diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.Template.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.Template.inc.php
index 6e9d5c34ab..c73f656048 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.Template.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.Template.inc.php
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@
 			$reg = "/<!--\s+BEGIN $handle\s+-->(.*)\n\s*<!--\s+END $handle\s+-->/sm";
 			preg_match_all($reg, $str, $m);
 			$this->set_var($name, $m[1][0]);
+			// ralfbecker: readded for compatibility with old way to set blocks
+			$this->set_var($parent,preg_replace($reg,'{'.$name.'}',$str));
+			if ($name != $handle)
+			{
+				$this->set_var($handle, $m[1][0]);
+			}
 		}
 
 		/* public: set_var(array $values)
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.listbox.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.listbox.inc.php
index bfa4e55ef7..f40cbda5cc 100755
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.listbox.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.listbox.inc.php
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@
 		*/
 		function listbox($param)
 		{
-			$this->setvar('outerwidth',300);
-			$this->setvar('innerwidth',300);
-			$this->setvar('width',300);
-
 			@reset($param);
 			while(list($key,$value) = each($param))
 			{
@@ -57,7 +53,25 @@
 				}
 			}
 			$this->portalbox($param['title']);
-			//$this->start_template();
+
+			if($param['app_id'])
+			{
+				$app_id = $this->getvar('app_id');
+
+				$var = Array
+				(
+					'up'       => Array('url' => '/set_box.php', 'app' => $app_id),
+					'down'     => Array('url' => '/set_box.php', 'app' => $app_id),
+					'close'    => Array('url' => '/set_box.php', 'app' => $app_id),
+					'question' => Array('url' => '/set_box.php', 'app' => $app_id),
+					'edit'     => Array('url' => '/set_box.php', 'app' => $app_id)
+				);
+
+				while(list($key,$value) = each($var))
+				{
+					$this->set_controls($key,$value);
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.portalbox.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.portalbox.inc.php
index 212de89f0a..655dd394b7 100755
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.portalbox.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.portalbox.inc.php
@@ -27,11 +27,8 @@
 		//Set up the Object, reserving memory space for variables
 
 		var $app_name;
-		var $outerwidth;
-		var $width;
-		var $innerwidth;
+		var $app_id;
 		var $controls;
-		var $header_background_image;
 		var $up;
 		var $down;
 		var $close;
@@ -39,7 +36,7 @@
 		var $edit;
 
 		var $output;
-		var $data = Array();
+		var $data = array();
 
 		// Textual variables
 		var $title;
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@
 
 		function start_template($extra = '')
 		{
-			if ($extra)
+			if ($extra && $this->getvar('app_name'))
 			{
 				$GLOBALS['phpgw']->xslttpl->add_file(array('portal',$GLOBALS['phpgw']->common->get_tpl_dir($this->getvar('app_name'),'default') . SEP . 'extrabox'));
 			}
@@ -96,10 +93,8 @@
 
 			$this->output = array
 			(
-				'outer_width'				=> $this->getvar('width'),
 				'title'						=> $this->getvar('title'),
-				'inner_width'				=> $this->getvar('width'),
-				'header_background_image'	=> $this->getvar('header_background_image')
+				'header_background_image'	=> $GLOBALS['phpgw']->common->image('phpgwapi/templates/default','bg_filler.png')
 			);
 		}
 
@@ -117,9 +112,8 @@
 		{
 			if($data=='' && !count($this->data))
 			{
-				$data = ' ';
+				$data = '';
 			}
-
 			$this->output['extrabox'] = $data;
 		}
 
@@ -127,7 +121,7 @@
 		{
 			if($data=='' && !count($this->data))
 			{
-				$data = ' ';
+				$data = '';
 			}
 			$this->output['xextrabox'] = $data;
 		}