diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutView.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutView.cc
index 9ad09fe7b..0eca02e84 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutView.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutView.cc
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ LayoutView::init_ui ()
   QVBoxLayout *vbl = new QVBoxLayout (this);
   vbl->setContentsMargins (0, 0, 0, 0);
   vbl->setSpacing (0);
+  vbl->addWidget (view_object_widget ());
 
   if ((options () & LV_NoHierarchyPanel) == 0 && (options () & LV_Naked) == 0) {
 
@@ -283,6 +284,8 @@ LayoutView::init_ui ()
 
   }
   
+  config_setup ();
+
   mp_timer = new QTimer (this);
   connect (mp_timer, SIGNAL (timeout ()), this, SLOT (timer ()));
   mp_timer->start (timer_interval);
@@ -1119,13 +1122,13 @@ namespace lay
 LayoutView::LayoutView (db::Manager *mgr, bool editable, lay::Plugin *plugin_parent, unsigned int options)
   : LayoutViewBase (this, mgr, editable, plugin_parent, options)
 {
-  //  .. nothing yet ..
+  config_setup ();
 }
 
 LayoutView::LayoutView (lay::LayoutView *source, db::Manager *mgr, bool editable, lay::Plugin *plugin_parent, unsigned int options)
   : LayoutViewBase (this, source, mgr, editable, plugin_parent, options)
 {
-  //  .. nothing yet ..
+  config_setup ();
 }
 
 //  NOTE: this methods needs to be called "frequently"
diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
index 4b0487e19..50c118920 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
@@ -421,8 +421,6 @@ LayoutViewBase::init (db::Manager *mgr)
   }
 
   create_plugins ();
-
-  config_setup ();
 }
 
 LayoutViewBase::~LayoutViewBase ()
diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layViewObject.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layViewObject.cc
index be11f9220..bd4694ab5 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layViewObject.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layViewObject.cc
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ void
 ViewObjectWidget::leaveEvent (QEvent * /*event*/)
 {
 BEGIN_PROTECTED
-  begin_mouse_event ();
+  send_leave_event ();
 END_PROTECTED
 }
 
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ BEGIN_PROTECTED
   p = db::DPoint (e->position ().x (), e->position ().y ());
 #endif
 
-  send_mouse_press_event (p, qt_to_buttons (e->buttons (), e->modifiers ()));
+  send_mouse_release_event (p, qt_to_buttons (e->buttons (), e->modifiers ()));
 
 END_PROTECTED
 }