diff --git a/application/views/scripts/simple.phtml b/application/views/scripts/simple.phtml
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+<?= $this->controls ?>
+<?= $this->content ?>
diff --git a/library/Director/Web/Controller/SimpleController.php b/library/Director/Web/Controller/SimpleController.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Director\Web\Controller;
+
+use ipl\Html\Container;
+use ipl\Html\Html;
+use ipl\Html\HtmlTag;
+use ipl\Translation\TranslationHelper;
+use ipl\Web\Component\ActionBar;
+use ipl\Web\Component\Tabs;
+
+abstract class SimpleController extends ActionController
+{
+    private $tabs;
+
+    private $actions;
+
+    public function init()
+    {
+        parent::init();
+        $this->setViewScript('simple');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $title
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setTitle($title)
+    {
+        $args = func_get_args();
+        array_shift($args);
+        if (! empty($args)) {
+            $title = vsprintf($title, $args);
+        }
+
+        $this->view->title = $title;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return ActionBar
+     */
+    public function actions()
+    {
+        if ($this->actions === null) {
+            $this->actions = new ActionBar();
+            $this->controls()->add($this->actions());
+        }
+
+        return $this->actions;
+    }
+
+    public function quickSearch()
+    {
+        $search = $this->params->shift('q');
+
+        $form = Html::tag('form', [
+            'action' => $this->getRequest()->getUrl()->without(array('q', 'page', 'modifyFilter')),
+            'class'  => ['quicksearch', 'inline'],
+            'method' => 'GET'
+        ]);
+
+        $form->add(
+           Html::tag('input', [
+               'type' => 'text',
+               'name' => 'q',
+               'value' => $search,
+               'placeholder' => $this->translate('Search...'),
+               'class' => 'search'
+           ]
+        ));
+
+        $this->controls()->add($form);
+
+        return $search;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $title
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function addTitle($title)
+    {
+        $args = func_get_args();
+        call_user_func_array([$this, 'setTitle'], $args);
+        $this->controls()->add(
+            HtmlTag::h1($this->view->title)
+        );
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function addSingleTab($title, $url = null, $name = 'main')
+    {
+        if ($url === null) {
+            $url = $this->getRequest()->getUrl();
+        }
+
+        $this->tabs()->add($name, [
+            'label' => $title,
+            'url'   => $url,
+        ])->activate($name);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function tabs()
+    {
+        if ($this->tabs === null) {
+            $this->tabs = new Tabs();
+            $this->controls()->prepend($this->tabs);
+        }
+
+        return $this->tabs;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Container
+     */
+    public function controls()
+    {
+        if ($this->view->controls === null) {
+            $this->view->controls = Container::create([
+                'class' => 'controls'
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        return $this->view->controls;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Container
+     */
+    public function content()
+    {
+        if ($this->view->content === null) {
+            $this->view->content = Container::create([
+                'class' => 'content'
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        return $this->view->content;
+    }
+}