diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/AbstractWidget.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/AbstractWidget.php
index 8ab446652..090366fb9 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/AbstractWidget.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/AbstractWidget.php
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 namespace Icinga\Web\Widget;
 
 use Icinga\Exception\ProgrammingError;
-use Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker as ZfActionHelper;
-use Zend_View_Abstract;
-use Icinga\Web\Widget\Widget;
+use Icinga\Application\Icinga;
 use Exception;
 
 /**
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ use Exception;
  * @author     Icinga-Web Team <info@icinga.org>
  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License
  */
-abstract class AbstractWidget implements Widget
+abstract class AbstractWidget
 {
     /**
      * If you are going to access the current view with the view() function,
@@ -89,6 +87,8 @@ abstract class AbstractWidget implements Widget
         );
     }
 
+    abstract public function render();
+
     /**
      * Access the current view
      *
@@ -100,16 +100,7 @@ abstract class AbstractWidget implements Widget
     protected function view()
     {
         if (self::$view === null) {
-
-            $renderer = ZfActionHelper::getStaticHelper(
-                'viewRenderer'
-            );
-
-            if (null === $renderer->view) {
-                $renderer->initView();
-            }
-
-            self::$view = $renderer->view;
+            self::$view = Icinga::app()->getViewRenderer()->view;
         }
 
         return self::$view;
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Chart/HistoryColorGrid.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Chart/HistoryColorGrid.php
index 9ab8d7b5d..e463d5e61 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Chart/HistoryColorGrid.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Chart/HistoryColorGrid.php
@@ -329,11 +329,9 @@ class HistoryColorGrid extends AbstractWidget {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param Zend_View_Abstract $view
-     *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function render(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
+    public function render()
     {
         if (empty($this->data)) {
             return '<div>No entries</div>';
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Chart/PieChart.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Chart/PieChart.php
index 0e4547135..28fc2e71e 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Chart/PieChart.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Chart/PieChart.php
@@ -29,12 +29,10 @@
 
 namespace Icinga\Web\Widget\Chart;
 
-use Icinga\Web\Widget\Widget;
+use Icinga\Web\Widget\AbstractWidget;
 use Icinga\Web\Url;
 
-use \Zend_View_Abstract;
-
-class PieChart implements Widget
+class PieChart extends AbstractWidget
 {
      /**
      * The template string used for rendering this widget
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ class PieChart implements Widget
 EOD;
 
     /**
-     * @var \Icinga\Web\Url
+     * @var Url
      */
     private $url;
 
@@ -112,13 +110,12 @@ EOD;
      * Renders this widget via the given view and returns the
      * HTML as a string
      *
-     * @param \Zend_View_Abstract $view
      * @return string
      */
-    public function render(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
+    public function render()
     {
         $template = $this->template;
-        $template = preg_replace('{{url}}', $this->url->getAbsoluteUrl(), $template);
+        $template = preg_replace('{{url}}', $this->url, $template);
         $template = preg_replace('{{width}}', $this->width, $template);
         $template = preg_replace('{{height}}', $this->height, $template);
         return $template;
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard.php
index 086bb69c3..f148dbf83 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard.php
@@ -300,12 +300,12 @@ class Dashboard extends AbstractWidget
     /**
      * @see Icinga\Web\Widget::render
      */
-    public function render(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
+    public function render()
     {
         if (empty($this->panes)) {
             return '';
         }
-        return $this->determineActivePane()->render($view);
+        return $this->determineActivePane()->render();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard/Component.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard/Component.php
index 1cb576a31..d189ca384 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard/Component.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard/Component.php
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ namespace Icinga\Web\Widget\Dashboard;
 use Icinga\Util\Dimension;
 use Icinga\Web\Form;
 use Icinga\Web\Url;
-use Icinga\Web\Widget\Widget;
-use Zend_View_Abstract;
+use Icinga\Web\Widget\AbstractWidget;
+use Icinga\Web\View;
 use Zend_Config;
 use Zend_Form_Element_Submit;
 use Zend_Form_Element_Button;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ use Exception;
  * This is the element displaying a specific view in icinga2web
  *
  */
-class Component implements Widget
+class Component extends AbstractWidget
 {
     /**
      * The url of this Component
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class Component implements Widget
     private $template =<<<'EOD'
 
     <div class="container" data-icinga-url="{URL}">
-        <h1><a href="{FULL_URL}" data-base-target="col1">{TITLE}</a></h1>
+        <h1>{REMOVE}<a href="{FULL_URL}" data-base-target="col1">{TITLE}</a></h1>
         <noscript>
             <iframe src="{URL}" style="height:100%; width:99%" frameborder="no"></iframe>
         </noscript>
@@ -207,27 +207,28 @@ EOD;
     /**
      * @see Widget::render()
      */
-    public function render(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
+    public function render()
     {
+        $view = $this->view();
         $url = clone($this->url);
         $url->addParams(array('view' => 'compact'));
 
-        $html = str_replace('{URL}', $url->getAbsoluteUrl(), $this->template);
-        $html = str_replace('{FULL_URL}', $url->getUrlWithout('view')->getAbsoluteUrl(), $html);
+        $html = str_replace('{URL}', $url, $this->template);
+        $html = str_replace('{FULL_URL}', $url->getUrlWithout('view'), $html);
         $html = str_replace('{REMOVE_BTN}', $this->getRemoveForm($view), $html);
         $html = str_replace('{DIMENSION}', $this->getBoxSizeAsCSS(), $html);
         $html = str_replace('{{IS_FULL}}', $this->fullsize ? 'row' : '', $html);
-        $html = str_replace('{TITLE}', htmlentities($this->getTitle()), $html);
+        $html = str_replace('{TITLE}', $view->escape($this->getTitle()), $html);
+        $html = str_replace('{REMOVE}', $this->getRemoveForm(), $html);
         return $html;
     }
 
     /**
      * Render the form for removing a dashboard elemetn
      *
-     * @param  Zend_View_Abstract $view     The view to use for rendering
      * @return string                       The html representation of the form
      */
-    public function getRemoveForm(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
+    protected function getRemoveForm()
     {
         $removeUrl = Url::fromPath(
             '/dashboard/removecomponent',
@@ -238,18 +239,19 @@ EOD;
         );
         $form = new Form();
         $form->setMethod('POST');
+        $form->setAttrib('class', 'inline');
         $form->setAction($removeUrl);
         $form->addElement(
             new Zend_Form_Element_Button(
                 'remove_pane_btn',
                 array(
-                    'class'=> 'btn btn-danger pull-right',
+                    'class'=> 'link-like pull-right',
                     'type' => 'submit',
-                    'label' => 'Remove'
+                    'label' => 'x'
                 )
             )
         );
-        return $form->render($view);
+        return $form;
     }
 
     public function setFullsize($bool)
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard/Pane.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard/Pane.php
index 4898e586f..d9d943fab 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard/Pane.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard/Pane.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Icinga\Web\Widget\Dashboard;
 
 use Icinga\Exception\ConfigurationError;
 use Icinga\Exception\ProgrammingError;
-use Icinga\Web\Widget\Widget;
+use Icinga\Web\Widget\AbstractWidget;
 use Zend_Config;
 use Zend_View_Abstract;
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ use Zend_View_Abstract;
  * A pane, displaying different Dashboard components
  *
  */
-class Pane implements Widget
+class Pane extends AbstractWidget
 {
     /**
      * The name of this pane, as defined in the ini file
@@ -162,13 +162,9 @@ class Pane implements Widget
     /**
      * @see Widget::render
      */
-    public function render(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
+    public function render()
     {
-        $html = PHP_EOL;
-        foreach ($this->components as $component) {
-            $html .= PHP_EOL . $component->render($view);
-        }
-        return $html;
+        return implode("\n", $this->components) . "\n";
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/FilterBox.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/FilterBox.php
index 6bf08ed51..3059197d1 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/FilterBox.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/FilterBox.php
@@ -88,12 +88,11 @@ EOT;
     /**
      * Render this widget
      *
-     * @param Zend_View_Abstract $view  The view to use for rendering the widget
      * @return string                   The HTML of the widget as a string
      */
-    public function render(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
+    public function render()
     {
-
+        $view = $this->view();
         $form = new Form();
         $form->setAttrib('class', 'inline');
         $form->setMethod('GET');
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/SortBox.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/SortBox.php
index f213e119e..a3ee99a8f 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/SortBox.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/SortBox.php
@@ -132,11 +132,9 @@ class SortBox extends AbstractWidget
      * Renders this widget via the given view and returns the
      * HTML as a string
      *
-     * @param   Zend_View_Abstract $view
-     *
      * @return  string
      */
-    public function render(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
+    public function render()
     {
         $form = new Form();
         $form->setAttrib('class', 'inline');
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Tab.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Tab.php
index 342cec4c2..d330b6858 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Tab.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Tab.php
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 
 namespace Icinga\Web\Widget;
 
-use \Icinga\Web\Url;
-use \Zend_View_Abstract;
+use Icinga\Web\Url;
 
 /**
  * A single tab, usually used through the tabs widget
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ use \Zend_View_Abstract;
  * @property string $urlParams Action URL Parameters
  *
  */
-class Tab implements Widget
+class Tab extends AbstractWidget
 {
     /**
      * Whether this tab is currently active
@@ -220,31 +219,30 @@ class Tab implements Widget
     /**
      * @see Widget::render()
      */
-    public function render(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
+    public function render()
     {
+        $view = $this->view();
         $class = $this->active ? ' class="active" ' : '';
         $caption = $view->escape($this->title);
 
         if ($this->icon !== null) {
-            $caption = '<img src="' . $this->icon->getAbsoluteUrl()
-                . '" style="width:16px;height:16px"/> ' . $caption;
-        } elseif ($this->iconCls !== null) {
-            $caption = '<i class="' . $this->iconCls . '"></i> ' . $caption;
+            $caption = $view->img($this->icon, array('class' => 'icon')) . ' ' . $caption;
         }
         if ($this->url !== null) {
             $this->url->overwriteParams($this->urlParams);
             $tagParams = '';
             if ($this->tagParams !== null) {
-                foreach ($this->tagParams as $key => $value) {
-                    $tagParams .= ' ' . $key . '="' . $value . '"';
-                }
+                $tagParams = $view->propertiesToString($this->tagParams);
             }
-            $tab = '<a' . $tagParams .' href="' . $this->url->getAbsoluteUrl()
-                . '">' . $caption . '</a>';
+            $tab = sprintf(
+                '<a href="%s"%s>%s</a>',
+                $this->url,
+                $tagParams,
+                $caption
+            );
         } else {
             $tab = $caption;
         }
-
-        return '<li ' . $class . '>' . $tab . '</li>' . PHP_EOL;
+        return '<li ' . $class . '>' . $tab . "</li>\n";
     }
 }
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Tabs.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Tabs.php
index 6993fcda1..84f8205a2 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Tabs.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Tabs.php
@@ -32,13 +32,12 @@ namespace Icinga\Web\Widget;
 use Icinga\Exception\ProgrammingError;
 use Icinga\Web\Widget\Tabextension\Tabextension;
 use Icinga\Application\Icinga;
-use Zend_View_Abstract;
 use Countable;
 
 /**
  * Navigation tab widget
  */
-class Tabs implements Countable, Widget
+class Tabs extends AbstractWidget implements Countable
 {
     /**
      * Template used for the base tabs
@@ -227,11 +226,9 @@ EOT;
     /**
      * Render the dropdown area with it's tabs and return the resulting HTML
      *
-     * @param   Zend_View_Abstract $view The view used for rendering
-     *
      * @return  mixed|string
      */
-    private function renderDropdownTabs(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
+    private function renderDropdownTabs()
     {
         if (empty($this->dropdownTabs)) {
             return '';
@@ -242,7 +239,7 @@ EOT;
             if ($tab === null) {
                 continue;
             }
-            $tabs .= $tab->render($view);
+            $tabs .= $tab;
         }
         return str_replace('{TABS}', $tabs, $this->dropdownTpl);
     }
@@ -250,11 +247,9 @@ EOT;
     /**
      * Render all tabs, except the ones in dropdown area and return the resulting HTML
      *
-     * @param   Zend_View_Abstract $view The view used for rendering
-     *
      * @return  string
      */
-    private function renderTabs(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
+    private function renderTabs()
     {
         $tabs = '';
         foreach ($this->tabs as $name => $tab) {
@@ -262,7 +257,7 @@ EOT;
             if (in_array($name, $this->dropdownTabs)) {
                 continue;
             }
-            $tabs .= $tab->render($view);
+            $tabs .= $tab;
         }
         return $tabs;
     }
@@ -272,15 +267,15 @@ EOT;
      *
      * @see Widget::render
      */
-    public function render(Zend_View_Abstract $view)
+    public function render()
     {
         if (empty($this->tabs)) {
             return '';
         }
 
         $html = $this->baseTpl;
-        $html = str_replace('{TABS}', $this->renderTabs($view), $html);
-        $html = str_replace('{DROPDOWN}', $this->renderDropdownTabs($view), $html);
+        $html = str_replace('{TABS}', $this->renderTabs(), $html);
+        $html = str_replace('{DROPDOWN}', $this->renderDropdownTabs(), $html);
         return $html;
     }