diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
index 80c380a2a7..4fe28184c9 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
@@ -1999,6 +1999,9 @@ class addressbook_ui extends addressbook_bo
 		$GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['currentid'] = $content['id'];
 		// Load JS for infolog actions
 		egw_framework::validate_file('.','index','infolog');
+		// Load egw_action stuff for infolog, required before etemplate::exec() because it loads stuff into HTML header
+		nextmatch_widget::init_egw_actions();
+
 		$this->tmpl->exec('addressbook.addressbook_ui.view',$content,$sel_options,$readonlys,array('id' => $content['id']));
 
 		$GLOBALS['egw']->hooks->process(array(
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php
index fefb1423ea..c6f7fa6475 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php
@@ -953,52 +953,10 @@ class etemplate extends boetemplate
 			$html = html::div($html,$div_style);
 		}
 
+		// initialise egw_actions for nextmatch widget, if egwGridView_grid CSS class set
 		if ($options[3] == 'egwGridView_grid')
 		{
-			// Load some JS files needed for the egw_action framework
-			egw_framework::includeCSS('/phpgwapi/js/egw_action/test/skins/dhtmlxmenu_egw.css');
-
-			egw_framework::validate_file('dhtmlxtree','dhtmlxMenu/codebase/dhtmlxcommon');
-			egw_framework::validate_file('dhtmlxtree','dhtmlxMenu/codebase/dhtmlxmenu');
-			egw_framework::validate_file('dhtmlxtree','dhtmlxMenu/codebase/ext/dhtmlxmenu_ext');
-			egw_framework::validate_file('egw_action','egw_action');
-			egw_framework::validate_file('egw_action','egw_action_common');
-			egw_framework::validate_file('egw_action','egw_action_popup');
-			egw_framework::validate_file('egw_action','egw_menu');
-			egw_framework::validate_file('egw_action','egw_menu_dhtmlx');
-			egw_framework::validate_file('.', 'nextmatch_action', 'etemplate');
-
-			// JS action objects generated for this widget are prefixed with the
-			// prefix given here
-			$prefix = "egw_";
-
-			$action_links = array();
-
-			$html .= '
-<script type="text/javascript">
-	$(document).ready(function() {
-		// Initialize the action manager and add some actions to it
-		'.$prefix.'actionManager = new egwActionManager();
-		'.$prefix.'objectManager = new egwActionObjectManager("", '.$prefix.'actionManager);
-
-		'.$prefix.'actionManager.updateActions('.str_replace('},',"},\n",
-			json_encode(nextmatch_widget::egw_actions($content['_actions'], $this->name, '', $action_links))).');
-		'.$prefix.'actionManager.setDefaultExecute("javaScript:nm_action");
-
-		var actionLinks = ['.($content['_actions'] ? '"'.implode('","', isset($content['_action_links']) ?
-			$content['_action_links'] : $action_links).'"' : '').'];
-
-		// Create a new action object for each table row
-		// TODO: only apply function to outer level
-		$("table.egwGridView_grid>tbody>tr").each(function(index, elem)
-		{
-			// Create a new action object
-			var obj = '.$prefix.'objectManager.addObject(elem.id, new nextmatchRowAOI(elem));
-
-			obj.updateActionLinks(actionLinks);
-		});
-	});
-</script>';
+			$html .= nextmatch_widget::init_egw_actions($content['_actions'], $content['action_links'], $this->name);
 		}
 
 		return "\n\n<!-- BEGIN grid $grid[name] -->\n$html<!-- END grid $grid[name] -->\n\n";
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
index 925c63c5b6..863733d2b5 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@
  *  'actions'        =>     // I  array with actions, see nextmatch_widget::egw_actions
  *  'action_links'   =>     // I  array with enabled actions or ones which should be checked if they are enabled
  *                                optional, default id of all first level actions plus the ones with enabled='javaScript:...'
+ *  'action'         =>     //  O string selected action
  *  'selected'       =>     //  O array with selected id's
- *  'checkboxes'     =>     //  0 array with checkbox id as key and boolean checked value
- *  'select_all'     =>     //  0 boolean value of select_all checkbox, reference to above value for key 'select_all'
+ *  'checkboxes'     =>     //  O array with checkbox id as key and boolean checked value
+ *  'select_all'     =>     //  O boolean value of select_all checkbox, reference to above value for key 'select_all'
  * );
  */
 class nextmatch_widget
@@ -804,6 +805,62 @@ class nextmatch_widget
 		return $cat_actions;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return HTML to initialise actions, if called without arguments only CSS and JS get loaded
+	 *
+	 * Gets called from etemplate::show_grid() and addressbook_ui::view (without arguments).
+	 *
+	 * @param array $actions=null
+	 * @param array $action_links=null
+	 * @param string $template_name='' name of the template, used as default for app name of images
+	 * @param string $prefix='egw_' JS action objects generated for this widget are prefixed with given prefix
+	 */
+	public static function init_egw_actions(array $actions=null, $action_links=null, $template_name='', $prefix='egw_')
+	{
+		// Load some JS files needed for the egw_action framework
+		egw_framework::includeCSS('/phpgwapi/js/egw_action/test/skins/dhtmlxmenu_egw.css');
+
+		egw_framework::validate_file('dhtmlxtree','dhtmlxMenu/codebase/dhtmlxcommon');
+		egw_framework::validate_file('dhtmlxtree','dhtmlxMenu/codebase/dhtmlxmenu');
+		egw_framework::validate_file('dhtmlxtree','dhtmlxMenu/codebase/ext/dhtmlxmenu_ext');
+		egw_framework::validate_file('egw_action','egw_action');
+		egw_framework::validate_file('egw_action','egw_action_common');
+		egw_framework::validate_file('egw_action','egw_action_popup');
+		egw_framework::validate_file('egw_action','egw_menu');
+		egw_framework::validate_file('egw_action','egw_menu_dhtmlx');
+		egw_framework::validate_file('.', 'nextmatch_action', 'etemplate');
+
+		if ($actions)
+		{
+			if (!is_array($action_links)) $action_links = array();
+
+			return '
+<script type="text/javascript">
+	$(document).ready(function() {
+		// Initialize the action manager and add some actions to it
+		'.$prefix.'actionManager = new egwActionManager();
+		'.$prefix.'objectManager = new egwActionObjectManager("", '.$prefix.'actionManager);
+
+		'.$prefix.'actionManager.updateActions('.str_replace('},',"},\n",
+			json_encode(self::egw_actions($actions, $template_name, '', $action_links))).');
+		'.$prefix.'actionManager.setDefaultExecute("javaScript:nm_action");
+
+		var actionLinks = ["'.implode('","', $action_links).'"];
+
+		// Create a new action object for each table row
+		// TODO: only apply function to outer level
+		$("table.egwGridView_grid>tbody>tr").each(function(index, elem)
+		{
+			// Create a new action object
+			var obj = '.$prefix.'objectManager.addObject(elem.id, new nextmatchRowAOI(elem));
+
+			obj.updateActionLinks(actionLinks);
+		});
+	});
+</script>';
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Calling our callback
 	 *