value = value;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			this.value = this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-			if (this.value === null) this.value = this.options.multiple ? [] : "";	// do NOT return null, as it does not get transmitted to server
-		}
-		return this.value;
-	},
-
-	isDirty: function() {
-		if(this.input == null)
-		{
-			var value = this.getValue();
-			// Array comparison
-			return !(jQuery(this._oldValue).not(value).length == 0 && jQuery(value).not(this._oldValue).length == 0);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-		}
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * override set disabled for tags as the tags using
-	 * chosen dom and need to be treated different
-	 *
-	 * @param {type} _disable
-	 * @returns {undefined}
-	 */
-	set_disabled: function (_disable)
-	{
-		this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-
-		if (this.options.tags) {
-			// Always hide input options
-			if(this.input)
-			{
-				this.input.hide();
-			}
-
-			if (_disable)
-			{
-				jQuery(this.node.nextElementSibling).hide();
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				jQuery(this.node.nextElementSibling).show();
-			}
-		}
-	}
-});}).call(this);
-et2_register_widget(et2_selectbox, ["menupopup", "listbox", "select", "select-cat",
-	"select-percent", 'select-priority',
-	'select-country', 'select-state', 'select-year', 'select-month',
-	'select-day', 'select-dow', 'select-hour', 'select-number', 'select-app',
-	'select-lang', 'select-bool', 'select-timezone', 'select-bitwise' ]);
-
-// Static class stuff
-jQuery.extend(et2_selectbox, //(function(){ "use strict"; return
-{
-	type_cache: {},
-
-	/**
-	 * Find the select options for a widget, out of the many places they could be.
-	 * @param {et2_widget} widget to check for.  Should be some sort of select widget.
-	 * @param {object} attr_options Select options in attributes array
-	 * @param {object} attrs Widget attributes
-	 * @return {object} Select options, or empty object
-	 */
-	find_select_options: function(widget, attr_options, attrs)
-	{
-		var name_parts = widget.id.replace(/&#x5B;/g,'[').replace(/]|&#x5D;/g,'').split('[');
-
-		var type_options = {};
-		var content_options = {};
-
-		// First check type, there may be static options.  There's some special handling
-		// for filterheaders, which have the wrong type.
-		var type = widget.instanceOf(et2_nextmatch_filterheader) ? attrs.widget_type || '' : widget._type;
-		var type_function = type.replace('select-','').replace('taglist-','').replace('_ro','')+'_options';
-		if(typeof this[type_function] == 'function')
-		{
-			var old_type = widget._type;
-			widget._type = type.replace('taglist-','select-');
-			if(typeof attrs.other == 'string')
-			{
-				attrs.other = attrs.other.split(',');
-			}
-			// Copy, to avoid accidental modification
-			//
-			// type options used to use jQuery.extend deep copy to get a clone object of options
-			// but as jQuery.extend deep copy is very expensive operation in MSIE (in this case almost 400ms)
-			// we use JSON parsing instead to copy the options object
-			type_options =  this[type_function].call(this, widget, attrs);
-			try{
-				type_options = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(type_options));
-			}catch(e)
-			{
-				egw.debug(e);
-			}
-
-			widget._type = old_type;
-		}
-
-		// Try to find the options inside the "sel-options"
-		if(widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options"))
-		{
-			// Try first according to ID
-			content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(widget.id);
-			// ID can get set to an array with 0 => ' ' - not useful
-			if (content_options && (content_options.length == 1 && typeof content_options[0] == 'string' && content_options[0].trim() == '' ||
-				// eg. autorepeated id "cat[3]" would pick array element 3 from cat
-				typeof content_options.value != 'undefined' && typeof content_options.label != 'undefined' && widget.id.match(/\[\d+\]$/)))
-			{
-				content_options = null;
-			}
-			// We could wind up too far inside options if label,title are defined
-			if(content_options && !isNaN(name_parts[name_parts.length -1]) && content_options.label && content_options.title)
-			{
-				name_parts.pop();
-				content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(name_parts.join('['));
-				delete content_options["$row"];
-			}
-
-			// Select options tend to be defined once, at the top level, so try that
-			if(!content_options || content_options.length == 0)
-			{
-				content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getRoot().getEntry(name_parts[name_parts.length-1]);
-			}
-
-			// Try in correct namespace (inside a grid or something)
-			if(!content_options || content_options.length == 0)
-			{
-				content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(name_parts[name_parts.length-1]);
-			}
-
-			// Try name like widget[$row]
-			if(name_parts.length > 1 && (!content_options || content_options.length == 0 ))
-			{
-				var pop_that = jQuery.extend([],name_parts);
-				while(pop_that.length > 0 && (!content_options || content_options.length == 0))
-				{
-					var last = pop_that.pop();
-					content_options = widget.getArrayMgr('sel_options').getEntry(pop_that.join('['));
-
-					// Double check, might have found a normal parent namespace ( eg subgrid in subgrid[selectbox] )
-					// with an empty entry for the selecbox.  If there were valid options here,
-					// we would have found them already, and keeping this would result in the ID as an option
-					if(content_options && !jQuery.isArray(content_options) && typeof content_options[last] != 'undefined' && content_options[last] )
-					{
-						content_options = content_options[last];
-					}
-					else if (content_options)
-					{
-						// Check for real values
-						for(var key in content_options)
-						{
-							if(!(isNaN(key) && typeof content_options[key] === 'string' ||
-								!isNaN(key) && typeof content_options[key] === 'object' && typeof content_options[key]['value'] !== 'undefined'))
-							{
-								// Found a parent of some other namespace
-								content_options = undefined;
-								break;
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			// Maybe in a row, and options got stuck in ${row} instead of top level
-			// not sure this code is still needed, as server-side no longer creates ${row} or {$row} for select-options
-			var row_stuck = ['${row}','{$row}'];
-			for(var i = 0; i < row_stuck.length && (!content_options || content_options.length == 0); i++)
-			{
-				// perspectiveData.row in nm, data["${row}"] in an auto-repeat grid
-				if(widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").perspectiveData.row || widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").data[row_stuck[i]])
-				{
-					var row_id = widget.id.replace(/[0-9]+/,row_stuck[i]);
-					content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(row_id);
-					if(!content_options || content_options.length == 0)
-					{
-						content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(row_stuck[i] + '[' + widget.id + ']');
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			if(attr_options && !jQuery.isEmptyObject(attr_options) && content_options)
-			{
-				content_options = jQuery.extend(true, {},attr_options,content_options);
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Check whether the options entry was found, if not read it from the
-		// content array.
-		if (jQuery.isEmptyObject(content_options) && widget.getArrayMgr('content') != null)
-		{
-			if (content_options) attr_options = content_options;
-			var content_mgr = widget.getArrayMgr('content');
-			if (content_mgr)
-			{
-				// If that didn't work, check according to ID
-				if (!content_options) content_options = content_mgr.getEntry("options-" + widget.id);
-				// Again, try last name part at top level
-				if (!content_options) content_options = content_mgr.getRoot().getEntry("options-"+name_parts[name_parts.length-1]);
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Default to an empty object
-		if (content_options == null)
-		{
-			content_options = {};
-		}
-
-		// Include type options, preferring any content options
-		if(type_options.length || !jQuery.isEmptyObject(type_options))
-		{
-			for(var i in content_options)
-			{
-				var value = typeof content_options[i] == 'object' && typeof content_options[i].value !== 'undefined' ? content_options[i].value : i;
-				var added = false;
-
-				// Override any existing
-				for(var j in type_options)
-				{
-					if(''+type_options[j].value === ''+value)
-					{
-						added = true;
-						type_options[j] = content_options[i];
-						break;
-					}
-				}
-				if(!added)
-				{
-					type_options.splice(i,0,content_options[i]);
-				}
-			}
-			content_options = type_options;
-		}
-		return content_options;
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Some static options, no need to transfer them over and over.
-	 * We still need the same thing on the server side to validate, so they
-	 * have to match.  See Etemplate\Widget\Select::typeOptions()
-	 * The type specific legacy options wind up in attrs.other.
-	 *
-	 * @param {type} widget
-	 */
-	priority_options: function(widget) {
-		return [
-			{value: 1, label: 'low'},
-			{value: 2, label: 'normal'},
-			{value: 3, label: 'high'},
-			{value: 0, label: 'undefined'}
-		];
-	},
-	bool_options: function(widget) {
-		return [
-			{value: 0, label: 'no'},
-			{value: 1, label: 'yes'}
-		];
-	},
-	month_options: function(widget) {
-		return [
-			{value: 1, label:'January'},
-			{value: 2, label:'February'},
-			{value: 3, label:'March'},
-			{value: 4, label:'April'},
-			{value: 5, label:'May'},
-			{value: 6, label:'June'},
-			{value: 7, label:'July'},
-			{value: 8, label:'August'},
-			{value: 9, label:'September'},
-			{value: 10, label:'October'},
-			{value: 11, label:'November'},
-			{value: 12, label:'December'}
-		];
-	},
-	number_options: function(widget, attrs) {
-		if(typeof attrs.other != 'object')
-		{
-			attrs.other = [];
-		}
-		var options = [];
-		var min = typeof(attrs.other[0]) == 'undefined' ? 1 : parseInt(attrs.other[0]);
-		var max = typeof(attrs.other[1]) == 'undefined' ? 10: parseInt(attrs.other[1]);
-		var interval = typeof(attrs.other[2]) == 'undefined' ? 1: parseInt(attrs.other[2]);
-		var format = '%d';
-
-		// leading zero specified in interval
-		if (attrs.other[2] && attrs.other[2][0] == '0')
-		{
-			format = '%0'+(''+interval).length+'d';
-		}
-		// Suffix
-		if(attrs.other[3])
-		{
-			format += widget.egw().lang(attrs.other[3]);
-		}
-
-		// Avoid infinite loop if interval is the wrong direction
-		if ((min <= max) != (interval > 0))
-		{
-			interval = -interval;
-		}
-
-		for (var i=0, n=min; n <= max && i <= 100; n += interval,++i)
-		{
-			options.push({value: n, label: sprintf(format,n)});
-		}
-		return options;
-	},
-	percent_options: function(widget, attrs)
-	{
-		if(typeof attrs.other != 'object')
-		{
-			attrs.other = [];
-		}
-		attrs.other[0] = 0;
-		attrs.other[1] = 100;
-		attrs.other[2] = typeof(attrs.other[2]) == 'undefined' ? 10 : parseInt(attrs.other[2]);
-		attrs.other[3] = '%%';
-		return this.number_options(widget,attrs);
-	},
-	year_options: function(widget, attrs)
-	{
-		if(typeof attrs.other != 'object')
-		{
-			attrs.other = [];
-		}
-		var t = new Date();
-		attrs.other[0] = t.getFullYear() - (typeof(attrs.other[0]) == 'undefined' ? 3 : parseInt(attrs.other[0]));
-		attrs.other[1] = t.getFullYear() + (typeof(attrs.other[1]) == 'undefined' ? 2 : parseInt(attrs.other[1]));
-		attrs.other[2] = typeof(attrs.other[2]) == 'undefined' ? 1 : parseInt(attrs.other[2]);
-		return this.number_options(widget,attrs);
-	},
-	day_options: function(widget, attrs)
-	{
-		attrs.other = [1,31,1];
-		return this.number_options(widget,attrs);
-	},
-	hour_options: function(widget, attrs)
-	{
-		var options = [];
-		var timeformat = egw.preference('common','timeformat');
-		for (var h = 0; h <= 23; ++h)
-		{
-			options.push({
-				value: h,
-				label: timeformat == 12 ?
-					(( 12 ? h % 12 : 12)+' '+(h < 12 ? egw.lang('am') : egw.lang('pm'))) :
-					sprintf('%02d',h)
-			});
-		}
-		return options;
-	},
-	app_options: function(widget,attrs) {
-		var options = ','+(attrs.other||[]).join(',');
-		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
-	},
-	cat_options: function(widget, attrs) {
-		// Add in application, if not there
-		if(typeof attrs.other == 'undefined')
-		{
-			attrs.other = new Array(4);
-		}
-		if(typeof attrs.other[3] == 'undefined')
-		{
-			attrs.other[3] = attrs.application || widget.getInstanceManager().app;
-		}
-		var options =(attrs.other||[]).join(',');
-		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
-	},
-	country_options: function(widget, attrs) {
-		var options = ',';
-		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
-	},
-	state_options: function(widget, attrs) {
-		var options = attrs.country_code ? attrs.country_code : 'de';
-		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
-	},
-	dow_options: function(widget,attrs) {
-		var options = ','+(attrs.other||[]).join(',');
-		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
-	},
-	lang_options: function(widget,attrs) {
-		var options = ','+(attrs.other||[]).join(',');
-		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
-	},
-	timezone_options: function(widget,attrs) {
-		var options = ','+(attrs.other||[]).join(',');
-		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
-	},
-	/**
-	 * Some options change, or are too complicated to have twice, so we get the
-	 * options from the server once, then keep them to use if they're needed again.
-	 * We use the options string to keep the different possibilites (eg. categories
-	 * for different apps) seperate.
-	 *
-	 * @param {et2_selectbox} widget Selectbox we're looking at
-	 * @param {string} options_string
-	 * @param {Object} attrs Widget attributes (not yet fully set)
-	 * @returns {Object} Array of options, or empty and they'll get filled in later
-	 */
-	cached_server_side_options: function(widget, options_string, attrs)
-	{
-		// normalize options by removing trailing commas
-		options_string = options_string.replace(/,+$/, '');
-
-		var cache_id = widget._type+'_'+options_string;
-		var cache_owner = (
-			egw.window.et2_selectbox ?
-				egw.window.et2_selectbox :
-				egw(window).window.et2_selectbox
-		).type_cache;
-		var cache = cache_owner[cache_id];
-
-		// Options for a selectbox in a nextmatch must be returned now, as the
-		// widget we have is not enough to set the options later.
-		var in_nextmatch = false;
-		if(typeof cache === 'undefined' || typeof cache.length === 'undefined')
-		{
-			var parent = widget._parent;
-			while(parent && !in_nextmatch)
-			{
-				in_nextmatch = parent && parent._type && parent._type === 'nextmatch';
-				parent = parent._parent;
-			}
-		}
-		if (typeof cache == 'undefined' || in_nextmatch)
-		{
-			// Fetch with json instead of jsonq because there may be more than
-			// one widget listening for the response by the time it gets back,
-			// and we can't do that when it's queued.
-			var req = egw.json(
-				'EGroupware\\Api\\Etemplate\\Widget\\Select::ajax_get_options',
-				[widget._type,options_string,attrs.value]
-			).sendRequest(!in_nextmatch);
-			if(typeof cache === 'undefined')
-			{
-				cache_owner[cache_id] = req;
-			}
-			cache = req;
-		}
-		if(typeof cache.done == 'function')
-		{
-			// pending, wait for it
-			cache.done(jQuery.proxy(function(response) {
-				cache = cache_owner[cache_id] = response.response[0].data||undefined;
-				// Set select_options in attributes in case we get a resonse before
-				// the widget is finished loading (otherwise it will re-set to {})
-				attrs.select_options = cache;
-
-				egw.window.setTimeout(jQuery.proxy(function() {
-					// Avoid errors if widget is destroyed before the timeout
-					if(this.widget && typeof this.widget.id !== 'undefined')
-					{
-						this.widget.set_select_options(et2_selectbox.find_select_options(this.widget,{}, this.widget.options));
-					}
-				},this),1);
-			},{widget:widget,cache_id:cache_id}));
-			return [];
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// Check that the value is in there
-			// Make sure we are not requesting server for an empty value option or
-			// other widgets but select-timezone as server won't find anything and
-			// it will fall into an infinitive loop, e.g. select-cat widget.
-			if(attrs.value && attrs.value != "" && attrs.value != "0" && attrs.type == "select-timezone")
-			{
-				var missing_option = true;
-				for(var i = 0; i < cache.length && missing_option; i++)
-				{
-					if(cache[i].value == attrs.value)
-					{
-						missing_option = false;
-					}
-				}
-				// Try again - ask the server with the current value this time
-				if(missing_option)
-				{
-					delete cache_owner[cache_id];
-					return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options_string, attrs);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					if(attrs.value && widget && widget.get_value() !== attrs.value)
-					{
-						egw.window.setTimeout(jQuery.proxy(function() {
-							// Avoid errors if widget is destroyed before the timeout
-							if(this.widget && typeof this.widget.id !== 'undefined')
-							{
-								this.widget.set_value(this.widget.options.value);
-							}
-						},{widget: widget}),1);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			return cache;
-		}
-	}
-}//;}).call(this)
-);
-
+var et2_selectbox = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
+    __extends(et2_selectbox, _super);
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     */
+    function et2_selectbox(_parent, _attrs, _child) {
+        var _this = 
+        // Call the inherited constructor
+        _super.call(this, _parent, _attrs, et2_core_inheritance_1.ClassWithAttributes.extendAttributes(et2_selectbox._attributes, _child || {})) || this;
+        _this.legacyOptions = ["rows", "other"]; // Other is sub-type specific
+        _this.input = null;
+        _this.value = '';
+        _this.selected_first = true;
+        /**
+         * Regular expression, to check string-value contains multiple comma-separated values
+         */
+        _this._is_multiple_regexp = /^[,0-9A-Za-z/_ -]+$/;
+        /**
+         * Regular expression and replace value for escaping values in jQuery selectors used to find options
+         */
+        _this._escape_value_replace = /\\/g;
+        _this._escape_value_with = '\\\\';
+        _this.input = null;
+        // Start at '' to avoid infinite loops while setting value/select options
+        _this.value = '';
+        // Allow no other widgets inside this one
+        _this.supportedWidgetClasses = [];
+        // Legacy options could have row count or empty label in first slot
+        if (typeof _this.options.rows == "string") {
+            if (isNaN(_this.options.rows)) {
+                _this.options.empty_label = _this.egw().lang(_this.options.rows);
+                _this.options.rows = 1;
+            }
+            else {
+                _this.options.rows = parseInt(_this.options.rows);
+            }
+        }
+        if (_this.options.rows > 1) {
+            _this.options.multiple = true;
+            if (_this.options.tags) {
+                _this.createInputWidget();
+            }
+            else {
+                _this.createMultiSelect();
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            _this.createInputWidget();
+        }
+        if (!_this.options.empty_label && !_this.options.readonly && _this.options.multiple) {
+            _this.options.empty_label = _this.egw().lang('Select some options');
+        }
+        return _this;
+    }
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.destroy = function () {
+        if (this.input != null) {
+            // @ts-ignore
+            this.input.unchosen();
+        }
+        if (this.expand_button) {
+            this.expand_button.off();
+            this.expand_button.remove();
+            this.expand_button = null;
+        }
+        _super.prototype.destroy.call(this);
+        this.input = null;
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.transformAttributes = function (_attrs) {
+        _super.prototype.transformAttributes.call(this, _attrs);
+        // If select_options are already known, skip the rest
+        if (this.options && this.options.select_options && !jQuery.isEmptyObject(this.options.select_options) ||
+            _attrs.select_options && !jQuery.isEmptyObject(_attrs.select_options) ||
+            // Allow children to skip select_options - check to make sure default got set to something (should be {})
+            typeof _attrs.select_options == 'undefined' || _attrs.select_options === null) {
+            // do not return inside nextmatch, as get_rows data might have changed select_options
+            // for performance reasons we only do it for first row, which should have id "0[...]"
+            if (this.getParent().getType() != 'rowWidget' || !_attrs.id || _attrs.id[0] != '0')
+                return;
+        }
+        var sel_options = et2_selectbox.find_select_options(this, _attrs['select_options'], _attrs);
+        if (!jQuery.isEmptyObject(sel_options)) {
+            _attrs['select_options'] = sel_options;
+        }
+    };
+    /**
+     * Switch instanciated widget to multi-selection and back, optionally enabeling tags too
+     *
+     * If you want to switch tags on too, you need to do so after switching to multiple!
+     *
+     * @param {boolean} _multiple
+     * @param {integer} _size default=3
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.set_multiple = function (_multiple, _size) {
+        this.options.multiple = _multiple;
+        if (this.input) {
+            if (_multiple) {
+                this.input.attr('size', _size || 3);
+                this.input.prop('multiple', true);
+                this.input.attr('name', this.id + '[]');
+                if (this.input[0].options.length && this.input[0].options[0].value === '') {
+                    this.input[0].options[0] = null;
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                this.input.prop('multiple', false);
+                this.input.removeAttr('size');
+                this.input.attr('name', this.id);
+                if (this.options.empty_label && this.input[0].options[0].value !== '') {
+                    this._appendOptionElement('', this.options.empty_label);
+                }
+            }
+            if (this.expand_button) {
+                if (_multiple) {
+                    this.expand_button.addClass('ui-icon-minus').removeClass('ui-icon-plus');
+                }
+                else {
+                    this.expand_button.removeClass('ui-icon-minus').addClass('ui-icon-plus');
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.change = function (_node, _widget, _value) {
+        var valid = _super.prototype.change.apply(this, arguments);
+        if (!this.input)
+            return valid;
+        var selected = this.input.siblings().find('a.chzn-single');
+        var val = _value && _value.selected ? _value.selected : this.input.val();
+        switch (this.getType()) {
+            case 'select-country':
+                if (selected && selected.length == 1 && val) {
+                    selected.removeClass(function (index, className) {
+                        return (className.match(/(^|\s)flag-\S+/g) || []).join(' ');
+                    });
+                    selected.find('span.img').remove();
+                    selected.prepend('<span class="img"></span>');
+                    selected.addClass('et2_country-select flag-' + val.toLowerCase());
+                }
+                else if (selected) {
+                    selected.removeClass('et2_country-select');
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+        return valid;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Add an option to regular drop-down select
+     *
+     * @param {string} _value value attribute of option
+     * @param {string} _label label of option
+     * @param {string} _title title attribute of option
+     * @param {node} dom_element parent of new option
+     * @param {string} _class specify classes of option
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.prototype._appendOptionElement = function (_value, _label, _title, dom_element, _class) {
+        if (_value == "" && (_label == null || _label == "")) {
+            return; // empty_label is added in set_select_options anyway, ignoring it here to not add it twice
+        }
+        if (this.input == null) {
+            return this._appendMultiOption(_value, _label, _title, dom_element);
+        }
+        var option = jQuery(document.createElement("option"))
+            .attr("value", _value)
+            .text(_label + "");
+        option.addClass(_class);
+        if (this.options.tags) {
+            switch (this.getType()) {
+                case 'select-cat':
+                    option.addClass('cat_' + _value);
+                    break;
+                case 'select-country':
+                    // jQuery(document.createElement("span")).addClass('et2_country-select').appenTo(option);
+                    option.addClass('et2_country-select flag-' + _value.toLowerCase());
+                    break;
+            }
+            if (this.options.value_class != '')
+                option.addClass(this.options.value_class + _value);
+        }
+        if (typeof _title != "undefined" && _title) {
+            option.attr("title", _title);
+        }
+        if (_label == this.options.empty_label || this.options.empty_label == "" && _value === "") {
+            // Make sure empty / all option is first
+            option.prependTo(this.input);
+        }
+        else {
+            option.appendTo(dom_element || this.input);
+        }
+    };
+    /**
+     * Append a value to multi-select
+     *
+     * @param {string} _value value attribute of option
+     * @param {string} _label label of option
+     * @param {string} _title title attribute of option
+     * @param {node} dom_element parent of new option
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.prototype._appendMultiOption = function (_value, _label, _title, dom_element) {
+        var option_data = null;
+        if (typeof _label == "object") {
+            option_data = _label;
+            _label = option_data.label;
+        }
+        // Already in header
+        if (_label == this.options.empty_label)
+            return;
+        var opt_id = this.dom_id + "_opt_" + _value;
+        var label = jQuery(document.createElement("label"))
+            .attr("for", opt_id)
+            .hover(function () { jQuery(this).addClass("ui-state-hover"); }, function () { jQuery(this).removeClass("ui-state-hover"); });
+        var option = jQuery(document.createElement("input"))
+            .attr("type", "checkbox")
+            .attr("id", opt_id)
+            .attr("value", _value)
+            .appendTo(label);
+        if (typeof _title !== "undefined") {
+            option.attr("title", _title);
+        }
+        // Some special stuff for categories
+        if (option_data) {
+            if (option_data.icon) {
+                var img = this.egw().image(option_data.icon);
+                jQuery(document.createElement(img ? "img" : "div"))
+                    .attr("src", img)
+                    .addClass('cat_icon cat_' + _value)
+                    .appendTo(label);
+            }
+            if (option_data.color) {
+                label.css("background-color", option_data.color)
+                    .addClass('cat_' + _value);
+            }
+        }
+        label.append(jQuery("<span>" + _label + "</span>"));
+        var li = jQuery(document.createElement("li")).append(label);
+        if (this.options.value_class != '')
+            li.addClass(this.options.value_class + _value);
+        li.appendTo(dom_element || this.multiOptions);
+    };
+    /**
+     * Create a regular drop-down select box
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.createInputWidget = function () {
+        // Create the base input widget
+        this.input = jQuery(document.createElement("select"))
+            .addClass("et2_selectbox")
+            .attr("size", this.options.rows);
+        this.setDOMNode(this.input[0]);
+        // Add the empty label
+        if (this.options.empty_label) {
+            this._appendOptionElement("", this.options.empty_label);
+        }
+        // Set multiple
+        if (this.options.multiple) {
+            this.input.attr("multiple", "multiple");
+        }
+    };
+    /**
+     * Create a list of checkboxes
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.createMultiSelect = function () {
+        var node = jQuery(document.createElement("div"))
+            .addClass("et2_selectbox");
+        var header = jQuery(document.createElement("div"))
+            .addClass("ui-widget-header ui-helper-clearfix")
+            .appendTo(node);
+        var controls = jQuery(document.createElement("ul"))
+            .addClass('ui-helper-reset')
+            .appendTo(header);
+        jQuery(document.createElement("span"))
+            .text(this.options.empty_label)
+            .addClass("ui-multiselect-header")
+            .appendTo(header);
+        // Set up for options to be added later
+        var options = this.multiOptions = jQuery(document.createElement("ul"));
+        this.multiOptions.addClass("ui-multiselect-checkboxes ui-helper-reset")
+            .css("height", 1.9 * this.options.rows + "em")
+            .appendTo(node);
+        if (this.options.rows >= 5) {
+            // Check / uncheck all
+            var header_controls = {
+                check: {
+                    icon_class: 'ui-icon-check',
+                    label: this.egw().lang('Check all'),
+                    click: function (e) {
+                        var all_off = false;
+                        jQuery("input[type='checkbox']", e.data).each(function () {
+                            if (!jQuery(this).prop("checked"))
+                                all_off = true;
+                        });
+                        jQuery("input[type='checkbox']", e.data).prop("checked", all_off);
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+            for (var key in header_controls) {
+                jQuery(document.createElement("li"))
+                    .addClass("et2_clickable")
+                    .click(options, header_controls[key].click)
+                    .attr("title", header_controls[key].label)
+                    .append('<span class="ui-icon ' + header_controls[key].icon_class + '"/>')
+                    .appendTo(controls);
+            }
+        }
+        this.setDOMNode(node[0]);
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.doLoadingFinished = function () {
+        _super.prototype.doLoadingFinished.call(this);
+        this.set_tags(this.options.tags, this.options.width);
+        return true;
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.loadFromXML = function (_node) {
+        // Handle special case where legacy option for empty label is used (conflicts with rows), and rows is set as an attribute
+        var legacy = _node.getAttribute("options");
+        if (legacy) {
+            var legacy = legacy.split(",");
+            if (legacy.length && isNaN(legacy[0])) {
+                this.options.empty_label = legacy[0];
+            }
+        }
+        // Read the option-tags
+        var options = et2_directChildrenByTagName(_node, "option");
+        if (options.length) {
+            // Break reference to content manager, we don't want to add to it
+            this.options.select_options = jQuery.extend([], this.options.select_options);
+        }
+        var egw = this.egw();
+        for (var i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
+            this.options.select_options.push({
+                value: et2_readAttrWithDefault(options[i], "value", options[i].textContent),
+                // allow options to contain multiple translated sub-strings eg: {Firstname}.{Lastname}
+                "label": options[i].textContent.replace(/{([^}]+)}/g, function (str, p1) {
+                    return egw.lang(p1);
+                }),
+                "title": et2_readAttrWithDefault(options[i], "title", "")
+            });
+        }
+        this.set_select_options(this.options.select_options);
+    };
+    /**
+     * Find an option by it's value
+     *
+     * Taking care of escaping values correctly eg. EGroupware\Api\Mail\Smtp using above regular expression
+     *
+     * @param {string} _value
+     * @return {array}
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.find_option = function (_value) {
+        return jQuery("option[value='" + (typeof _value === 'string' ? _value.replace(this._escape_value_replace, this._escape_value_with) : _value) + "']", this.input);
+    };
+    /**
+     * Set value
+     *
+     * @param {string|number} _value
+     * @param {boolean} _dont_try_set_options true: if _value is not in options, use "" instead of calling set_select_options
+     *		(which would go into an infinit loop)
+     */
+    // @ts-ignore for 2nd parameter
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.set_value = function (_value, _dont_try_set_options) {
+        if (typeof _value == "number")
+            _value = "" + _value; // convert to string for consitent matching
+        if (typeof _value == "string" && (this.options.multiple || this.options.expand_multiple_rows) && _value.match(this._is_multiple_regexp) !== null) {
+            _value = _value.split(',');
+        }
+        if (this.input !== null && this.options.select_options && (!jQuery.isEmptyObject(this.options.select_options) || this.options.select_options.length > 0) && this.input.children().length == 0) {
+            // No options set yet
+            this.set_select_options(this.options.select_options);
+        }
+        // select-cat set/unset right cat_ color for selected value
+        if ((this.getType() == 'select-cat' || this.options.value_class) && this.options.tags) {
+            var chosen = this.input.next();
+            var prefix_c = this.options.value_class ? this.options.value_class : 'cat_';
+            this.input.removeClass(prefix_c + this._oldValue);
+            this.input.addClass(prefix_c + this.value);
+            if (chosen.length > 0) {
+                chosen.removeClass(prefix_c + this._oldValue);
+                chosen.addClass(prefix_c + this.value);
+            }
+        }
+        if (this.getType() == 'select-country' && this.options.tags) {
+            var selected = this.input.siblings().find('a.chzn-single');
+            if (selected && selected.length == 1 && _value) {
+                selected.removeClass(function (index, className) {
+                    return (className.match(/(^|\s)flag-\S+/g) || []).join(' ');
+                });
+                selected.find('span.img').remove();
+                selected.prepend('<span class="img"></span>');
+                selected.addClass('et2_country-select flag-' + _value.toLowerCase());
+            }
+        }
+        if (this.getType() == "select-bitwise" && _value && !isNaN(_value) && this.options.select_options) {
+            var new_value = [];
+            for (var index in this.options.select_options) {
+                var right = this.options.select_options[index].value;
+                if (!!(_value & right)) {
+                    new_value.push(right);
+                }
+            }
+            _value = new_value;
+        }
+        this._oldValue = this.value;
+        if (this.input !== null && (this.options.tags || this.options.search)) {
+            // Value must be a real Array, not an object
+            this.input.val(typeof _value == 'object' && _value != null ? jQuery.map(_value, function (value, index) { return [value]; }) : _value);
+            this.input.trigger("liszt:updated");
+            var self = this;
+            if (this.getType() == 'listbox' && this.options.value_class != '') {
+                var chosen = this.input.next();
+                chosen.find('.search-choice-close').each(function (i, v) {
+                    // @ts-ignore
+                    jQuery(v).parent().addClass(self.options.value_class + self.options.select_options[v.rel]['value']);
+                });
+            }
+            this.value = _value;
+            return;
+        }
+        if (this.input == null) {
+            return this.set_multi_value(_value);
+        }
+        // Auto-expand multiple if not yet turned on, and value has multiple
+        if (this.options.expand_multiple_rows && !this.options.multiple && jQuery.isArray(_value) && _value.length > 1) {
+            this.set_multiple(true, this.options.expand_multiple_rows);
+        }
+        jQuery("option", this.input).prop("selected", false);
+        if (typeof _value == "object") {
+            for (var i in _value) {
+                this.find_option(_value[i]).prop("selected", true);
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            if (_value && this.find_option(_value).prop("selected", true).length == 0) {
+                if (this.options.select_options[_value] ||
+                    this.options.select_options.filter &&
+                        this.options.select_options.filter(function (value) { return value == _value; }) &&
+                        !_dont_try_set_options) {
+                    // Options not set yet? Do that now, which will try again.
+                    return this.set_select_options(this.options.select_options);
+                }
+                else if (_dont_try_set_options) {
+                    this.value = "";
+                }
+                else if (jQuery.isEmptyObject(this.options.select_options)) {
+                    this.egw().debug("warn", "Can't set value to '%s', widget has no options set", _value, this);
+                }
+                else {
+                    var debug_value = _value;
+                    if (debug_value === null)
+                        debug_value == 'NULL';
+                    this.egw().debug("warn", "Tried to set value '%s' that isn't an option", debug_value, this);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        this.value = _value;
+        if (this.isAttached() && this._oldValue !== et2_no_init && this._oldValue !== _value) {
+            this.input.change();
+        }
+    };
+    /**
+     * Find an option by it's value
+     *
+     * Taking care of escaping values correctly eg. EGroupware\Api\Mail\Smtp
+     *
+     * @param {string} _value
+     * @return {array}
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.find_multi_option = function (_value) {
+        return jQuery("input[value='" +
+            (typeof _value === 'string' ? _value.replace(this._escape_value_replace, this._escape_value_with) : _value) +
+            "']", this.multiOptions);
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.set_multi_value = function (_value) {
+        jQuery("input", this.multiOptions).prop("checked", false);
+        if (typeof _value == "object") {
+            for (var i in _value) {
+                this.find_multi_option(_value[i]).prop("checked", true);
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            if (this.find_multi_option(_value).prop("checked", true).length == 0) {
+                var debug_value = _value;
+                if (debug_value === null)
+                    debug_value == 'NULL';
+                this.egw().debug("warn", "Tried to set value '%s' that isn't an option", debug_value, this);
+            }
+        }
+        // Sort selected to the top
+        if (this.selected_first) {
+            this.multiOptions.find("li:has(input:checked)").prependTo(this.multiOptions);
+        }
+        this.value = _value;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Method to check all options of a multi-select, if not all are selected, or none if all where selected
+     *
+     * @todo: add an attribute to automatic add a button calling this method
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.select_all_toggle = function () {
+        var all = jQuery("input", this.multiOptions);
+        all.prop("checked", jQuery("input:checked", this.multiOptions).length == all.length ? false : true);
+    };
+    /**
+     * Add a button to toggle between single select and multi select.
+     *
+     * @param {number} _rows How many rows for multi-select
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.set_expand_multiple_rows = function (_rows) {
+        this.options.expand_multiple_rows = _rows;
+        var surroundings = this.getSurroundings();
+        if (_rows <= 1 && this.expand_button) {
+            // Remove
+            surroundings.removeDOMNode(this.expand_button.get(0));
+        }
+        else {
+            if (!this.expand_button) {
+                var button_id = this.getInstanceManager().uniqueId + '_' + this.id.replace(/\./g, '-') + "_expand";
+                this.expand_button = jQuery("<button class='et2_button et2_button_icon et2_selectbox_expand ui-icon' id='" + button_id + "'/>")
+                    .addClass(this.options.multiple ? 'ui-icon-minus' : 'ui-icon-plus')
+                    .on("click", jQuery.proxy(function (e) {
+                    if (typeof this.input.attr('size') !== 'undefined' && this.input.attr('size') != 1) {
+                        this.set_multiple(false, 1);
+                        this.expand_button.removeClass('ui-icon-minus').addClass('ui-icon-plus');
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        this.set_multiple(true, this.options.expand_multiple_rows);
+                        this.expand_button.addClass('ui-icon-minus').removeClass('ui-icon-plus');
+                    }
+                }, this));
+            }
+            surroundings.appendDOMNode(this.expand_button.get(0));
+        }
+        surroundings.update();
+    };
+    /**
+     * Turn tag style on and off
+     *
+     * If you want to switch multiple on too, you need to do so before switching tags on!
+     *
+     * @param {boolean} _tags
+     * @param {string} _width width to use, default width of selectbox
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.set_tags = function (_tags, _width) {
+        this.options.tags = _tags;
+        // Can't actually do chosen until attached, loadingFinished should call again
+        if (!this.isAttached())
+            return;
+        if (this.input != null && !this.options.tags && !this.options.search) {
+            // @ts-ignore
+            this.input.unchosen().css('width', '');
+            return;
+        }
+        // Turn on tags, if desired
+        if (this.input != null && (this.options.search || this.options.tags) && !this.options.disabled) {
+            if (this.options.empty_label) {
+                this.input.attr("data-placeholder", this.options.empty_label);
+                // Remove from list of options, if multiple
+                if (this.options.multiple) {
+                    this.input.children('[value=""]').remove();
+                }
+            }
+            // Don't do it again if already done
+            if (this.input.hasClass("chzn-done"))
+                return;
+            // Properly size chosen, even if on a hidden tab
+            var size = egw.getHiddenDimensions(this.input);
+            if (this.getType() == 'listbox' && this.options.value_class != '') {
+                var self = this;
+                this.input.find('option').each(function (i, v) {
+                    // @ts-ignore
+                    jQuery(v).addClass(self.options.value_class + v.value);
+                });
+            }
+            this.input.chosen({
+                inherit_select_classes: true,
+                search_contains: true,
+                width: _width || size.w + "px",
+                allow_single_deselect: this.options.allow_single_deselect,
+                no_results_text: this.egw().lang('No results match')
+            });
+            // set autocomplete for search input field to an arbitary value in order to stop it.
+            this.input.siblings().find('.chzn-search input').attr('autocomplete', 'new-password');
+            if (this.getType() == 'select-country') {
+                var selected = this.input.siblings().find('a.chzn-single');
+                if (selected && selected.length == 1 && this.getValue()) {
+                    selected.removeClass(function (index, className) {
+                        return (className.match(/(^|\s)flag-\S+/g) || []).join(' ');
+                    });
+                    selected.find('span.img').remove();
+                    selected.prepend('<span class="img"></span>');
+                    selected.addClass('et2_country-select flag-' + this.getValue().toLowerCase());
+                }
+            }
+            if (this.options.onchange) {
+                // Unbind change handler of widget's ancestor to stop it from bubbling
+                // chosen has its own onchange
+                jQuery(this.input).unbind('change.et2_inputWidget');
+                var self = this;
+                this.input.chosen().change(function (_ev, _change) {
+                    // enhance signature of regular et2_selectbox.onchange with 3. parameter from chosen
+                    self.change.call(self, self.input, self, _change);
+                });
+            }
+            // multi selection with limited show line of single row
+            if (this.options.multiple && this.options.rows == 1 && this.options.height) {
+                var $chosen_div = jQuery(this.input.siblings());
+                var self = this;
+                /**
+                 * A function to set counter for multi tags limited for single row
+                 * @returns {undefined}
+                 */
+                var _update_item_counter = function () {
+                    $chosen_div.find('ul.chzn-choices').attr('data-after', self.getValue().length);
+                };
+                // Update the item counter
+                _update_item_counter();
+                // Initialize the single row class
+                $chosen_div.toggleClass('et2_selectbox_single_row', true);
+                // bind mouse handlers
+                $chosen_div.on('mouseleave mouseup', function (e) {
+                    jQuery(this).toggleClass('et2_selectbox_multi_row', false);
+                    jQuery(this).toggleClass('et2_selectbox_single_row', true);
+                    _update_item_counter();
+                });
+                $chosen_div.on('mouseenter', function (e) {
+                    jQuery(this).toggleClass('et2_selectbox_multi_row', true);
+                    jQuery(this).toggleClass('et2_selectbox_single_row', false);
+                });
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    /**
+     * The set_select_options function is added, as the select options have to be
+     * added after the "option"-widgets were added to selectbox.
+     *
+     * @param {(array|object)} _options array or object with options
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.set_select_options = function (_options) {
+        // Empty current options
+        if (this.input) {
+            this.input.empty();
+        }
+        else if (this.multiOptions) {
+            this.multiOptions.empty();
+        }
+        // Re-add empty, it's usually not there (empty_label get's allways translated, independent of no_lang!)
+        // Empty label should not be added as an option for chosen, it conflicts
+        if (this.options.empty_label && !(this.options.tags || this.options.search)) {
+            this._appendOptionElement('', this.egw().lang(this.options.empty_label));
+        }
+        // Add the select_options
+        for (var key in _options) {
+            // Translate the options
+            if (!this.options.no_lang) {
+                if (typeof _options[key] === 'object' && _options[key] !== null) {
+                    if (_options[key]["label"])
+                        _options[key]["label"] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]["label"]);
+                    if (_options[key]["title"])
+                        _options[key]["title"] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]["title"]);
+                }
+                else if (Array.isArray(_options) && _options.length > 0 || typeof _options === 'object') {
+                    _options[key] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]);
+                }
+            }
+            if (typeof _options[key] === 'object' && _options[key] !== null) {
+                // Optgroup
+                if (typeof _options[key]["label"] == 'undefined' && typeof _options[key]["title"] == "undefined") {
+                    var label = isNaN(key) ? key : _options[key].value;
+                    var group = jQuery(document.createElement("optgroup"))
+                        .attr("label", this.options.no_lang ? label : this.egw().lang(label))
+                        .appendTo(this.input);
+                    if (this.input == null) {
+                        group = jQuery(document.createElement("ul"))
+                            .append('<li class="ui-widget-header"><span>' + key + '</span></li>')
+                            .appendTo(this.multiOptions);
+                    }
+                    for (var sub in _options[key]) {
+                        if (sub == 'value')
+                            continue;
+                        if (typeof _options[key][sub] === 'object' && _options[key][sub] !== null) {
+                            this._appendOptionElement(sub, _options[key][sub]["label"] ? _options[key][sub]["label"] : "", _options[key][sub]["title"] ? _options[key][sub]["title"] : "", group);
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            this._appendOptionElement(sub, _options[key][sub], undefined, group);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                else if (this.input == null) {
+                    // Allow some special extras for objects by passing the whole thing
+                    _options[key]["label"] = _options[key]["label"] ? _options[key]["label"] : "";
+                    this._appendMultiOption(typeof _options[key].value != 'undefined' ? _options[key].value : key, _options[key], _options[key]["title"]);
+                }
+                else {
+                    this._appendOptionElement(typeof _options[key].value != 'undefined' ? _options[key].value : key, _options[key]["label"] ? _options[key]["label"] : "", _options[key]["title"] ? _options[key]["title"] : "", '', _options[key]["class"] ? _options[key]["class"] : "");
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                this._appendOptionElement(key, _options[key]);
+            }
+        }
+        // add an empty option for single select tags with empty_label in order
+        // to make allow_single_deselect option to work.
+        if (this.options.empty_label && this.options.tags
+            && this.options.allow_single_deselect && !this.options.multiple) {
+            var empty_option = jQuery(document.createElement("option"))
+                .attr("value", '');
+            empty_option.prependTo(this.input);
+        }
+        this.options.select_options = _options;
+        if (this.options.tags || this.options.search) {
+            this.input.trigger("liszt:updated");
+        }
+        // Sometimes value gets set before options
+        if (this.value || this.options.empty_label || this.value === '' && this.input && this.input.children('[value=""]').length === 1) {
+            this.set_value(this.value, true); // true = dont try to set_options, to avoid an infinit recursion
+        }
+        else if (this.value === null && this.options.value) {
+            // Null means it tried to set the value, and it got stripped by missing options
+            this.set_value(this.options.value, true);
+        }
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.getValue = function () {
+        if (this.input == null) {
+            var value = [];
+            jQuery("input:checked", this.multiOptions).each(function () { value.push(this.value); });
+            // we need to return null for no value instead of empty array, which gets overwritten by preserved value on server-side
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+        else {
+            this.value = _super.prototype.getValue.call(this);
+            if (this.value === null)
+                this.value = this.options.multiple ? [] : ""; // do NOT return null, as it does not get transmitted to server
+        }
+        return this.value;
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.isDirty = function () {
+        if (this.input == null) {
+            var value = this.getValue();
+            // Array comparison
+            return !(jQuery(this._oldValue).not(value).length == 0 && jQuery(value).not(this._oldValue).length == 0);
+        }
+        return _super.prototype.isDirty.call(this);
+    };
+    /**
+     * override set disabled for tags as the tags using
+     * chosen dom and need to be treated different
+     *
+     * @param {type} _disable
+     * @returns {undefined}
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.prototype.set_disabled = function (_disable) {
+        _super.prototype.set_disabled.call(this, _disable);
+        if (this.options.tags) {
+            // Always hide input options
+            if (this.input) {
+                this.input.hide();
+            }
+            if (_disable) {
+                jQuery(this.node.nextElementSibling).hide();
+            }
+            else {
+                jQuery(this.node.nextElementSibling).show();
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    /**
+     * Find the select options for a widget, out of the many places they could be.
+     * @param {et2_widget} widget to check for.  Should be some sort of select widget.
+     * @param {object} attr_options Select options in attributes array
+     * @param {object} attrs Widget attributes
+     * @return {object} Select options, or empty object
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.find_select_options = function (widget, attr_options, attrs) {
+        var name_parts = widget.id.replace(/&#x5B;/g, '[').replace(/]|&#x5D;/g, '').split('[');
+        var type_options = {};
+        var content_options = {};
+        // First check type, there may be static options.  There's some special handling
+        // for filterheaders, which have the wrong type.
+        var type = widget.instanceOf(et2_nextmatch_filterheader) ? attrs.widget_type || '' : widget._type;
+        var type_function = type.replace('select-', '').replace('taglist-', '').replace('_ro', '') + '_options';
+        if (typeof this[type_function] == 'function') {
+            var old_type = widget._type;
+            widget._type = type.replace('taglist-', 'select-');
+            if (typeof attrs.other == 'string') {
+                attrs.other = attrs.other.split(',');
+            }
+            // Copy, to avoid accidental modification
+            //
+            // type options used to use jQuery.extend deep copy to get a clone object of options
+            // but as jQuery.extend deep copy is very expensive operation in MSIE (in this case almost 400ms)
+            // we use JSON parsing instead to copy the options object
+            type_options = this[type_function].call(this, widget, attrs);
+            try {
+                type_options = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(type_options));
+            }
+            catch (e) {
+                egw.debug(e);
+            }
+            widget._type = old_type;
+        }
+        // Try to find the options inside the "sel-options"
+        if (widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options")) {
+            // Try first according to ID
+            content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(widget.id);
+            // ID can get set to an array with 0 => ' ' - not useful
+            if (content_options && (content_options.length == 1 && typeof content_options[0] == 'string' && content_options[0].trim() == '' ||
+                // eg. autorepeated id "cat[3]" would pick array element 3 from cat
+                typeof content_options.value != 'undefined' && typeof content_options.label != 'undefined' && widget.id.match(/\[\d+\]$/))) {
+                content_options = null;
+            }
+            // We could wind up too far inside options if label,title are defined
+            if (content_options && !isNaN(name_parts[name_parts.length - 1]) && content_options.label && content_options.title) {
+                name_parts.pop();
+                content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(name_parts.join('['));
+                delete content_options["$row"];
+            }
+            // Select options tend to be defined once, at the top level, so try that
+            if (!content_options || content_options.length == 0) {
+                content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getRoot().getEntry(name_parts[name_parts.length - 1]);
+            }
+            // Try in correct namespace (inside a grid or something)
+            if (!content_options || content_options.length == 0) {
+                content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(name_parts[name_parts.length - 1]);
+            }
+            // Try name like widget[$row]
+            if (name_parts.length > 1 && (!content_options || content_options.length == 0)) {
+                var pop_that = jQuery.extend([], name_parts);
+                while (pop_that.length > 0 && (!content_options || content_options.length == 0)) {
+                    var last = pop_that.pop();
+                    content_options = widget.getArrayMgr('sel_options').getEntry(pop_that.join('['));
+                    // Double check, might have found a normal parent namespace ( eg subgrid in subgrid[selectbox] )
+                    // with an empty entry for the selecbox.  If there were valid options here,
+                    // we would have found them already, and keeping this would result in the ID as an option
+                    if (content_options && !jQuery.isArray(content_options) && typeof content_options[last] != 'undefined' && content_options[last]) {
+                        content_options = content_options[last];
+                    }
+                    else if (content_options) {
+                        // Check for real values
+                        for (var key in content_options) {
+                            if (!(isNaN(key) && typeof content_options[key] === 'string' ||
+                                !isNaN(key) && typeof content_options[key] === 'object' && typeof content_options[key]['value'] !== 'undefined')) {
+                                // Found a parent of some other namespace
+                                content_options = undefined;
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            // Maybe in a row, and options got stuck in ${row} instead of top level
+            // not sure this code is still needed, as server-side no longer creates ${row} or {$row} for select-options
+            var row_stuck = ['${row}', '{$row}'];
+            for (var i = 0; i < row_stuck.length && (!content_options || content_options.length == 0); i++) {
+                // perspectiveData.row in nm, data["${row}"] in an auto-repeat grid
+                if (widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").perspectiveData.row || widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").data[row_stuck[i]]) {
+                    var row_id = widget.id.replace(/[0-9]+/, row_stuck[i]);
+                    content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(row_id);
+                    if (!content_options || content_options.length == 0) {
+                        content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(row_stuck[i] + '[' + widget.id + ']');
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (attr_options && !jQuery.isEmptyObject(attr_options) && content_options) {
+                content_options = jQuery.extend(true, {}, attr_options, content_options);
+            }
+        }
+        // Check whether the options entry was found, if not read it from the
+        // content array.
+        if (jQuery.isEmptyObject(content_options) && widget.getArrayMgr('content') != null) {
+            if (content_options)
+                attr_options = content_options;
+            var content_mgr = widget.getArrayMgr('content');
+            if (content_mgr) {
+                // If that didn't work, check according to ID
+                if (!content_options)
+                    content_options = content_mgr.getEntry("options-" + widget.id);
+                // Again, try last name part at top level
+                if (!content_options)
+                    content_options = content_mgr.getRoot().getEntry("options-" + name_parts[name_parts.length - 1]);
+            }
+        }
+        // Default to an empty object
+        if (content_options == null) {
+            content_options = {};
+        }
+        // Include type options, preferring any content options
+        if (type_options.length || !jQuery.isEmptyObject(type_options)) {
+            for (var i in content_options) {
+                var value = typeof content_options[i] == 'object' && typeof content_options[i].value !== 'undefined' ? content_options[i].value : i;
+                var added = false;
+                // Override any existing
+                for (var j in type_options) {
+                    if ('' + type_options[j].value === '' + value) {
+                        added = true;
+                        type_options[j] = content_options[i];
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!added) {
+                    type_options.splice(i, 0, content_options[i]);
+                }
+            }
+            content_options = type_options;
+        }
+        return content_options;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Some static options, no need to transfer them over and over.
+     * We still need the same thing on the server side to validate, so they
+     * have to match.  See Etemplate\Widget\Select::typeOptions()
+     * The type specific legacy options wind up in attrs.other.
+     *
+     * @param {type} widget
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.priority_options = function (widget) {
+        return [
+            { value: 1, label: 'low' },
+            { value: 2, label: 'normal' },
+            { value: 3, label: 'high' },
+            { value: 0, label: 'undefined' }
+        ];
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.bool_options = function (widget) {
+        return [
+            { value: 0, label: 'no' },
+            { value: 1, label: 'yes' }
+        ];
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.month_options = function (widget) {
+        return [
+            { value: 1, label: 'January' },
+            { value: 2, label: 'February' },
+            { value: 3, label: 'March' },
+            { value: 4, label: 'April' },
+            { value: 5, label: 'May' },
+            { value: 6, label: 'June' },
+            { value: 7, label: 'July' },
+            { value: 8, label: 'August' },
+            { value: 9, label: 'September' },
+            { value: 10, label: 'October' },
+            { value: 11, label: 'November' },
+            { value: 12, label: 'December' }
+        ];
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.number_options = function (widget, attrs) {
+        if (typeof attrs.other != 'object') {
+            attrs.other = [];
+        }
+        var options = [];
+        var min = typeof (attrs.other[0]) == 'undefined' ? 1 : parseInt(attrs.other[0]);
+        var max = typeof (attrs.other[1]) == 'undefined' ? 10 : parseInt(attrs.other[1]);
+        var interval = typeof (attrs.other[2]) == 'undefined' ? 1 : parseInt(attrs.other[2]);
+        var format = '%d';
+        // leading zero specified in interval
+        if (attrs.other[2] && attrs.other[2][0] == '0') {
+            format = '%0' + ('' + interval).length + 'd';
+        }
+        // Suffix
+        if (attrs.other[3]) {
+            format += widget.egw().lang(attrs.other[3]);
+        }
+        // Avoid infinite loop if interval is the wrong direction
+        if ((min <= max) != (interval > 0)) {
+            interval = -interval;
+        }
+        for (var i = 0, n = min; n <= max && i <= 100; n += interval, ++i) {
+            options.push({ value: n, label: sprintf(format, n) });
+        }
+        return options;
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.percent_options = function (widget, attrs) {
+        if (typeof attrs.other != 'object') {
+            attrs.other = [];
+        }
+        attrs.other[0] = 0;
+        attrs.other[1] = 100;
+        attrs.other[2] = typeof (attrs.other[2]) == 'undefined' ? 10 : parseInt(attrs.other[2]);
+        attrs.other[3] = '%%';
+        return this.number_options(widget, attrs);
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.year_options = function (widget, attrs) {
+        if (typeof attrs.other != 'object') {
+            attrs.other = [];
+        }
+        var t = new Date();
+        attrs.other[0] = t.getFullYear() - (typeof (attrs.other[0]) == 'undefined' ? 3 : parseInt(attrs.other[0]));
+        attrs.other[1] = t.getFullYear() + (typeof (attrs.other[1]) == 'undefined' ? 2 : parseInt(attrs.other[1]));
+        attrs.other[2] = typeof (attrs.other[2]) == 'undefined' ? 1 : parseInt(attrs.other[2]);
+        return this.number_options(widget, attrs);
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.day_options = function (widget, attrs) {
+        attrs.other = [1, 31, 1];
+        return this.number_options(widget, attrs);
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.hour_options = function (widget, attrs) {
+        var options = [];
+        var timeformat = egw.preference('common', 'timeformat');
+        for (var h = 0; h <= 23; ++h) {
+            options.push({
+                value: h,
+                label: timeformat == 12 ?
+                    ((12 ? h % 12 : 12) + ' ' + (h < 12 ? egw.lang('am') : egw.lang('pm'))) :
+                    sprintf('%02d', h)
+            });
+        }
+        return options;
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.app_options = function (widget, attrs) {
+        var options = ',' + (attrs.other || []).join(',');
+        return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.cat_options = function (widget, attrs) {
+        // Add in application, if not there
+        if (typeof attrs.other == 'undefined') {
+            attrs.other = new Array(4);
+        }
+        if (typeof attrs.other[3] == 'undefined') {
+            attrs.other[3] = attrs.application || widget.getInstanceManager().app;
+        }
+        var options = (attrs.other || []).join(',');
+        return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.country_options = function (widget, attrs) {
+        var options = ',';
+        return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.state_options = function (widget, attrs) {
+        var options = attrs.country_code ? attrs.country_code : 'de';
+        return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.dow_options = function (widget, attrs) {
+        var options = ',' + (attrs.other || []).join(',');
+        return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.lang_options = function (widget, attrs) {
+        var options = ',' + (attrs.other || []).join(',');
+        return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.timezone_options = function (widget, attrs) {
+        var options = ',' + (attrs.other || []).join(',');
+        return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+    };
+    /**
+     * Some options change, or are too complicated to have twice, so we get the
+     * options from the server once, then keep them to use if they're needed again.
+     * We use the options string to keep the different possibilites (eg. categories
+     * for different apps) seperate.
+     *
+     * @param {et2_selectbox} widget Selectbox we're looking at
+     * @param {string} options_string
+     * @param {Object} attrs Widget attributes (not yet fully set)
+     * @returns {Object} Array of options, or empty and they'll get filled in later
+     */
+    et2_selectbox.cached_server_side_options = function (widget, options_string, attrs) {
+        // normalize options by removing trailing commas
+        options_string = options_string.replace(/,+$/, '');
+        var cache_id = widget._type + '_' + options_string;
+        var cache_owner = (egw.window.et2_selectbox ?
+            egw.window.et2_selectbox :
+            egw(window).window.et2_selectbox).type_cache;
+        var cache = cache_owner[cache_id];
+        // Options for a selectbox in a nextmatch must be returned now, as the
+        // widget we have is not enough to set the options later.
+        var in_nextmatch = false;
+        if (typeof cache === 'undefined' || typeof cache.length === 'undefined') {
+            var parent = widget._parent;
+            while (parent && !in_nextmatch) {
+                in_nextmatch = parent && parent._type && parent._type === 'nextmatch';
+                parent = parent._parent;
+            }
+        }
+        if (typeof cache == 'undefined' || in_nextmatch) {
+            // Fetch with json instead of jsonq because there may be more than
+            // one widget listening for the response by the time it gets back,
+            // and we can't do that when it's queued.
+            var req = egw.json('EGroupware\\Api\\Etemplate\\Widget\\Select::ajax_get_options', [widget._type, options_string, attrs.value]).sendRequest(!in_nextmatch);
+            if (typeof cache === 'undefined') {
+                cache_owner[cache_id] = req;
+            }
+            cache = req;
+        }
+        if (typeof cache.done == 'function') {
+            // pending, wait for it
+            cache.done(jQuery.proxy(function (response) {
+                cache = cache_owner[cache_id] = response.response[0].data || undefined;
+                // Set select_options in attributes in case we get a resonse before
+                // the widget is finished loading (otherwise it will re-set to {})
+                attrs.select_options = cache;
+                egw.window.setTimeout(jQuery.proxy(function () {
+                    // Avoid errors if widget is destroyed before the timeout
+                    if (this.widget && typeof this.widget.id !== 'undefined') {
+                        this.widget.set_select_options(et2_selectbox.find_select_options(this.widget, {}, this.widget.options));
+                    }
+                }, this), 1);
+            }, { widget: widget, cache_id: cache_id }));
+            return [];
+        }
+        else {
+            // Check that the value is in there
+            // Make sure we are not requesting server for an empty value option or
+            // other widgets but select-timezone as server won't find anything and
+            // it will fall into an infinitive loop, e.g. select-cat widget.
+            if (attrs.value && attrs.value != "" && attrs.value != "0" && attrs.type == "select-timezone") {
+                var missing_option = true;
+                for (var i = 0; i < cache.length && missing_option; i++) {
+                    if (cache[i].value == attrs.value) {
+                        missing_option = false;
+                    }
+                }
+                // Try again - ask the server with the current value this time
+                if (missing_option) {
+                    delete cache_owner[cache_id];
+                    return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options_string, attrs);
+                }
+                else {
+                    if (attrs.value && widget && widget.get_value() !== attrs.value) {
+                        egw.window.setTimeout(jQuery.proxy(function () {
+                            // Avoid errors if widget is destroyed before the timeout
+                            if (this.widget && typeof this.widget.id !== 'undefined') {
+                                this.widget.set_value(this.widget.options.value);
+                            }
+                        }, { widget: widget }), 1);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return cache;
+        }
+    };
+    et2_selectbox._attributes = {
+        // todo fully implement attr[multiple] === "dynamic" to render widget with a button to switch to multiple
+        //	as it is used in account_id selection in admin >> mailaccount (app.admin.edit_multiple method client-side)
+        "multiple": {
+            "name": "multiple",
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": false,
+            "description": "Allow selecting multiple options"
+        },
+        "expand_multiple_rows": {
+            "name": "Expand multiple",
+            "type": "integer",
+            "default": et2_no_init,
+            "description": "Shows single select widget, with a button.  If the " +
+                "user clicks the button, the input will toggle to a multiselect," +
+                "with this many rows.  "
+        },
+        "rows": {
+            "name": "Rows",
+            "type": "any",
+            "default": 1,
+            "description": "Number of rows to display"
+        },
+        "empty_label": {
+            "name": "Empty label",
+            "type": "string",
+            "default": "",
+            "description": "Textual label for first row, eg: 'All' or 'None'.  ID will be ''",
+            translate: true
+        },
+        "select_options": {
+            "type": "any",
+            "name": "Select options",
+            "default": {},
+            "description": "Internaly used to hold the select options."
+        },
+        "selected_first": {
+            "name": "Selected options first",
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": true,
+            "description": "For multi-selects, put the selected options at the top of the list when first loaded"
+        },
+        // Chosen options
+        "search": {
+            "name": "Search",
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": false,
+            "description": "For single selects, add a search box to the drop-down list"
+        },
+        "tags": {
+            "name": "Tag style",
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": false,
+            "description": "For multi-selects, displays selected as a list of tags instead of a big list"
+        },
+        "allow_single_deselect": {
+            "name": "Allow Single Deselect",
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": true,
+            "description": "Allow user to unset current selected value"
+        },
+        // Value can be string or integer
+        "value": {
+            "type": "any"
+        },
+        // Type specific legacy options.  Avoid using.
+        "other": {
+            "ignore": true,
+            "type": "any"
+        },
+        value_class: {
+            name: "Value class",
+            type: "string",
+            default: "",
+            description: "Allow to set a custom css class combined with selected value. (e.g. cat_23)"
+        }
+    };
+    et2_selectbox.type_cache = {};
+    return et2_selectbox;
+}(et2_core_inputWidget_1.et2_inputWidget));
+exports.et2_selectbox = et2_selectbox;
+et2_core_widget_1.et2_register_widget(et2_selectbox, ["menupopup", "listbox", "select", "select-cat",
+    "select-percent", 'select-priority',
+    'select-country', 'select-state', 'select-year', 'select-month',
+    'select-day', 'select-dow', 'select-hour', 'select-number', 'select-app',
+    'select-lang', 'select-bool', 'select-timezone', 'select-bitwise']);
 /**
  * et2_selectbox_ro is the readonly implementation of the selectbox.
- *
- * @augments et2_selectbox
  */
-var et2_selectbox_ro = (function(){ "use strict"; return et2_selectbox.extend([et2_IDetachedDOM],
-{
-	/**
-	 * Constructor
-	 *
-	 * @memberOf et2_selectbox_ro
-	 */
-	init: function() {
-		this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-
-		this.supportedWidgetClasses = [];
-		this.optionValues = {};
-		if(this.options.select_options) this.set_select_options(this.options.select_options);
-	},
-
-	createInputWidget: function() {
-		this.span = jQuery(document.createElement("span"))
-			.addClass("et2_selectbox readonly")
-			.text(this.options.empty_label);
-
-		this.setDOMNode(this.span[0]);
-	},
-
-	// Handle read-only multiselects in the same way
-	createMultiSelect: function() {
-		this.span = jQuery(document.createElement("ul"))
-			.addClass("et2_selectbox readonly");
-
-		this.setDOMNode(this.span[0]);
-	},
-
-	loadFromXML: function(_node) {
-		// Read the option-tags
-		var options = et2_directChildrenByTagName(_node, "options");
-		for (var i = 0; i < options.length; i++)
-		{
-			this.optionValues[et2_readAttrWithDefault(options[i], "value", 0)] =
-			{
-				"label": options[i].textContent,
-				"title": et2_readAttrWithDefault(options[i], "title", "")
-			};
-		}
-	},
-
-	set_select_options: function(_options) {
-		for (var key in _options)
-		{
-			// Translate the options
-			if(!this.options.no_lang)
-			{
-				if (typeof _options[key] === 'object' && _options[key] != null)
-				{
-					if(_options[key]["label"]) _options[key]["label"] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]["label"]);
-					if(_options[key]["title"]) _options[key]["title"] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]["title"]);
-
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					_options[key] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		this.optionValues = _options;
-	},
-
-	set_value: function(_value) {
-		this.value = _value;
-
-		if(this._type == "select-bitwise" && _value && !isNaN(_value) && this.options.select_options)
-		{
-			var new_value = [];
-			for(var index in this.options.select_options)
-			{
-				var option = this.options.select_options[index];
-				var right = option && option.value ? option.value : index;
-				if(!!(_value & right))
-				{
-					new_value.push(right);
-				}
-			}
-			_value = new_value;
-		}
-		if(typeof _value == "string")
-		{
-			_value = _value.match(this._is_multiple_regexp) !== null ? _value.split(',') : [_value];
-		}
-		// need to handle numerical values too
-		else if (typeof _value == 'number')
-		{
-			_value = [_value];
-		}
-		this.span.empty();
-
-		if(_value)
-		{
-			for(var i = 0; i < _value.length; i++)
-			{
-				for(var o in this.optionValues)
-				{
-					var option = this.optionValues[o];
-					var key = typeof option == 'object' && option != null && typeof option.value != 'undefined' ? option.value : o;
-					if (key != _value[i]) continue;
-					var label = typeof option == 'object' ? option.label : option;
-					if (_value.length == 1)
-					{
-						this.span.text(label);
-						if (typeof option == 'object' && option.title) this.set_statustext(option.title);
-						break;
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						jQuery('<li>')
-							.text(label)
-							.attr('data-value', _value[i])
-							.appendTo(this.span);
-						break;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		else if (this.options.empty_label)
-		{
-			this.span.text(this.options.empty_label);
-		}
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Override parent to return null - no value, not node value
-	 */
-	getValue: function() {
-		return null;
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Functions for et2_IDetachedDOM
-	 */
-	 /**
-	 * Creates a list of attributes which can be set when working in the
-	 * "detached" mode. The result is stored in the _attrs array which is provided
-	 * by the calling code.
-	 *
-	 * @param {array} _attrs array to add further attributes to
-	 */
-	getDetachedAttributes: function(_attrs) {
-		_attrs.push("value",'select_options');
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns an array of DOM nodes. The (relatively) same DOM-Nodes have to be
-	 * passed to the "setDetachedAttributes" function in the same order.
-	 *
-	 * @return {array}
-	 */
-	getDetachedNodes: function() {
-		return [this.span[0]];
-	},
-
-	/**
-	 * Sets the given associative attribute->value array and applies the
-	 * attributes to the given DOM-Node.
-	 *
-	 * @param _nodes is an array of nodes which have to be in the same order as
-	 *      the nodes returned by "getDetachedNodes"
-	 * @param _values is an associative array which contains a subset of attributes
-	 *      returned by the "getDetachedAttributes" function and sets them to the
-	 *      given values.
-	 */
-	setDetachedAttributes: function(_nodes, _values) {
-		this.span = jQuery(_nodes[0]);
-		if (typeof _values.select_options != 'undefined')
-		{
-			this.set_select_options(_values.select_options);
-		}
-		this.set_value(_values["value"]);
-	}
-});}).call(this);
-et2_register_widget(et2_selectbox_ro, ["menupopup_ro", "listbox_ro", "select_ro", "select-cat_ro",
-	"select-percent_ro", 'select-priority_ro', 'select-access_ro',
-	'select-country_ro', 'select-state_ro', 'select-year_ro', 'select-month_ro',
-	'select-day_ro', 'select-dow_ro', 'select-hour_ro', 'select-number_ro', 'select-app_ro',
-	'select-lang_ro', 'select-bool_ro', 'select-timezone_ro', 'select-bitwise_ro' ]);
-
+var et2_selectbox_ro = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
+    __extends(et2_selectbox_ro, _super);
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     */
+    function et2_selectbox_ro(_parent, _attrs, _child) {
+        var _this = 
+        // Call the inherited constructor
+        _super.call(this, _parent, _attrs, et2_core_inheritance_1.ClassWithAttributes.extendAttributes(et2_selectbox_ro._attributes, _child || {})) || this;
+        _this.optionValues = {};
+        _this.supportedWidgetClasses = [];
+        _this.optionValues = {};
+        if (_this.options.select_options)
+            _this.set_select_options(_this.options.select_options);
+        return _this;
+    }
+    et2_selectbox_ro.prototype.createInputWidget = function () {
+        this.span = jQuery(document.createElement("span"))
+            .addClass("et2_selectbox readonly")
+            .text(this.options.empty_label);
+        this.setDOMNode(this.span[0]);
+    };
+    // Handle read-only multiselects in the same way
+    et2_selectbox_ro.prototype.createMultiSelect = function () {
+        this.span = jQuery(document.createElement("ul"))
+            .addClass("et2_selectbox readonly");
+        this.setDOMNode(this.span[0]);
+    };
+    et2_selectbox_ro.prototype.loadFromXML = function (_node) {
+        // Read the option-tags
+        var options = et2_directChildrenByTagName(_node, "options");
+        for (var i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
+            this.optionValues[et2_readAttrWithDefault(options[i], "value", 0)] =
+                {
+                    "label": options[i].textContent,
+                    "title": et2_readAttrWithDefault(options[i], "title", "")
+                };
+        }
+    };
+    et2_selectbox_ro.prototype.set_select_options = function (_options) {
+        for (var key in _options) {
+            // Translate the options
+            if (!this.options.no_lang) {
+                if (typeof _options[key] === 'object' && _options[key] != null) {
+                    if (_options[key]["label"])
+                        _options[key]["label"] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]["label"]);
+                    if (_options[key]["title"])
+                        _options[key]["title"] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]["title"]);
+                }
+                else {
+                    _options[key] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        this.optionValues = _options;
+    };
+    et2_selectbox_ro.prototype.set_value = function (_value) {
+        this.value = _value;
+        if (this.getType() == "select-bitwise" && _value && !isNaN(_value) && this.options.select_options) {
+            var new_value = [];
+            for (var index in this.options.select_options) {
+                var option = this.options.select_options[index];
+                var right = option && option.value ? option.value : index;
+                if (!!(_value & right)) {
+                    new_value.push(right);
+                }
+            }
+            _value = new_value;
+        }
+        if (typeof _value == "string") {
+            _value = _value.match(this._is_multiple_regexp) !== null ? _value.split(',') : [_value];
+        }
+        // need to handle numerical values too
+        else if (typeof _value == 'number') {
+            _value = [_value];
+        }
+        this.span.empty();
+        if (_value) {
+            for (var i = 0; i < _value.length; i++) {
+                for (var o in this.optionValues) {
+                    var option = this.optionValues[o];
+                    var key = typeof option == 'object' && option != null && typeof option.value != 'undefined' ? option.value : o;
+                    if (key != _value[i])
+                        continue;
+                    var label = typeof option == 'object' ? option.label : option;
+                    if (_value.length == 1) {
+                        this.span.text(label);
+                        if (typeof option == 'object' && option.title)
+                            this.set_statustext(option.title);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        jQuery('<li>')
+                            .text(label)
+                            .attr('data-value', _value[i])
+                            .appendTo(this.span);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else if (this.options.empty_label) {
+            this.span.text(this.options.empty_label);
+        }
+    };
+    /**
+     * Override parent to return null - no value, not node value
+     */
+    et2_selectbox_ro.prototype.getValue = function () {
+        return null;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Functions for et2_IDetachedDOM
+     */
+    /**
+    * Creates a list of attributes which can be set when working in the
+    * "detached" mode. The result is stored in the _attrs array which is provided
+    * by the calling code.
+    *
+    * @param {array} _attrs array to add further attributes to
+    */
+    et2_selectbox_ro.prototype.getDetachedAttributes = function (_attrs) {
+        _attrs.push("value", 'select_options');
+    };
+    /**
+     * Returns an array of DOM nodes. The (relatively) same DOM-Nodes have to be
+     * passed to the "setDetachedAttributes" function in the same order.
+     *
+     * @return {array}
+     */
+    et2_selectbox_ro.prototype.getDetachedNodes = function () {
+        return [this.span[0]];
+    };
+    /**
+     * Sets the given associative attribute->value array and applies the
+     * attributes to the given DOM-Node.
+     *
+     * @param _nodes is an array of nodes which have to be in the same order as
+     *      the nodes returned by "getDetachedNodes"
+     * @param _values is an associative array which contains a subset of attributes
+     *      returned by the "getDetachedAttributes" function and sets them to the
+     *      given values.
+     */
+    et2_selectbox_ro.prototype.setDetachedAttributes = function (_nodes, _values) {
+        this.span = jQuery(_nodes[0]);
+        if (typeof _values.select_options != 'undefined') {
+            this.set_select_options(_values.select_options);
+        }
+        this.set_value(_values["value"]);
+    };
+    return et2_selectbox_ro;
+}(et2_selectbox));
+exports.et2_selectbox_ro = et2_selectbox_ro;
+et2_core_widget_1.et2_register_widget(et2_selectbox_ro, ["menupopup_ro", "listbox_ro", "select_ro", "select-cat_ro",
+    "select-percent_ro", 'select-priority_ro', 'select-access_ro',
+    'select-country_ro', 'select-state_ro', 'select-year_ro', 'select-month_ro',
+    'select-day_ro', 'select-dow_ro', 'select-hour_ro', 'select-number_ro', 'select-app_ro',
+    'select-lang_ro', 'select-bool_ro', 'select-timezone_ro', 'select-bitwise_ro']);
 /**
  * Widget class which represents a single option inside a selectbox
  */
 /*var et2_option = et2_baseWidget.extend({
 
-	attributes: {
-		"value": {
-			"name": "Value",
-			"type": "string",
-			"description": "Value which is sent back to the server when this entry is selected."
-		},
-		"label": {
-			"name": "Label",
-			"type": "string",
-			"description": "Caption of the option element"
-		},
-		"width": {
-			"ignore": true
-		},
-		"height": {
-			"ignore": true
-		},
-		"align": {
-			"ignore": true
-		}
-	},
+    static readonly _attributes : any = {
+        "value": {
+            "name": "Value",
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Value which is sent back to the server when this entry is selected."
+        },
+        "label": {
+            "name": "Label",
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Caption of the option element"
+        },
+        "width": {
+            "ignore": true
+        },
+        "height": {
+            "ignore": true
+        },
+        "align": {
+            "ignore": true
+        }
+    }
 
-	init: function() {
-		this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+    init() {
+        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
 
-		// Only allow other options inside of this element
-		this.supportedWidgetClasses = [et2_option];
+        // Only allow other options inside of this element
+        this.supportedWidgetClasses = [et2_option];
 
-		this.option = jQuery(document.createElement("option"))
-			.attr("value", this.options.value)
-			.attr("selected", this._parent.options.value == this.options.value ?
-				"selected" : "");
+        this.option = jQuery(document.createElement("option"))
+            .attr("value", this.options.value)
+            .attr("selected", this._parent.options.value == this.options.value ?
+                "selected" : "");
 
-		if (this.options.label)
-		{
-			this.option.text(this.options.label);
-		}
+        if (this.options.label)
+        {
+            this.option.text(this.options.label);
+        }
 
-		this.setDOMNode(this.option[0]);
-	},
+        this.setDOMNode(this.option[0]);
+    }
 
-	destroy: function() {
-		this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+    destroy() {
+        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
 
-		this.option = null;
-	},
+        this.option = null;
+    }
 
-	loadContent: function(_data) {
-		this.option.text(_data);
-	}
+    loadContent(_data) {
+        this.option.text(_data);
+    }
 
 /*	Doesn't work either with selectboxes
-	set_statustext: function(_value) {
-		this.statustext = _value;
-		this.option.attr("title", _value);
-	}*/
-
+    set_statustext(_value) {
+        this.statustext = _value;
+        this.option.attr("title", _value);
+    }*/
 //});*/
-
 //et2_register_widget(et2_option, ["option"]);
-
-
 /**
  * Class which just implements the menulist container
- *
- * @augments et2_DOMWidget
  */
-var et2_menulist = (function(){ "use strict"; return et2_DOMWidget.extend(
-{
-	/**
-	 * Construtor
-	 *
-	 * @memberOf et2_menulist
-	 */
-	init: function() {
-		this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-
-		this.supportedWidgetClasses = [et2_selectbox, et2_selectbox_ro];
-	},
-
-	// Just pass the parent DOM node through
-	getDOMNode: function(_sender) {
-		if (_sender != this)
-		{
-			return this._parent.getDOMNode(this);
-		}
-
-		return null;
-	},
-
-	// Also need to pass through parent's children
-	getChildren: function() {
-		return this._parent.getChildren();
-	}
-
-});}).call(this);
-et2_register_widget(et2_menulist, ["menulist"]);
-
+var et2_menulist = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
+    __extends(et2_menulist, _super);
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     */
+    function et2_menulist(_parent, _attrs, _child) {
+        var _this = 
+        // Call the inherited constructor
+        _super.call(this, _parent, _attrs, et2_core_inheritance_1.ClassWithAttributes.extendAttributes(et2_menulist._attributes, _child || {})) || this;
+        _this.supportedWidgetClasses = [et2_selectbox, et2_selectbox_ro];
+        return _this;
+    }
+    // Just pass the parent DOM node through
+    et2_menulist.prototype.getDOMNode = function (_sender) {
+        if (_sender != this) {
+            return this.getParent().getDOMNode(this);
+        }
+        return null;
+    };
+    // Also need to pass through parent's children
+    et2_menulist.prototype.getChildren = function () {
+        return this.getParent().getChildren();
+    };
+    et2_menulist._attributes = {};
+    return et2_menulist;
+}(et2_core_DOMWidget_1.et2_DOMWidget));
+exports.et2_menulist = et2_menulist;
+et2_core_widget_1.et2_register_widget(et2_menulist, ["menulist"]);
+//# sourceMappingURL=et2_widget_selectbox.js.map
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diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_selectbox.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_selectbox.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f6655c1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_selectbox.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,1838 @@
+/**
+ * EGroupware eTemplate2 - JS Selectbox object
+ *
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
+ * @package etemplate
+ * @subpackage api
+ * @link http://www.egroupware.org
+ * @author Nathan Gray
+ * @author Andreas Stöckel
+ * @copyright Nathan Gray 2011
+ */
+
+/*egw:uses
+	/vendor/bower-asset/jquery/dist/jquery.js;
+	/api/js/jquery/chosen/chosen.jquery.js;
+	et2_core_xml;
+	et2_core_DOMWidget;
+	et2_core_inputWidget;
+*/
+
+import './et2_core_common';
+import { ClassWithAttributes } from "./et2_core_inheritance";
+import { et2_widget, et2_createWidget, et2_register_widget, WidgetConfig } from "./et2_core_widget";
+import { et2_inputWidget } from './et2_core_inputWidget'
+import './et2_types';
+import {et2_DOMWidget} from "./et2_core_DOMWidget";
+
+// all calls to Chosen jQuery plugin as jQuery.(un)chosen() give errors which are currently suppressed with @ts-ignore
+// adding npm package @types/chosen-js did NOT help :(
+
+/**
+ * et2 select(box) widget
+ */
+export class et2_selectbox extends et2_inputWidget
+{
+	static readonly _attributes : any = {
+		// todo fully implement attr[multiple] === "dynamic" to render widget with a button to switch to multiple
+		//	as it is used in account_id selection in admin >> mailaccount (app.admin.edit_multiple method client-side)
+		"multiple": {
+			"name": "multiple",
+			"type": "boolean",
+			"default": false,
+			"description": "Allow selecting multiple options"
+		},
+		"expand_multiple_rows": {
+			"name": "Expand multiple",
+			"type": "integer",
+			"default": et2_no_init,
+			"description": "Shows single select widget, with a button.  If the "+
+				"user clicks the button, the input will toggle to a multiselect,"+
+				"with this many rows.  "
+		},
+		"rows": {
+			"name": "Rows",
+			"type": "any",	// Old options put either rows or empty_label in first space
+			"default": 1,
+			"description": "Number of rows to display"
+		},
+		"empty_label": {
+			"name": "Empty label",
+			"type": "string",
+			"default": "",
+			"description": "Textual label for first row, eg: 'All' or 'None'.  ID will be ''",
+			translate:true
+		},
+		"select_options": {
+			"type": "any",
+			"name": "Select options",
+			"default": {},
+			"description": "Internaly used to hold the select options."
+		},
+		"selected_first": {
+			"name": "Selected options first",
+			"type": "boolean",
+			"default": true,
+			"description": "For multi-selects, put the selected options at the top of the list when first loaded"
+		},
+
+		// Chosen options
+		"search": {
+			"name": "Search",
+			"type": "boolean",
+			"default": false,
+			"description": "For single selects, add a search box to the drop-down list"
+		},
+		"tags": {
+			"name": "Tag style",
+			"type": "boolean",
+			"default": false,
+			"description": "For multi-selects, displays selected as a list of tags instead of a big list"
+		},
+		"allow_single_deselect": {
+			"name": "Allow Single Deselect",
+			"type": "boolean",
+			"default": true,
+			"description": "Allow user to unset current selected value"
+		},
+
+		// Value can be string or integer
+		"value": {
+			"type": "any"
+		},
+		// Type specific legacy options.  Avoid using.
+		"other": {
+			"ignore": true,
+			"type": "any"
+		},
+		value_class: {
+			name: "Value class",
+			type: "string",
+			default: "",
+			description: "Allow to set a custom css class combined with selected value. (e.g. cat_23)"
+		}
+	};
+
+	legacyOptions: string[] = ["rows","other"]; // Other is sub-type specific
+	input: JQuery = null;
+	value: string | string[] = '';
+	expand_button: JQuery;
+	multiOptions: JQuery;
+	selected_first: boolean = true;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor
+	 */
+	constructor(_parent, _attrs? : WidgetConfig, _child? : object)
+	{
+		// Call the inherited constructor
+		super(_parent, _attrs, ClassWithAttributes.extendAttributes(et2_selectbox._attributes, _child || {}));
+
+		this.input = null;
+		// Start at '' to avoid infinite loops while setting value/select options
+		this.value = '';
+
+		// Allow no other widgets inside this one
+		this.supportedWidgetClasses = [];
+
+		// Legacy options could have row count or empty label in first slot
+		if(typeof this.options.rows == "string")
+		{
+			if(isNaN(<number><unknown>this.options.rows))
+			{
+				this.options.empty_label = this.egw().lang(this.options.rows);
+				this.options.rows = 1;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				this.options.rows = parseInt(this.options.rows);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if(this.options.rows > 1)
+		{
+			this.options.multiple = true;
+			if(this.options.tags)
+			{
+				this.createInputWidget();
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				this.createMultiSelect();
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			this.createInputWidget();
+		}
+		if(!this.options.empty_label && !this.options.readonly && this.options.multiple)
+		{
+			this.options.empty_label = this.egw().lang('Select some options');
+		}
+	}
+
+	destroy() 
+	{
+		if(this.input != null)
+		{
+			// @ts-ignore
+			this.input.unchosen();
+		}
+		if(this.expand_button)
+		{
+			this.expand_button.off();
+			this.expand_button.remove();
+			this.expand_button = null;
+		}
+		super.destroy();
+
+		this.input = null;
+	}
+
+	transformAttributes(_attrs) 
+	{
+		super.transformAttributes(_attrs);
+
+		// If select_options are already known, skip the rest
+		if(this.options && this.options.select_options && !jQuery.isEmptyObject(this.options.select_options) ||
+			_attrs.select_options && !jQuery.isEmptyObject(_attrs.select_options) ||
+			// Allow children to skip select_options - check to make sure default got set to something (should be {})
+			typeof _attrs.select_options == 'undefined' || _attrs.select_options === null
+		)
+		{
+			// do not return inside nextmatch, as get_rows data might have changed select_options
+			// for performance reasons we only do it for first row, which should have id "0[...]"
+			if (this.getParent().getType() != 'rowWidget' || !_attrs.id || _attrs.id[0] != '0') return;
+		}
+
+		var sel_options = et2_selectbox.find_select_options(this, _attrs['select_options'], _attrs);
+		if(!jQuery.isEmptyObject(sel_options))
+		{
+			_attrs['select_options'] = sel_options;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Switch instanciated widget to multi-selection and back, optionally enabeling tags too
+	 *
+	 * If you want to switch tags on too, you need to do so after switching to multiple!
+	 *
+	 * @param {boolean} _multiple
+	 * @param {integer} _size default=3
+	 */
+	set_multiple(_multiple, _size)
+	{
+		this.options.multiple = _multiple;
+
+		if (this.input)
+		{
+			if (_multiple)
+			{
+				this.input.attr('size', _size || 3);
+				this.input.prop('multiple', true);
+				this.input.attr('name', this.id + '[]');
+
+				if ((<HTMLSelectElement>this.input[0]).options.length && (<HTMLSelectElement>this.input[0]).options[0].value === '')
+				{
+					(<HTMLSelectElement>this.input[0]).options[0] = null;
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				this.input.prop('multiple', false);
+				this.input.removeAttr('size');
+				this.input.attr('name', this.id);
+
+				if (this.options.empty_label && (<HTMLSelectElement>this.input[0]).options[0].value !== '')
+				{
+					this._appendOptionElement('', this.options.empty_label);
+				}
+			}
+			if(this.expand_button)
+			{
+				if(_multiple)
+				{
+					this.expand_button.addClass('ui-icon-minus').removeClass('ui-icon-plus');
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					this.expand_button.removeClass('ui-icon-minus').addClass('ui-icon-plus');
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	change(_node, _widget, _value) 
+	{
+		var valid = super.change.apply(this, arguments);
+		if (!this.input) return valid;
+		var selected = this.input.siblings().find('a.chzn-single');
+		var val = _value && _value.selected ? _value.selected : this.input.val();
+		switch (this.getType())
+		{
+			case 'select-country':
+				if (selected && selected.length == 1 && val)
+				{
+					selected.removeClass (function (index, className) {
+						return (className.match (/(^|\s)flag-\S+/g) || []).join(' ');
+					});
+					selected.find('span.img').remove();
+					selected.prepend('<span class="img"></span>');
+					selected.addClass('et2_country-select flag-'+ val.toLowerCase());
+				}
+				else if(selected)
+				{
+					selected.removeClass('et2_country-select');
+				}
+				break;
+		}
+		return valid;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Add an option to regular drop-down select
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} _value value attribute of option
+	 * @param {string} _label label of option
+	 * @param {string} _title title attribute of option
+	 * @param {node} dom_element parent of new option
+	 * @param {string} _class specify classes of option
+	 */
+	_appendOptionElement(_value, _label, _title?, dom_element?, _class?) 
+	{
+		if(_value == "" && (_label == null || _label == "")) {
+			return;	// empty_label is added in set_select_options anyway, ignoring it here to not add it twice
+		}
+
+		if(this.input == null)
+		{
+			return this._appendMultiOption(_value, _label, _title, dom_element);
+		}
+
+		var option = jQuery(document.createElement("option"))
+			.attr("value", _value)
+			.text(_label+"");
+		option.addClass(_class);
+		if (this.options.tags)
+		{
+			switch (this.getType())
+			{
+				case 'select-cat':
+					option.addClass('cat_'+_value);
+					break;
+				case 'select-country':
+					// jQuery(document.createElement("span")).addClass('et2_country-select').appenTo(option);
+					option.addClass('et2_country-select flag-'+_value.toLowerCase());
+					break;
+			}
+			if (this.options.value_class != '') option.addClass(this.options.value_class+_value);
+		}
+		if (typeof _title != "undefined" && _title)
+		{
+			option.attr("title", _title);
+		}
+		if(_label == this.options.empty_label || this.options.empty_label == "" && _value === "")
+		{
+			// Make sure empty / all option is first
+			option.prependTo(this.input);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			option.appendTo(dom_element || this.input);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Append a value to multi-select
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} _value value attribute of option
+	 * @param {string} _label label of option
+	 * @param {string} _title title attribute of option
+	 * @param {node} dom_element parent of new option
+	 */
+	_appendMultiOption(_value, _label, _title, dom_element?)
+	{
+		var option_data = null;
+		if(typeof _label == "object")
+		{
+			option_data = _label;
+			_label = option_data.label;
+		}
+
+		// Already in header
+		if(_label == this.options.empty_label) return;
+
+		var opt_id = this.dom_id + "_opt_" + _value;
+		var label = jQuery(document.createElement("label"))
+			.attr("for", opt_id)
+			.hover(
+				function() {jQuery(this).addClass("ui-state-hover");},
+				function() {jQuery(this).removeClass("ui-state-hover");}
+			);
+		var option = jQuery(document.createElement("input"))
+			.attr("type", "checkbox")
+			.attr("id",opt_id)
+			.attr("value", _value)
+			.appendTo(label);
+		if(typeof _title !== "undefined")
+		{
+			option.attr("title",_title);
+		}
+
+		// Some special stuff for categories
+		if(option_data )
+		{
+			if(option_data.icon)
+			{
+				var img = this.egw().image(option_data.icon);
+				jQuery(document.createElement(img ? "img" : "div"))
+					.attr("src", img)
+					.addClass('cat_icon cat_' + _value)
+					.appendTo(label);
+			}
+			if(option_data.color)
+			{
+				label.css("background-color",option_data.color)
+					.addClass('cat_' + _value);
+			}
+		}
+		label.append(jQuery("<span>"+_label+"</span>"));
+		var li = jQuery(document.createElement("li")).append(label);
+		if (this.options.value_class !='') li.addClass(this.options.value_class+_value);
+		li.appendTo(dom_element || this.multiOptions);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a regular drop-down select box
+	 */
+	createInputWidget() {
+		// Create the base input widget
+		this.input = jQuery(document.createElement("select"))
+			.addClass("et2_selectbox")
+			.attr("size", this.options.rows);
+
+		this.setDOMNode(this.input[0]);
+
+		// Add the empty label
+		if(this.options.empty_label)
+		{
+			this._appendOptionElement("", this.options.empty_label);
+		}
+
+		// Set multiple
+		if(this.options.multiple)
+		{
+			this.input.attr("multiple", "multiple");
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a list of checkboxes
+	 */
+	createMultiSelect() {
+		var node = jQuery(document.createElement("div"))
+			.addClass("et2_selectbox");
+
+		var header = jQuery(document.createElement("div"))
+			.addClass("ui-widget-header ui-helper-clearfix")
+			.appendTo(node);
+		var controls = jQuery(document.createElement("ul"))
+			.addClass('ui-helper-reset')
+			.appendTo(header);
+
+			jQuery(document.createElement("span"))
+				.text(this.options.empty_label)
+				.addClass("ui-multiselect-header")
+				.appendTo(header);
+
+
+		// Set up for options to be added later
+		var options = this.multiOptions = jQuery(document.createElement("ul"));
+		this.multiOptions.addClass("ui-multiselect-checkboxes ui-helper-reset")
+			.css("height", 1.9*this.options.rows + "em")
+			.appendTo(node);
+
+		if(this.options.rows >= 5)
+		{
+			// Check / uncheck all
+			var header_controls = {
+				check: {
+					icon_class: 'ui-icon-check',
+					label:	this.egw().lang('Check all'),
+					click(e) {
+						var all_off = false;
+						jQuery("input[type='checkbox']",e.data).each(function() {
+							if(!jQuery(this).prop("checked")) all_off = true;
+						});
+						jQuery("input[type='checkbox']",e.data).prop("checked", all_off);
+					}
+				}
+			};
+			for(var key in header_controls)
+			{
+				jQuery(document.createElement("li"))
+					.addClass("et2_clickable")
+					.click(options, header_controls[key].click)
+					.attr("title", header_controls[key].label)
+					.append('<span class="ui-icon ' + header_controls[key].icon_class + '"/>')
+					.appendTo(controls);
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		this.setDOMNode(node[0]);
+	}
+
+	doLoadingFinished()
+	{
+		super.doLoadingFinished();
+
+		this.set_tags(this.options.tags, this.options.width);
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	loadFromXML(_node) {
+		// Handle special case where legacy option for empty label is used (conflicts with rows), and rows is set as an attribute
+		var legacy = _node.getAttribute("options");
+		if(legacy)
+		{
+			var legacy = legacy.split(",");
+			if(legacy.length && isNaN(legacy[0]))
+			{
+				this.options.empty_label = legacy[0];
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Read the option-tags
+		var options = et2_directChildrenByTagName(_node, "option");
+		if(options.length)
+		{
+			// Break reference to content manager, we don't want to add to it
+			this.options.select_options = jQuery.extend([], this.options.select_options);
+		}
+		var egw = this.egw();
+		for (var i = 0; i < options.length; i++)
+		{
+			this.options.select_options.push({
+				value: et2_readAttrWithDefault(options[i], "value", options[i].textContent),
+				// allow options to contain multiple translated sub-strings eg: {Firstname}.{Lastname}
+				"label": options[i].textContent.replace(/{([^}]+)}/g, function(str,p1)
+				{
+					return egw.lang(p1);
+				}),
+				"title": et2_readAttrWithDefault(options[i], "title", "")
+			});
+		}
+
+		this.set_select_options(this.options.select_options);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Regular expression, to check string-value contains multiple comma-separated values
+	 */
+	readonly _is_multiple_regexp = /^[,0-9A-Za-z/_ -]+$/;
+
+	/**
+	 * Regular expression and replace value for escaping values in jQuery selectors used to find options
+	 */
+	readonly _escape_value_replace = /\\/g;
+	readonly _escape_value_with = '\\\\';
+
+	/**
+	 * Find an option by it's value
+	 *
+	 * Taking care of escaping values correctly eg. EGroupware\Api\Mail\Smtp using above regular expression
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} _value
+	 * @return {array}
+	 */
+	find_option(_value)
+	{
+		return jQuery("option[value='"+(typeof _value === 'string' ? _value.replace(this._escape_value_replace, this._escape_value_with) : _value)+"']", this.input);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set value
+	 *
+	 * @param {string|number} _value
+	 * @param {boolean} _dont_try_set_options true: if _value is not in options, use "" instead of calling set_select_options
+	 *		(which would go into an infinit loop)
+	 */
+	// @ts-ignore for 2nd parameter
+	set_value(_value, _dont_try_set_options?)
+	{
+		if (typeof _value == "number") _value = ""+_value;	// convert to string for consitent matching
+		if(typeof _value == "string" && (this.options.multiple || this.options.expand_multiple_rows) && _value.match(this._is_multiple_regexp) !== null)
+		{
+			_value = _value.split(',');
+		}
+		if(this.input !== null && this.options.select_options && (
+				!jQuery.isEmptyObject(this.options.select_options) || this.options.select_options.length > 0
+			) && this.input.children().length == 0)
+		{
+			// No options set yet
+			this.set_select_options(this.options.select_options);
+		}
+		// select-cat set/unset right cat_ color for selected value
+		if ((this.getType() == 'select-cat' || this.options.value_class) && this.options.tags) {
+			var chosen = this.input.next();
+			var prefix_c = this.options.value_class ? this.options.value_class : 'cat_';
+			this.input.removeClass(prefix_c+this._oldValue);
+			this.input.addClass(prefix_c+this.value);
+			if (chosen.length > 0) {
+				chosen.removeClass(prefix_c+this._oldValue);
+				chosen.addClass(prefix_c+this.value);
+			}
+		}
+		if (this.getType() == 'select-country' && this.options.tags)
+		{
+			var selected = this.input.siblings().find('a.chzn-single');
+			if (selected && selected.length == 1 && _value)
+			{
+				selected.removeClass (function (index, className) {
+					return (className.match (/(^|\s)flag-\S+/g) || []).join(' ');
+				});
+				selected.find('span.img').remove();
+				selected.prepend('<span class="img"></span>');
+				selected.addClass('et2_country-select flag-'+ _value.toLowerCase());
+			}
+		}
+		if(this.getType() == "select-bitwise" && _value && !isNaN(_value) && this.options.select_options)
+		{
+			var new_value = [];
+			for(var index in this.options.select_options)
+			{
+				var right = this.options.select_options[index].value;
+				if(!!(_value & right))
+				{
+					new_value.push(right);
+				}
+			}
+			_value = new_value;
+		}
+		this._oldValue = this.value;
+		if(this.input !== null && (this.options.tags || this.options.search))
+		{
+			// Value must be a real Array, not an object
+			this.input.val(typeof _value == 'object' && _value != null ? jQuery.map(_value,function(value,index){return [value];}) : _value);
+			this.input.trigger("liszt:updated");
+			var self = this;
+			if (this.getType() == 'listbox' && this.options.value_class != '')
+			{
+				var chosen = this.input.next();
+				chosen.find('.search-choice-close').each(function(i,v){
+					// @ts-ignore
+					jQuery(v).parent().addClass(self.options.value_class + self.options.select_options[v.rel]['value']);
+				});
+			}
+			this.value = _value;
+			return;
+		}
+		if(this.input == null)
+		{
+			return this.set_multi_value(_value);
+		}
+		// Auto-expand multiple if not yet turned on, and value has multiple
+		if(this.options.expand_multiple_rows && !this.options.multiple && jQuery.isArray(_value) && _value.length > 1)
+		{
+			this.set_multiple(true, this.options.expand_multiple_rows);
+		}
+
+		jQuery("option",this.input).prop("selected", false);
+		if (typeof _value == "object")
+		{
+			for(var i in _value)
+			{
+				this.find_option(_value[i]).prop("selected", true);
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if(_value && this.find_option(_value).prop("selected", true).length == 0)
+			{
+				if(this.options.select_options[_value] ||
+					this.options.select_options.filter &&
+					this.options.select_options.filter(function(value) {return value == _value;}) &&
+					!_dont_try_set_options)
+				{
+					// Options not set yet? Do that now, which will try again.
+					return this.set_select_options(this.options.select_options);
+				}
+				else if (_dont_try_set_options)
+				{
+					this.value = "";
+				}
+				else if (jQuery.isEmptyObject(this.options.select_options))
+				{
+					this.egw().debug("warn", "Can't set value to '%s', widget has no options set",_value, this);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					var debug_value = _value;
+					if(debug_value === null) debug_value == 'NULL';
+					this.egw().debug("warn", "Tried to set value '%s' that isn't an option", debug_value, this);
+				}
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		this.value = _value;
+		if(this.isAttached() && this._oldValue !== et2_no_init && this._oldValue !== _value)
+		{
+			this.input.change();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Find an option by it's value
+	 *
+	 * Taking care of escaping values correctly eg. EGroupware\Api\Mail\Smtp
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} _value
+	 * @return {array}
+	 */
+	find_multi_option(_value)
+	{
+		return jQuery("input[value='"+
+			(typeof _value === 'string' ? _value.replace(this._escape_value_replace, this._escape_value_with) : _value)+
+			"']", this.multiOptions
+		);
+	}
+
+	set_multi_value(_value)
+	{
+		jQuery("input",this.multiOptions).prop("checked", false);
+		if (typeof _value == "object")
+		{
+			for(var i in _value)
+			{
+				this.find_multi_option(_value[i]).prop("checked", true);
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if(this.find_multi_option(_value).prop("checked", true).length == 0)
+			{
+				var debug_value = _value;
+				if(debug_value === null) debug_value == 'NULL';
+				this.egw().debug("warn", "Tried to set value '%s' that isn't an option", debug_value, this);
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Sort selected to the top
+		if(this.selected_first)
+		{
+			this.multiOptions.find("li:has(input:checked)").prependTo(this.multiOptions);
+		}
+		this.value = _value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Method to check all options of a multi-select, if not all are selected, or none if all where selected
+	 *
+	 * @todo: add an attribute to automatic add a button calling this method
+	 */
+	select_all_toggle()
+	{
+		var all = jQuery("input",this.multiOptions);
+		all.prop("checked", jQuery("input:checked",this.multiOptions).length == all.length ? false : true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Add a button to toggle between single select and multi select.
+	 *
+	 * @param {number} _rows How many rows for multi-select
+	 */
+	set_expand_multiple_rows(_rows)
+	{
+		this.options.expand_multiple_rows = _rows;
+
+		var surroundings = this.getSurroundings();
+		if(_rows <= 1 && this.expand_button )
+		{
+			// Remove
+			surroundings.removeDOMNode(this.expand_button.get(0));
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (!this.expand_button)
+			{
+				var button_id = this.getInstanceManager().uniqueId+'_'+this.id.replace(/\./g, '-') + "_expand";
+				this.expand_button = jQuery("<button class='et2_button et2_button_icon et2_selectbox_expand ui-icon' id='" + button_id + "'/>")
+					.addClass(this.options.multiple ? 'ui-icon-minus' : 'ui-icon-plus')
+					.on("click", jQuery.proxy(function(e) {
+						if(typeof this.input.attr('size') !== 'undefined' && this.input.attr('size') != 1)
+						{
+							this.set_multiple(false, 1);
+							this.expand_button.removeClass('ui-icon-minus').addClass('ui-icon-plus');
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							this.set_multiple(true, this.options.expand_multiple_rows);
+							this.expand_button.addClass('ui-icon-minus').removeClass('ui-icon-plus');
+						}
+					},this));
+			}
+			surroundings.appendDOMNode(this.expand_button.get(0));
+		}
+		surroundings.update();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Turn tag style on and off
+	 *
+	 * If you want to switch multiple on too, you need to do so before switching tags on!
+	 *
+	 * @param {boolean} _tags
+	 * @param {string} _width width to use, default width of selectbox
+	 */
+	set_tags(_tags, _width)
+	{
+		this.options.tags = _tags;
+
+		// Can't actually do chosen until attached, loadingFinished should call again
+		if(!this.isAttached()) return;
+
+		if(this.input != null && !this.options.tags && !this.options.search)
+		{
+			// @ts-ignore
+			this.input.unchosen().css('width', '');
+
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Turn on tags, if desired
+		if(this.input != null && (this.options.search || this.options.tags) && !this.options.disabled)
+		{
+			if(this.options.empty_label)
+			{
+				this.input.attr("data-placeholder", this.options.empty_label);
+				// Remove from list of options, if multiple
+				if (this.options.multiple)
+				{
+					this.input.children('[value=""]').remove();
+				}
+			}
+			// Don't do it again if already done
+			if(this.input.hasClass("chzn-done")) return;
+
+			// Properly size chosen, even if on a hidden tab
+			var size = egw.getHiddenDimensions(this.input);
+			if (this.getType() == 'listbox' && this.options.value_class != '')
+			{
+				var self = this;
+				this.input.find('option').each(function(i,v) {
+					// @ts-ignore
+					jQuery(v).addClass(self.options.value_class+v.value);
+				});
+			}
+			this.input.chosen({
+				inherit_select_classes: true,
+				search_contains: true,
+				width: _width || size.w + "px",
+				allow_single_deselect: this.options.allow_single_deselect,
+				no_results_text: this.egw().lang('No results match')
+			});
+			// set autocomplete for search input field to an arbitary value in order to stop it.
+			this.input.siblings().find('.chzn-search input').attr('autocomplete', 'new-password');
+			if (this.getType() == 'select-country') {
+				var selected = this.input.siblings().find('a.chzn-single');
+				if (selected && selected.length == 1 && this.getValue())
+				{
+					selected.removeClass (function (index, className) {
+						return (className.match (/(^|\s)flag-\S+/g) || []).join(' ');
+					});
+					selected.find('span.img').remove();
+					selected.prepend('<span class="img"></span>');
+					selected.addClass('et2_country-select flag-'+ (<string>this.getValue()).toLowerCase());
+				}
+			}
+			if(this.options.onchange)
+			{
+				// Unbind change handler of widget's ancestor to stop it from bubbling
+				// chosen has its own onchange
+				jQuery(this.input).unbind('change.et2_inputWidget');
+
+				var self = this;
+				this.input.chosen().change(function(_ev, _change)
+				{
+					// enhance signature of regular et2_selectbox.onchange with 3. parameter from chosen
+					self.change.call(self, self.input, self, _change);
+				});
+			}
+
+			// multi selection with limited show line of single row
+			if (this.options.multiple && this.options.rows == 1 && this.options.height)
+			{
+				var $chosen_div = jQuery(this.input.siblings());
+				var self = this;
+
+				/**
+				 * A function to set counter for multi tags limited for single row
+				 * @returns {undefined}
+				 */
+				var _update_item_counter = function ()
+				{
+					$chosen_div.find('ul.chzn-choices').attr('data-after',self.getValue().length);
+				};
+
+				// Update the item counter
+				_update_item_counter();
+				// Initialize the single row class
+				$chosen_div.toggleClass('et2_selectbox_single_row', true);
+
+				// bind mouse handlers
+				$chosen_div.on('mouseleave mouseup', function(e){
+					jQuery(this).toggleClass('et2_selectbox_multi_row', false);
+					jQuery(this).toggleClass('et2_selectbox_single_row', true);
+					_update_item_counter();
+				});
+
+				$chosen_div.on('mouseenter', function(e){
+					jQuery(this).toggleClass('et2_selectbox_multi_row', true);
+					jQuery(this).toggleClass('et2_selectbox_single_row', false);
+				});
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The set_select_options function is added, as the select options have to be
+	 * added after the "option"-widgets were added to selectbox.
+	 *
+	 * @param {(array|object)} _options array or object with options
+	 */
+	set_select_options(_options) {
+		// Empty current options
+		if(this.input)
+		{
+			this.input.empty();
+		}
+		else if (this.multiOptions)
+		{
+			this.multiOptions.empty();
+		}
+		// Re-add empty, it's usually not there (empty_label get's allways translated, independent of no_lang!)
+		// Empty label should not be added as an option for chosen, it conflicts
+		if(this.options.empty_label && !(this.options.tags || this.options.search))
+		{
+			this._appendOptionElement('',this.egw().lang(this.options.empty_label));
+		}
+
+		// Add the select_options
+		for (var key in _options)
+		{
+			// Translate the options
+			if(!this.options.no_lang)
+			{
+				if (typeof _options[key] === 'object' && _options[key] !== null)
+				{
+					if(_options[key]["label"]) _options[key]["label"] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]["label"]);
+					if(_options[key]["title"]) _options[key]["title"] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]["title"]);
+				}
+				else if(Array.isArray(_options) && _options.length>0 || typeof _options === 'object')
+				{
+					_options[key] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]);
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (typeof _options[key] === 'object' && _options[key] !== null)
+			{
+				// Optgroup
+				if(typeof _options[key]["label"] == 'undefined' && typeof _options[key]["title"] == "undefined")
+				{
+					var label = isNaN(<number><unknown>key) ? key : _options[key].value;
+					var group = jQuery(document.createElement("optgroup"))
+						.attr("label", this.options.no_lang ? label : this.egw().lang(label))
+						.appendTo(this.input);
+					if(this.input == null)
+					{
+						group = jQuery(document.createElement("ul"))
+							.append('<li class="ui-widget-header"><span>'+key+'</span></li>')
+							.appendTo(this.multiOptions);
+					}
+
+					for(var sub in _options[key])
+					{
+						if(sub == 'value') continue;
+						if (typeof _options[key][sub] === 'object' && _options[key][sub] !== null)
+						{
+							this._appendOptionElement(sub,
+								_options[key][sub]["label"] ? _options[key][sub]["label"] : "",
+								_options[key][sub]["title"] ? _options[key][sub]["title"] : "",
+								group
+							);
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							this._appendOptionElement(sub, _options[key][sub],undefined,group);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				else if(this.input == null)
+				{
+					// Allow some special extras for objects by passing the whole thing
+					_options[key]["label"] = _options[key]["label"] ? _options[key]["label"] : "";
+					this._appendMultiOption(typeof _options[key].value != 'undefined' ? _options[key].value : key,
+						_options[key], _options[key]["title"]);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					this._appendOptionElement(typeof _options[key].value != 'undefined'  ? _options[key].value : key,
+						_options[key]["label"] ? _options[key]["label"] : "",
+						_options[key]["title"] ? _options[key]["title"] : "",
+						'',
+						_options[key]["class"] ? _options[key]["class"] : "");
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				this._appendOptionElement(key, _options[key]);
+			}
+		}
+		// add an empty option for single select tags with empty_label in order
+		// to make allow_single_deselect option to work.
+		if (this.options.empty_label && this.options.tags
+				&& this.options.allow_single_deselect && !this.options.multiple)
+		{
+			var empty_option = jQuery(document.createElement("option"))
+			.attr("value", '');
+			empty_option.prependTo(this.input);
+		}
+
+		this.options.select_options = _options;
+
+		if(this.options.tags || this.options.search)
+		{
+			this.input.trigger("liszt:updated");
+		}
+		// Sometimes value gets set before options
+		if(this.value || this.options.empty_label || this.value === ''  && this.input && this.input.children('[value=""]').length === 1)
+		{
+			this.set_value(this.value, true);	// true = dont try to set_options, to avoid an infinit recursion
+		}
+		else if (this.value === null && this.options.value)
+		{
+			// Null means it tried to set the value, and it got stripped by missing options
+			this.set_value(this.options.value, true);
+		}
+	}
+
+	getValue() 
+	{
+		if(this.input == null)
+		{
+			var value = [];
+			jQuery("input:checked",this.multiOptions).each(function(){value.push(this.value);});
+			// we need to return null for no value instead of empty array, which gets overwritten by preserved value on server-side
+			this.value = value;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			this.value = super.getValue();
+			if (this.value === null) this.value = this.options.multiple ? [] : "";	// do NOT return null, as it does not get transmitted to server
+		}
+		return this.value;
+	}
+
+	isDirty() 
+	{
+		if(this.input == null)
+		{
+			var value = this.getValue();
+			// Array comparison
+			return !(jQuery(this._oldValue).not(<string>value).length == 0 && jQuery(value).not(this._oldValue).length == 0);
+		}
+		return super.isDirty();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * override set disabled for tags as the tags using
+	 * chosen dom and need to be treated different
+	 *
+	 * @param {type} _disable
+	 * @returns {undefined}
+	 */
+	set_disabled(_disable)
+	{
+		super.set_disabled(_disable);
+
+		if (this.options.tags) {
+			// Always hide input options
+			if(this.input)
+			{
+				this.input.hide();
+			}
+
+			if (_disable)
+			{
+				jQuery(this.node.nextElementSibling).hide();
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				jQuery(this.node.nextElementSibling).show();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	static type_cache: any = {};
+
+	/**
+	 * Find the select options for a widget, out of the many places they could be.
+	 * @param {et2_widget} widget to check for.  Should be some sort of select widget.
+	 * @param {object} attr_options Select options in attributes array
+	 * @param {object} attrs Widget attributes
+	 * @return {object} Select options, or empty object
+	 */
+	static find_select_options(widget, attr_options, attrs)
+	{
+		var name_parts = widget.id.replace(/&#x5B;/g,'[').replace(/]|&#x5D;/g,'').split('[');
+
+		var type_options : any = {};
+		var content_options : any = {};
+
+		// First check type, there may be static options.  There's some special handling
+		// for filterheaders, which have the wrong type.
+		var type = widget.instanceOf(et2_nextmatch_filterheader) ? attrs.widget_type || '' : widget._type;
+		var type_function = type.replace('select-','').replace('taglist-','').replace('_ro','')+'_options';
+		if(typeof this[type_function] == 'function')
+		{
+			var old_type = widget._type;
+			widget._type = type.replace('taglist-','select-');
+			if(typeof attrs.other == 'string')
+			{
+				attrs.other = attrs.other.split(',');
+			}
+			// Copy, to avoid accidental modification
+			//
+			// type options used to use jQuery.extend deep copy to get a clone object of options
+			// but as jQuery.extend deep copy is very expensive operation in MSIE (in this case almost 400ms)
+			// we use JSON parsing instead to copy the options object
+			type_options =  this[type_function].call(this, widget, attrs);
+			try{
+				type_options = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(type_options));
+			}catch(e)
+			{
+				egw.debug(e);
+			}
+
+			widget._type = old_type;
+		}
+
+		// Try to find the options inside the "sel-options"
+		if(widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options"))
+		{
+			// Try first according to ID
+			content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(widget.id);
+			// ID can get set to an array with 0 => ' ' - not useful
+			if (content_options && (content_options.length == 1 && typeof content_options[0] == 'string' && content_options[0].trim() == '' ||
+				// eg. autorepeated id "cat[3]" would pick array element 3 from cat
+				typeof content_options.value != 'undefined' && typeof content_options.label != 'undefined' && widget.id.match(/\[\d+\]$/)))
+			{
+				content_options = null;
+			}
+			// We could wind up too far inside options if label,title are defined
+			if(content_options && !isNaN(name_parts[name_parts.length -1]) && content_options.label && content_options.title)
+			{
+				name_parts.pop();
+				content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(name_parts.join('['));
+				delete content_options["$row"];
+			}
+
+			// Select options tend to be defined once, at the top level, so try that
+			if(!content_options || content_options.length == 0)
+			{
+				content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getRoot().getEntry(name_parts[name_parts.length-1]);
+			}
+
+			// Try in correct namespace (inside a grid or something)
+			if(!content_options || content_options.length == 0)
+			{
+				content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(name_parts[name_parts.length-1]);
+			}
+
+			// Try name like widget[$row]
+			if(name_parts.length > 1 && (!content_options || content_options.length == 0 ))
+			{
+				var pop_that = jQuery.extend([],name_parts);
+				while(pop_that.length > 0 && (!content_options || content_options.length == 0))
+				{
+					var last = pop_that.pop();
+					content_options = widget.getArrayMgr('sel_options').getEntry(pop_that.join('['));
+
+					// Double check, might have found a normal parent namespace ( eg subgrid in subgrid[selectbox] )
+					// with an empty entry for the selecbox.  If there were valid options here,
+					// we would have found them already, and keeping this would result in the ID as an option
+					if(content_options && !jQuery.isArray(content_options) && typeof content_options[last] != 'undefined' && content_options[last] )
+					{
+						content_options = content_options[last];
+					}
+					else if (content_options)
+					{
+						// Check for real values
+						for(var key in content_options)
+						{
+							if(!(isNaN(<number><unknown>key) && typeof content_options[key] === 'string' ||
+								!isNaN(<number><unknown>key) && typeof content_options[key] === 'object' && typeof content_options[key]['value'] !== 'undefined'))
+							{
+								// Found a parent of some other namespace
+								content_options = undefined;
+								break;
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Maybe in a row, and options got stuck in ${row} instead of top level
+			// not sure this code is still needed, as server-side no longer creates ${row} or {$row} for select-options
+			var row_stuck = ['${row}','{$row}'];
+			for(let i = 0; i < row_stuck.length && (!content_options || content_options.length == 0); i++)
+			{
+				// perspectiveData.row in nm, data["${row}"] in an auto-repeat grid
+				if(widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").perspectiveData.row || widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").data[row_stuck[i]])
+				{
+					var row_id = widget.id.replace(/[0-9]+/,row_stuck[i]);
+					content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(row_id);
+					if(!content_options || content_options.length == 0)
+					{
+						content_options = widget.getArrayMgr("sel_options").getEntry(row_stuck[i] + '[' + widget.id + ']');
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if(attr_options && !jQuery.isEmptyObject(attr_options) && content_options)
+			{
+				content_options = jQuery.extend(true, {},attr_options,content_options);
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Check whether the options entry was found, if not read it from the
+		// content array.
+		if (jQuery.isEmptyObject(content_options) && widget.getArrayMgr('content') != null)
+		{
+			if (content_options) attr_options = content_options;
+			var content_mgr = widget.getArrayMgr('content');
+			if (content_mgr)
+			{
+				// If that didn't work, check according to ID
+				if (!content_options) content_options = content_mgr.getEntry("options-" + widget.id);
+				// Again, try last name part at top level
+				if (!content_options) content_options = content_mgr.getRoot().getEntry("options-"+name_parts[name_parts.length-1]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Default to an empty object
+		if (content_options == null)
+		{
+			content_options = {};
+		}
+
+		// Include type options, preferring any content options
+		if(type_options.length || !jQuery.isEmptyObject(type_options))
+		{
+			for(let i in content_options)
+			{
+				var value = typeof content_options[i] == 'object' && typeof content_options[i].value !== 'undefined' ? content_options[i].value : i;
+				var added = false;
+
+				// Override any existing
+				for(var j in type_options)
+				{
+					if(''+type_options[j].value === ''+value)
+					{
+						added = true;
+						type_options[j] = content_options[i];
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				if(!added)
+				{
+					type_options.splice(i,0,content_options[i]);
+				}
+			}
+			content_options = type_options;
+		}
+		return content_options;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Some static options, no need to transfer them over and over.
+	 * We still need the same thing on the server side to validate, so they
+	 * have to match.  See Etemplate\Widget\Select::typeOptions()
+	 * The type specific legacy options wind up in attrs.other.
+	 *
+	 * @param {type} widget
+	 */
+	static priority_options(widget) 
+	{
+		return [
+			{value: 1, label: 'low'},
+			{value: 2, label: 'normal'},
+			{value: 3, label: 'high'},
+			{value: 0, label: 'undefined'}
+		];
+	}
+	static bool_options(widget) 
+	{
+		return [
+			{value: 0, label: 'no'},
+			{value: 1, label: 'yes'}
+		];
+	}
+	static month_options(widget) 
+	{
+		return [
+			{value: 1, label:'January'},
+			{value: 2, label:'February'},
+			{value: 3, label:'March'},
+			{value: 4, label:'April'},
+			{value: 5, label:'May'},
+			{value: 6, label:'June'},
+			{value: 7, label:'July'},
+			{value: 8, label:'August'},
+			{value: 9, label:'September'},
+			{value: 10, label:'October'},
+			{value: 11, label:'November'},
+			{value: 12, label:'December'}
+		];
+	}
+	static number_options(widget, attrs) 
+	{
+		if(typeof attrs.other != 'object')
+		{
+			attrs.other = [];
+		}
+		var options = [];
+		var min = typeof(attrs.other[0]) == 'undefined' ? 1 : parseInt(attrs.other[0]);
+		var max = typeof(attrs.other[1]) == 'undefined' ? 10: parseInt(attrs.other[1]);
+		var interval = typeof(attrs.other[2]) == 'undefined' ? 1: parseInt(attrs.other[2]);
+		var format = '%d';
+
+		// leading zero specified in interval
+		if (attrs.other[2] && attrs.other[2][0] == '0')
+		{
+			format = '%0'+(''+interval).length+'d';
+		}
+		// Suffix
+		if(attrs.other[3])
+		{
+			format += widget.egw().lang(attrs.other[3]);
+		}
+
+		// Avoid infinite loop if interval is the wrong direction
+		if ((min <= max) != (interval > 0))
+		{
+			interval = -interval;
+		}
+
+		for (var i=0, n=min; n <= max && i <= 100; n += interval,++i)
+		{
+			options.push({value: n, label: sprintf(format,n)});
+		}
+		return options;
+	}
+	static percent_options(widget, attrs)
+	{
+		if(typeof attrs.other != 'object')
+		{
+			attrs.other = [];
+		}
+		attrs.other[0] = 0;
+		attrs.other[1] = 100;
+		attrs.other[2] = typeof(attrs.other[2]) == 'undefined' ? 10 : parseInt(attrs.other[2]);
+		attrs.other[3] = '%%';
+		return this.number_options(widget,attrs);
+	}
+	static year_options(widget, attrs)
+	{
+		if(typeof attrs.other != 'object')
+		{
+			attrs.other = [];
+		}
+		var t = new Date();
+		attrs.other[0] = t.getFullYear() - (typeof(attrs.other[0]) == 'undefined' ? 3 : parseInt(attrs.other[0]));
+		attrs.other[1] = t.getFullYear() + (typeof(attrs.other[1]) == 'undefined' ? 2 : parseInt(attrs.other[1]));
+		attrs.other[2] = typeof(attrs.other[2]) == 'undefined' ? 1 : parseInt(attrs.other[2]);
+		return this.number_options(widget,attrs);
+	}
+	static day_options(widget, attrs)
+	{
+		attrs.other = [1,31,1];
+		return this.number_options(widget,attrs);
+	}
+	static hour_options(widget, attrs)
+	{
+		var options = [];
+		var timeformat = egw.preference('common','timeformat');
+		for (var h = 0; h <= 23; ++h)
+		{
+			options.push({
+				value: h,
+				label: timeformat == 12 ?
+					(( 12 ? h % 12 : 12)+' '+(h < 12 ? egw.lang('am') : egw.lang('pm'))) :
+					sprintf('%02d',h)
+			});
+		}
+		return options;
+	}
+	static app_options(widget,attrs) 
+	{
+		var options = ','+(attrs.other||[]).join(',');
+		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+	}
+	static cat_options(widget, attrs) 
+	{
+		// Add in application, if not there
+		if(typeof attrs.other == 'undefined')
+		{
+			attrs.other = new Array(4);
+		}
+		if(typeof attrs.other[3] == 'undefined')
+		{
+			attrs.other[3] = attrs.application || widget.getInstanceManager().app;
+		}
+		var options =(attrs.other||[]).join(',');
+		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+	}
+	static country_options(widget, attrs) 
+	{
+		var options = ',';
+		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+	}
+	static state_options(widget, attrs) 
+	{
+		var options = attrs.country_code ? attrs.country_code : 'de';
+		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+	}
+	static dow_options(widget,attrs) 
+	{
+		var options = ','+(attrs.other||[]).join(',');
+		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+	}
+	static lang_options(widget,attrs) 
+	{
+		var options = ','+(attrs.other||[]).join(',');
+		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+	}
+	static timezone_options(widget,attrs) 
+	{
+		var options = ','+(attrs.other||[]).join(',');
+		return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options, attrs);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Some options change, or are too complicated to have twice, so we get the
+	 * options from the server once, then keep them to use if they're needed again.
+	 * We use the options string to keep the different possibilites (eg. categories
+	 * for different apps) seperate.
+	 *
+	 * @param {et2_selectbox} widget Selectbox we're looking at
+	 * @param {string} options_string
+	 * @param {Object} attrs Widget attributes (not yet fully set)
+	 * @returns {Object} Array of options, or empty and they'll get filled in later
+	 */
+	static cached_server_side_options(widget, options_string, attrs)
+	{
+		// normalize options by removing trailing commas
+		options_string = options_string.replace(/,+$/, '');
+
+		var cache_id = widget._type+'_'+options_string;
+		var cache_owner = (
+			egw.window.et2_selectbox ?
+				egw.window.et2_selectbox :
+				egw(window).window.et2_selectbox
+		).type_cache;
+		var cache = cache_owner[cache_id];
+
+		// Options for a selectbox in a nextmatch must be returned now, as the
+		// widget we have is not enough to set the options later.
+		var in_nextmatch = false;
+		if(typeof cache === 'undefined' || typeof cache.length === 'undefined')
+		{
+			var parent = widget._parent;
+			while(parent && !in_nextmatch)
+			{
+				in_nextmatch = parent && parent._type && parent._type === 'nextmatch';
+				parent = parent._parent;
+			}
+		}
+		if (typeof cache == 'undefined' || in_nextmatch)
+		{
+			// Fetch with json instead of jsonq because there may be more than
+			// one widget listening for the response by the time it gets back,
+			// and we can't do that when it's queued.
+			var req = egw.json(
+				'EGroupware\\Api\\Etemplate\\Widget\\Select::ajax_get_options',
+				[widget._type,options_string,attrs.value]
+			).sendRequest(!in_nextmatch);
+			if(typeof cache === 'undefined')
+			{
+				cache_owner[cache_id] = req;
+			}
+			cache = req;
+		}
+		if(typeof cache.done == 'function')
+		{
+			// pending, wait for it
+			cache.done(jQuery.proxy(function(response) {
+				cache = cache_owner[cache_id] = response.response[0].data||undefined;
+				// Set select_options in attributes in case we get a resonse before
+				// the widget is finished loading (otherwise it will re-set to {})
+				attrs.select_options = cache;
+
+				egw.window.setTimeout(jQuery.proxy(function() {
+					// Avoid errors if widget is destroyed before the timeout
+					if(this.widget && typeof this.widget.id !== 'undefined')
+					{
+						this.widget.set_select_options(et2_selectbox.find_select_options(this.widget,{}, this.widget.options));
+					}
+				},this),1);
+			},{widget:widget,cache_id:cache_id}));
+			return [];
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// Check that the value is in there
+			// Make sure we are not requesting server for an empty value option or
+			// other widgets but select-timezone as server won't find anything and
+			// it will fall into an infinitive loop, e.g. select-cat widget.
+			if(attrs.value && attrs.value != "" && attrs.value != "0" && attrs.type == "select-timezone")
+			{
+				var missing_option = true;
+				for(var i = 0; i < cache.length && missing_option; i++)
+				{
+					if(cache[i].value == attrs.value)
+					{
+						missing_option = false;
+					}
+				}
+				// Try again - ask the server with the current value this time
+				if(missing_option)
+				{
+					delete cache_owner[cache_id];
+					return this.cached_server_side_options(widget, options_string, attrs);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					if(attrs.value && widget && widget.get_value() !== attrs.value)
+					{
+						egw.window.setTimeout(jQuery.proxy(function() {
+							// Avoid errors if widget is destroyed before the timeout
+							if(this.widget && typeof this.widget.id !== 'undefined')
+							{
+								this.widget.set_value(this.widget.options.value);
+							}
+						},{widget: widget}),1);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			return cache;
+		}
+	}
+}
+et2_register_widget(et2_selectbox, ["menupopup", "listbox", "select", "select-cat",
+	"select-percent", 'select-priority',
+	'select-country', 'select-state', 'select-year', 'select-month',
+	'select-day', 'select-dow', 'select-hour', 'select-number', 'select-app',
+	'select-lang', 'select-bool', 'select-timezone', 'select-bitwise' ]);
+
+/**
+ * et2_selectbox_ro is the readonly implementation of the selectbox.
+ */
+export class et2_selectbox_ro extends et2_selectbox implements et2_IDetachedDOM
+{
+	optionValues: any = {};
+	span: JQuery;
+	/**
+	 * Constructor
+	 */
+	constructor(_parent, _attrs? : WidgetConfig, _child? : object)
+	{
+		// Call the inherited constructor
+		super(_parent, _attrs, ClassWithAttributes.extendAttributes(et2_selectbox_ro._attributes, _child || {}));
+
+		this.supportedWidgetClasses = [];
+		this.optionValues = {};
+		if(this.options.select_options) this.set_select_options(this.options.select_options);
+	}
+
+	createInputWidget()
+	{
+		this.span = jQuery(document.createElement("span"))
+			.addClass("et2_selectbox readonly")
+			.text(this.options.empty_label);
+
+		this.setDOMNode(this.span[0]);
+	}
+
+	// Handle read-only multiselects in the same way
+	createMultiSelect()
+	{
+		this.span = jQuery(document.createElement("ul"))
+			.addClass("et2_selectbox readonly");
+
+		this.setDOMNode(this.span[0]);
+	}
+
+	loadFromXML(_node)
+	{
+		// Read the option-tags
+		var options = et2_directChildrenByTagName(_node, "options");
+		for (var i = 0; i < options.length; i++)
+		{
+			this.optionValues[et2_readAttrWithDefault(options[i], "value", 0)] =
+			{
+				"label": options[i].textContent,
+				"title": et2_readAttrWithDefault(options[i], "title", "")
+			};
+		}
+	}
+
+	set_select_options(_options)
+	{
+		for (var key in _options)
+		{
+			// Translate the options
+			if(!this.options.no_lang)
+			{
+				if (typeof _options[key] === 'object' && _options[key] != null)
+				{
+					if(_options[key]["label"]) _options[key]["label"] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]["label"]);
+					if(_options[key]["title"]) _options[key]["title"] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]["title"]);
+
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					_options[key] = this.egw().lang(_options[key]);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		this.optionValues = _options;
+	}
+
+	set_value(_value)
+	{
+		this.value = _value;
+
+		if(this.getType() == "select-bitwise" && _value && !isNaN(_value) && this.options.select_options)
+		{
+			var new_value = [];
+			for(var index in this.options.select_options)
+			{
+				var option = this.options.select_options[index];
+				var right = option && option.value ? option.value : index;
+				if(!!(_value & right))
+				{
+					new_value.push(right);
+				}
+			}
+			_value = new_value;
+		}
+		if(typeof _value == "string")
+		{
+			_value = _value.match(this._is_multiple_regexp) !== null ? _value.split(',') : [_value];
+		}
+		// need to handle numerical values too
+		else if (typeof _value == 'number')
+		{
+			_value = [_value];
+		}
+		this.span.empty();
+
+		if(_value)
+		{
+			for(var i = 0; i < _value.length; i++)
+			{
+				for(var o in this.optionValues)
+				{
+					var option = this.optionValues[o];
+					var key = typeof option == 'object' && option != null && typeof option.value != 'undefined' ? option.value : o;
+					if (key != _value[i]) continue;
+					var label = typeof option == 'object' ? option.label : option;
+					if (_value.length == 1)
+					{
+						this.span.text(label);
+						if (typeof option == 'object' && option.title) this.set_statustext(option.title);
+						break;
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						jQuery('<li>')
+							.text(label)
+							.attr('data-value', _value[i])
+							.appendTo(this.span);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		else if (this.options.empty_label)
+		{
+			this.span.text(this.options.empty_label);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Override parent to return null - no value, not node value
+	 */
+	getValue()
+	{
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Functions for et2_IDetachedDOM
+	 */
+	 /**
+	 * Creates a list of attributes which can be set when working in the
+	 * "detached" mode. The result is stored in the _attrs array which is provided
+	 * by the calling code.
+	 *
+	 * @param {array} _attrs array to add further attributes to
+	 */
+	getDetachedAttributes(_attrs)
+	 {
+		_attrs.push("value",'select_options');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an array of DOM nodes. The (relatively) same DOM-Nodes have to be
+	 * passed to the "setDetachedAttributes" function in the same order.
+	 *
+	 * @return {array}
+	 */
+	getDetachedNodes()
+	{
+		return [this.span[0]];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the given associative attribute->value array and applies the
+	 * attributes to the given DOM-Node.
+	 *
+	 * @param _nodes is an array of nodes which have to be in the same order as
+	 *      the nodes returned by "getDetachedNodes"
+	 * @param _values is an associative array which contains a subset of attributes
+	 *      returned by the "getDetachedAttributes" function and sets them to the
+	 *      given values.
+	 */
+	setDetachedAttributes(_nodes, _values)
+	{
+		this.span = jQuery(_nodes[0]);
+		if (typeof _values.select_options != 'undefined')
+		{
+			this.set_select_options(_values.select_options);
+		}
+		this.set_value(_values["value"]);
+	}
+}
+et2_register_widget(et2_selectbox_ro, ["menupopup_ro", "listbox_ro", "select_ro", "select-cat_ro",
+	"select-percent_ro", 'select-priority_ro', 'select-access_ro',
+	'select-country_ro', 'select-state_ro', 'select-year_ro', 'select-month_ro',
+	'select-day_ro', 'select-dow_ro', 'select-hour_ro', 'select-number_ro', 'select-app_ro',
+	'select-lang_ro', 'select-bool_ro', 'select-timezone_ro', 'select-bitwise_ro' ]);
+
+/**
+ * Widget class which represents a single option inside a selectbox
+ */
+/*var et2_option = et2_baseWidget.extend({
+
+	static readonly _attributes : any = {
+		"value": {
+			"name": "Value",
+			"type": "string",
+			"description": "Value which is sent back to the server when this entry is selected."
+		},
+		"label": {
+			"name": "Label",
+			"type": "string",
+			"description": "Caption of the option element"
+		},
+		"width": {
+			"ignore": true
+		},
+		"height": {
+			"ignore": true
+		},
+		"align": {
+			"ignore": true
+		}
+	}
+
+	init() {
+		this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+
+		// Only allow other options inside of this element
+		this.supportedWidgetClasses = [et2_option];
+
+		this.option = jQuery(document.createElement("option"))
+			.attr("value", this.options.value)
+			.attr("selected", this._parent.options.value == this.options.value ?
+				"selected" : "");
+
+		if (this.options.label)
+		{
+			this.option.text(this.options.label);
+		}
+
+		this.setDOMNode(this.option[0]);
+	}
+
+	destroy() {
+		this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+
+		this.option = null;
+	}
+
+	loadContent(_data) {
+		this.option.text(_data);
+	}
+
+/*	Doesn't work either with selectboxes
+	set_statustext(_value) {
+		this.statustext = _value;
+		this.option.attr("title", _value);
+	}*/
+
+//});*/
+
+//et2_register_widget(et2_option, ["option"]);
+
+
+/**
+ * Class which just implements the menulist container
+ */
+export class et2_menulist extends et2_DOMWidget
+{
+	static readonly _attributes : any = {};
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor
+	 */
+	constructor(_parent, _attrs? : WidgetConfig, _child? : object)
+	{
+		// Call the inherited constructor
+		super(_parent, _attrs, ClassWithAttributes.extendAttributes(et2_menulist._attributes, _child || {}));
+
+		this.supportedWidgetClasses = [et2_selectbox, et2_selectbox_ro];
+	}
+
+	// Just pass the parent DOM node through
+	getDOMNode(_sender)
+	{
+		if (_sender != this)
+		{
+			return (<et2_DOMWidget>this.getParent()).getDOMNode(this);
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	// Also need to pass through parent's children
+	getChildren()
+	{
+		return this.getParent().getChildren();
+	}
+
+}
+et2_register_widget(et2_menulist, ["menulist"]);
+