diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.date_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.date_widget.inc.php
index d508939006..4a7aab9aca 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.date_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.date_widget.inc.php
@@ -97,10 +97,16 @@
 			}
 			list($data_format,$options,$options2) = explode(',',$cell['size']);
 			if ($type == 'date-houronly' && empty($data_format)) $data_format = 'H';
-			$extension_data = array(
-				'type'			=> $type,
-				'data_format'	=> $data_format,
-			);	
+			
+			$readonly = $cell['readonly'] || $readonlys;
+
+			if (!$readonly)	// dont set extension-data on readonly, it's not needed and can conflict with other widgets
+			{
+				$extension_data = array(
+					'type'			=> $type,
+					'data_format'	=> $data_format,
+				);
+			}
 			if (!$value)
 			{
 				$value = array(
@@ -145,8 +151,6 @@
 			}
 			$time_0h0 = !(int)$value['H'] && !(int)$value['i'];
 
-			$readonly = $cell['readonly'] || $readonlys;
-
 			$timeformat = array(3 => 'H', 4 => 'i');
 			if ($this->timeformat == '12' && $readonly && $value['H'] !== '')
 			{
@@ -327,15 +331,18 @@
 			}
 			if (!in_array($input_format,array('d','h','dh','m','hm','dhm'))) $input_format = 'dh'; // hours + days
 			
-			$extension_data = array(
-				'type'			=> $cell['type'],
-				'data_format'	=> $data_format,
-				'unit'          => ($unit = $input_format == 'd' ? 'd' : 'h'),
-				'input_format'  => $input_format,
-				'hours_per_day' => $hours_per_day,
-				'percent_allowed'=> $percent_allowed,
-				'empty_not_0'   => $empty_not_0,
-			);
+			if (!$readonly)	// dont set extension-data on readonly, it's not needed and can conflict with other widgets
+			{
+				$extension_data = array(
+					'type'			=> $cell['type'],
+					'data_format'	=> $data_format,
+					'unit'          => ($unit = $input_format == 'd' ? 'd' : 'h'),
+					'input_format'  => $input_format,
+					'hours_per_day' => $hours_per_day,
+					'percent_allowed'=> $percent_allowed,
+					'empty_not_0'   => $empty_not_0,
+				);
+			}
 			if ($value)
 			{
 				switch($data_format)
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
index ea4c77dc49..390c1fe891 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
@@ -560,6 +560,6 @@
 					break;
 			}
 			//echo "<p>select_widget::post_process('$name',,'$extension_data',,,'$value_in'): value='$value', is_null(value)=".(int)is_null($value)."</p>\n";
-			return !is_null($value);
+			return true;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.uietemplate.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.uietemplate.inc.php
index 4bd90bd815..3fd1220fec 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.uietemplate.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.uietemplate.inc.php
@@ -953,8 +953,15 @@
 					}
 					break;
 				case 'textarea':	// Multiline Text Input, size: [rows][,cols]
-					$html .= $this->html->textarea($form_name,$value,
-						$options.$this->html->formatOptions($cell_options,'ROWS,COLS'));
+					if ($readonly && !$cell_options)
+					{
+						$html .= '<pre style="margin-top: 0px;">'.$this->html->htmlspecialchars($value)."</pre>\n";
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						$html .= $this->html->textarea($form_name,$value,
+							$options.$this->html->formatOptions($cell_options,'ROWS,COLS'));
+					}
 					if (!$readonly)
 					{
 						$GLOBALS['egw_info']['etemplate']['to_process'][$form_name] =  array(
@@ -1065,7 +1072,7 @@
 						elseif (preg_match('/confirm\(["\']{1}(.*)["\']{1}\)/',$cell['onclick'],$matches))
 						{
 							$question = lang($matches[1]).(substr($matches[1],-1) != '?' ? '?' : '');	// add ? if not there, saves extra phrase
-							$onclick = preg_replace('/confirm\(["\']{1}(.*)["\']{1}\)/','confirm(\''.$question.'\')',$onclick);
+							$onclick = preg_replace('/confirm\(["\']{1}(.*)["\']{1}\)/','confirm(\''.addslashes($question).'\')',$onclick);
 							//$onclick = "return confirm('".str_replace('\'','\\\'',$this->html->htmlspecialchars($question))."');";
 						}
 					}
@@ -1532,7 +1539,7 @@
 			// if necessary show validation-error behind field
 			if (isset($GLOBALS['egw_info']['etemplate']['validation_errors'][$form_name]))
 			{
-				$html .= ' <font color="red">'.$GLOBALS['egw_info']['etemplate']['validation_errors'][$form_name].'</font>';
+				$html .= ' <span style="color: red; white-space: nowrap;">'.$GLOBALS['egw_info']['etemplate']['validation_errors'][$form_name].'</span>';
 			}
 			// generate an extra div, if we have an onclick handler and NO children or it's an extension
 			//echo "<p>$this->name($this->onclick_handler:$this->no_onclick:$this->onclick_proxy): $cell[type]/$cell[name]</p>\n";