diff --git a/infolog/inc/class.infolog_ui.inc.php b/infolog/inc/class.infolog_ui.inc.php
index e600b0505a..f4a5a48fe8 100644
--- a/infolog/inc/class.infolog_ui.inc.php
+++ b/infolog/inc/class.infolog_ui.inc.php
@@ -711,11 +711,17 @@ class infolog_ui
 		{
 			$nm = egw_cache::getSession('infolog', $this->called_by.'session_data');
 			unset($nm['rows']);
-			if ($values === 'reset_action_view' || $_GET['ajax'] === 'true')
+			if ($values === 'reset_action_view')
 			{
-				$nm['action'] = $action = '';
-				$nm['action_id'] = $action_id = 0;
-				$nm['action_title'] = $action_title = '';
+				$action = '';
+				$action_id = 0;
+				$action_title = '';
+			}
+			if($_GET['ajax'] === 'true')
+			{
+				$nm['action'] = '';
+				$nm['action_id'] = 0;
+				$nm['action_title'] = '';
 				// check if action-view reset filter and restore it
 				if (($filter = egw_cache::getSession('infolog', 'filter_reset_from')))
 				{
@@ -880,6 +886,8 @@ class infolog_ui
 		else
 		{
 			$values['css'] = '<style type="text/css">@import url('.$GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['webserver_url'].'/infolog/templates/default/app.css);'."</style>";
+			// Avoid DOM conflicts
+			$this->tmpl->set_dom_id("{$this->tmpl->name}-$action-$action_id");
 		}
 		// add scrollbar to long description, if user choose so in his prefs
 		if ($this->prefs['limit_des_lines'] > 0 || (string)$this->prefs['limit_des_lines'] == '');
diff --git a/infolog/js/app.js b/infolog/js/app.js
index e5e38a0450..f17f9d1cf2 100644
--- a/infolog/js/app.js
+++ b/infolog/js/app.js
@@ -309,4 +309,36 @@ app.classes.infolog = AppJS.extend(
 	{
 		egw.open('','infolog','add');
 	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Opens a new edit dialog with some extra url parameters pulled from
+	 * standard locations.  Done with a function instead of hardcoding so
+	 * the values can be updated if user changes them in UI.
+	 *
+	 * @param _type string Type of infolog entry
+	 * @param _action string Special action for new infolog entry
+	 * @param _action_id string ID for special action
+	 */
+	add_with_extras: function(_type, _action, _action_id)
+	{
+		var nm = this.et2.getWidgetById('nm');
+		var nm_value = nm.getValue() || {};
+
+		var extras = {
+			type: _type || nm_value.filter || null,
+			cat_id: nm_value.cat_id || null,
+			action: _action || null,
+			action_id: _action_id != '0' ? _action_id : null || null
+		};
+
+		// Remove any missing values
+		for(var key in extras)
+		{
+			if(extras[key] == null)
+			{
+				delete extras[key];
+			}
+		}
+		egw.open('','infolog','add',extras);
+	}
 });
diff --git a/infolog/templates/default/index.xet b/infolog/templates/default/index.xet
index 0b8d4a6510..e6006340da 100644
--- a/infolog/templates/default/index.xet
+++ b/infolog/templates/default/index.xet
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 	<template id="infolog.index.header_right" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.001">
 		<hbox>
 			<description value="Add:" class="infolog_headertext"/>
-			<button statustext="Add a new ToDo" label="ToDo" id="add[task]" onclick="var options = {type: 'task',cat_id:widget.getRoot().getWidgetById('cat_id').getValue()}; if('$cont[action]' != 'null') options.action = '$cont[action]'; egw.open('','infolog','add',options)" image="task"/>
-			<button statustext="Add a new Phonecall" label="Phonecall" id="add[phone]" onclick="var options = {type: 'phone',cat_id:widget.getRoot().getWidgetById('cat_id').getValue()}; if('$cont[action]' != 'null') options.action = '$cont[action]'; egw.open('','infolog','add',options)" image="phone"/>
-			<button statustext="Add a new Note" label="Note" id="add[note]" onclick="var options = {type: 'note',cat_id:widget.getRoot().getWidgetById('cat_id').getValue()}; if('$cont[action]' != 'null') options.action = '$cont[action]'; egw.open('','infolog','add',options)" image="note"/>
+			<button statustext="Add a new ToDo" label="ToDo" id="add[task]" onclick="app.infolog.add_with_extras('task','$cont[action]','$cont[action_id]');" image="task"/>
+			<button statustext="Add a new Phonecall" label="Phonecall" id="add[phone]" onclick="app.infolog.add_with_extras('phone','$cont[action]','$cont[action_id]');" image="phone"/>
+			<button statustext="Add a new Note" label="Note" id="add[note]" onclick="app.infolog.add_with_extras('note','$cont[action]','$cont[action_id]');" image="note"/>
 		</hbox>
 	</template>
 	<template id="infolog.index.rows" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.005">