diff --git a/src/edt/edt/edtPlugin.cc b/src/edt/edt/edtPlugin.cc
index c404ffffa..c9e24b263 100644
--- a/src/edt/edt/edtPlugin.cc
+++ b/src/edt/edt/edtPlugin.cc
@@ -523,6 +523,23 @@ commit_recent (lay::LayoutViewBase *view)
 #endif
 }
 
+void
+config_recent_for_layer (lay::LayoutViewBase *view, const db::LayerProperties &lp, int cv_index)
+{
+#if defined(HAVE_QT)
+  lay::EditorOptionsPages *eo_pages = view->editor_options_pages ();
+  if (!eo_pages) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  for (std::vector<lay::EditorOptionsPage *>::const_iterator op = eo_pages->pages ().begin (); op != eo_pages->pages ().end (); ++op) {
+    if ((*op)->active ()) {
+      (*op)->config_recent_for_layer (view, lp, cv_index);
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+}
+
 class PartialPluginDeclaration
   : public PluginDeclarationBase
 {
diff --git a/src/edt/edt/edtPlugin.h b/src/edt/edt/edtPlugin.h
index 230c55dce..3e1488c15 100644
--- a/src/edt/edt/edtPlugin.h
+++ b/src/edt/edt/edtPlugin.h
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ namespace edt
    *  @brief Commits the current configuration for the recently used configuration list
    */
   void commit_recent (lay::LayoutViewBase *view);
+
+  /**
+   *  @brief Configure attributes for the most-recent entry with the given layer
+   */
+  void config_recent_for_layer (lay::LayoutViewBase *view, const db::LayerProperties &lp, int cv_index);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/edt/edt/edtRecentConfigurationPage.cc b/src/edt/edt/edtRecentConfigurationPage.cc
index 672dc31e0..b0eb20414 100644
--- a/src/edt/edt/edtRecentConfigurationPage.cc
+++ b/src/edt/edt/edtRecentConfigurationPage.cc
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ lp_iter_from_string (lay::LayoutViewBase *view, const std::string &s)
   db::LayerProperties lp;
   tl::Extractor ex (s.c_str ());
   lp.read (ex);
-  int cv_index = 0;
+  int cv_index = view->active_cellview_index ();
   if (ex.test ("@")) {
     ex.read (cv_index);
   }
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ RecentConfigurationPage::item_clicked (QTreeWidgetItem *item)
       db::LayerProperties lp;
       tl::Extractor ex (v.c_str ());
       lp.read (ex);
-      int cv_index = 0;
+      int cv_index = view ()->active_cellview_index ();
       if (ex.test ("@")) {
         ex.read (cv_index);
       }
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ RecentConfigurationPage::commit_recent (lay::Dispatcher *root)
         int li = view ()->current_layer ()->layer_index ();
         if (cv.is_valid () && cv->layout ().is_valid_layer (li)) {
           s = cv->layout ().get_properties (li).to_string ();
-          if (cv_index > 0) {
+          if (cv_index != view ()->active_cellview_index ()) {
              s += "@" + tl::to_string (cv_index);
           }
         }
@@ -482,6 +482,55 @@ RecentConfigurationPage::commit_recent (lay::Dispatcher *root)
   update_list (stored_values);
 }
 
+void
+RecentConfigurationPage::config_recent_for_layer (lay::Dispatcher *root, const db::LayerProperties &lp, int cv_index)
+{
+  std::list<std::vector<std::string> > stored_values = get_stored_values ();
+
+  auto v = stored_values.begin ();
+  for ( ; v != stored_values.end (); ++v) {
+
+    bool match = false;
+    auto vv = v->begin ();
+    for (std::list<ConfigurationDescriptor>::const_iterator c = m_cfg.begin (); c != m_cfg.end () && ! match && vv != v->end (); ++c, ++vv) {
+
+      if (c->rendering == Layer) {
+
+        //  "getting" a layer means making it current
+        db::LayerProperties lp_stored;
+        tl::Extractor ex (vv->c_str ());
+        lp_stored.read (ex);
+        int cv_index_stored = view ()->active_cellview_index ();
+        if (ex.test ("@")) {
+          ex.read (cv_index_stored);
+        }
+
+        match = (lp.log_equal (lp_stored) && (cv_index < 0 || cv_index_stored == cv_index));
+
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    if (match) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  if (v != stored_values.end ()) {
+
+    auto vv = v->begin ();
+    for (std::list<ConfigurationDescriptor>::const_iterator c = m_cfg.begin (); c != m_cfg.end () && vv != v->end (); ++c, ++vv) {
+      if (c->rendering != Layer) {
+        root->config_set (c->cfg_name, *vv);
+      }
+    }
+
+    root->config_end ();
+
+  }
+}
+
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/edt/edt/edtRecentConfigurationPage.h b/src/edt/edt/edtRecentConfigurationPage.h
index 7e993a36f..8d3045cfd 100644
--- a/src/edt/edt/edtRecentConfigurationPage.h
+++ b/src/edt/edt/edtRecentConfigurationPage.h
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ namespace lay
   class LayoutViewBase;
 }
 
+namespace db
+{
+  class LayerProperties;
+}
+
 namespace edt
 {
 
@@ -92,6 +97,7 @@ public:
   virtual void apply (lay::Dispatcher * /*root*/) { }
   virtual void setup (lay::Dispatcher * /*root*/) { }
   virtual void commit_recent (lay::Dispatcher *root);
+  virtual void config_recent_for_layer (lay::Dispatcher *root, const db::LayerProperties &lp, int cv_index);
 
 private slots:
   void item_clicked (QTreeWidgetItem *item);
diff --git a/src/edt/edt/edtServiceImpl.cc b/src/edt/edt/edtServiceImpl.cc
index 2e6bbf95e..70ed8b900 100644
--- a/src/edt/edt/edtServiceImpl.cc
+++ b/src/edt/edt/edtServiceImpl.cc
@@ -140,15 +140,19 @@ ShapeEditService::get_edit_layer ()
     }
   }
 
+  if (cv.cell ()->is_proxy ()) {
+    throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (tr ("Cannot put a shape into a PCell or library cell")));
+  }
+
   m_layer = (unsigned int) layer;
   m_cv_index = (unsigned int) cv_index;
   m_trans = (cl->trans ().front () * db::CplxTrans (cv->layout ().dbu ()) * cv.context_trans ()).inverted ();
   mp_layout = &(cv->layout ());
   mp_cell = cv.cell ();
 
-  if (mp_cell->is_proxy ()) {
-    throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (tr ("Cannot put a shape into a PCell or library cell")));
-  }
+  //  fetches the last configuration for the given layer
+  view ()->set_active_cellview_index (cv_index);
+  edt::config_recent_for_layer (view (), cv->layout ().get_properties ((unsigned int) layer), cv_index);
 }
 
 void
@@ -213,6 +217,10 @@ ShapeEditService::update_edit_layer (const lay::LayerPropertiesConstIterator &cl
   mp_layout = &(cv->layout ());
   mp_cell = cv.cell ();
 
+  //  fetches the last configuration for the given layer
+  view ()->set_active_cellview_index (cv_index);
+  edt::config_recent_for_layer (view (), cv->layout ().get_properties ((unsigned int) layer), cv_index);
+
   current_layer_changed ();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/layui/layui/layEditorOptionsPage.h b/src/layui/layui/layEditorOptionsPage.h
index 08598784e..c54f4e31a 100644
--- a/src/layui/layui/layEditorOptionsPage.h
+++ b/src/layui/layui/layEditorOptionsPage.h
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 
 #include <QWidget>
 
+namespace db
+{
+  class LayerProperties;
+}
+
 namespace lay
 {
 
@@ -58,6 +63,7 @@ public:
   virtual void apply (lay::Dispatcher * /*root*/) { }
   virtual void setup (lay::Dispatcher * /*root*/) { }
   virtual void commit_recent (lay::Dispatcher * /*root*/) { }
+  virtual void config_recent_for_layer (lay::Dispatcher * /*root*/, const db::LayerProperties & /*lp*/, int /*cv_index*/) { }
 
   bool active () const { return m_active; }
   void activate (bool active);