diff --git a/src/gui/interact/ui-coord-resolver.hpp b/src/gui/interact/ui-coord-resolver.hpp
index ab32baac1..687f0c180 100644
--- a/src/gui/interact/ui-coord-resolver.hpp
+++ b/src/gui/interact/ui-coord-resolver.hpp
@@ -539,6 +539,24 @@ namespace interact {
         }
       
       
+      /** mutate to turn a wildcard into _existentially quantified._
+       * This means to assume (or require) that an element actually exists at the given position,
+       * without knowing or caring about its actual name. This becomes relevant when matching for
+       * _partially covered_ path; normal wildcards are only accepted to build a solution, when
+       * the matching can be confirmed by an explicit element after (below) the wildcard part.
+       * While this restriction serves to prevent ambiguous and surprising arbitrary matches,
+       * it can sometimes defeat any solution, e.g. when creating a new panel on top of an
+       * existing but irrelevant perspective.
+       */
+      UICoordResolver&&
+      existentiallyQuantify (size_t pos)
+        {
+          if (pos < uic_.size() and not uic_.isPresent(pos))
+            overwrite (pos, UIC_ELIDED);
+          return std::move (*this);
+        }
+      
+      
       
       /** diagnostics */
       operator string()   const { return string(this->uic_); }
diff --git a/src/gui/interact/ui-location-solver.hpp b/src/gui/interact/ui-location-solver.hpp
index 09fc09a31..b8e356d96 100644
--- a/src/gui/interact/ui-location-solver.hpp
+++ b/src/gui/interact/ui-location-solver.hpp
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ namespace interact {
               
               // try to solve the current Clause by matching against real UI topology
               UICoordResolver resolver{clause.pattern, getLocationQuery()};
+              preprocess (resolver, clause);
               resolver.coverPartially(); // now either holds a solution or is empty
               
               if (not isnil(resolver)                     // Solution found!
@@ -304,7 +305,21 @@ namespace interact {
         }
       
     private:
-      
+      /** perform adjustments on the current pattern to support some very specific situations
+       * - when we want to create a new panel (or re-use an existing of the same name), on top
+       *   of an existing (but irrelevant) perspective, we mark this perspective as "just there".
+       *   This allows to get a new path as solution, which is just covered up to and including
+       *   that perspective; without special treatment, such a match would otherwise be rejected.
+       */
+      void
+      preprocess (UICoordResolver& builder, LocationClause const& clause)
+        {
+          if (clause.createParents
+              and clause.pattern.isComplete())
+            {
+              builder.existentiallyQuantify (UIC_PERSP);
+            }
+        }
     };
   
   
diff --git a/tests/12metaprogramming.tests b/tests/12metaprogramming.tests
index b559425aa..36ee4d7ac 100644
--- a/tests/12metaprogramming.tests
+++ b/tests/12metaprogramming.tests
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ return: 0
 END
 
 
-TEST: "Iterator monad variations (2nd draft)" IterTreeExplorer_test <<END
+TEST "Iterator monad variations (2nd draft)" IterTreeExplorer_test <<END
 out-lit: 4-3-2-1
 out: Search in random tree: toFind = .....
 out: Protocol of the search: .+\-.+\-.+\-.+\-.+
diff --git a/tests/52-gui-control.tests b/tests/52-gui-control.tests
index 58e8a951f..47e192823 100644
--- a/tests/52-gui-control.tests
+++ b/tests/52-gui-control.tests
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ out-lit: 	OR UI:currentWindow[*]-viewer
 out-lit: 	OR UI:?-viewer
 out-lit: 	OR UI:?[asset]-*.asset
 out-lit: 	OR UI:?-asset.asset create!
-out-lit: 	OR UI:currentWindow[.]-viewer create!
+out-lit: 	OR UI:currentWindow[*]-viewer create!
 out-lit: 	OR UI:meta[config]-infobox.inspect create!
 return: 0
 END
diff --git a/tests/gui/interact/ui-location-solver-test.cpp b/tests/gui/interact/ui-location-solver-test.cpp
index ec516ac15..da2841113 100644
--- a/tests/gui/interact/ui-location-solver-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/gui/interact/ui-location-solver-test.cpp
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ namespace test {
 //        location.append      (UICoord().tab("assetType()"));                         //////////////////////TICKET #1130 : do we want to support match based on invocation context (here: the type of the asset to be displayed)
           location.append      (UICoord().persp("asset").view("asset"));
           location.append      (UICoord().panel("asset").view("asset").create());
-          location.append      (UICoord::currentWindow().persp(UIC_ELIDED).panel("viewer").create());
+          location.append      (UICoord::currentWindow().panel("viewer").create());                          //Note: especially for this kind of rule, .persp(UIC_ELIDED) is injected automatically
           location.append      (UICoord::window("meta").persp("config").panel("infobox").view("inspect").create());
           
           cout << location << endl;
diff --git a/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm b/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
index 702f208ab..8d5d5bf01 100644
--- a/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
+++ b/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
@@ -2436,7 +2436,7 @@
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-<node CREATED="1483924872930" ID="ID_242219866" MODIFIED="1518487921058">
+<node CREATED="1483924872930" ID="ID_242219866" MODIFIED="1518840407152">
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   <head>
     
@@ -3542,7 +3542,7 @@
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 </node>
-<node CREATED="1506175115772" FOLDED="true" HGAP="318" ID="ID_1448696607" MODIFIED="1518487921063" VSHIFT="64">
+<node CREATED="1506175115772" FOLDED="true" HGAP="318" ID="ID_1448696607" MODIFIED="1518840357589" VSHIFT="64">
 <richcontent TYPE="NODE"><html>
   <head>
     
@@ -3853,8 +3853,31 @@
 <icon BUILTIN="messagebox_warning"/>
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-<node CREATED="1507939312860" HGAP="78" ID="ID_444535530" MODIFIED="1518487921063" TEXT="Analyse" VSHIFT="7">
-<icon BUILTIN="pencil"/>
+<node CREATED="1507939312860" FOLDED="true" HGAP="78" ID="ID_444535530" MODIFIED="1518840304236" TEXT="Analyse" VSHIFT="7">
+<richcontent TYPE="NOTE"><html>
+  <head>
+    
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <p>
+      habe diese Analyse 2017/2018 ein St&#252;ck weit vorangetrieben.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Ergebnis war die Schaffung von UI-Koordinaten und die ViewSpec-DSL
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Damit ist das Thema aber bei Weitem noch nicht ausgesch&#246;pft,
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      jedoch gen&#252;gend aufgeschlossen, um die konkrete Implementierung fortzusetzen
+    </p>
+  </body>
+</html>
+</richcontent>
+<icon BUILTIN="hourglass"/>
 <node CREATED="1507939326250" ID="ID_1890759249" MODIFIED="1518487921063" TEXT="Aufgaben">
 <node CREATED="1507939400248" ID="ID_1464418318" MODIFIED="1518487921063" TEXT="einem Pfad folgen">
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@@ -9246,8 +9269,8 @@
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-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1515631646108" ID="ID_1553855476" MODIFIED="1518487921066" TEXT="UICoordResolver erzeugen">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1515631646108" ID="ID_1553855476" MODIFIED="1518840394020" TEXT="UICoordResolver erzeugen">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
 <node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1515979648475" ID="ID_350272872" MODIFIED="1518487921066" TEXT="Funktionsweise der &quot;Resolution&quot; kl&#xe4;ren">
 <icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
@@ -9910,7 +9933,12 @@
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 <icon BUILTIN="help"/>
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-<node CREATED="1517021326957" ID="ID_20403834" MODIFIED="1518487921069" TEXT="nur LocationQuery"/>
+<node CREATED="1518840121972" ID="ID_989066633" MODIFIED="1518840181886" TEXT="ein LocationSolver">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
+</node>
+<node CREATED="1517021326957" ID="ID_20403834" MODIFIED="1518840184881" TEXT="LocationQuery qua Navigator">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
+</node>
 <node CREATED="1517021298929" ID="ID_621970077" MODIFIED="1518487921069">
 <richcontent TYPE="NODE"><html>
   <head>
@@ -9944,7 +9972,7 @@
 <icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
 </node>
-<node COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1518658696759" ID="ID_68856104" MODIFIED="1518743116362">
+<node COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1518658696759" FOLDED="true" ID="ID_68856104" MODIFIED="1518839544741">
 <richcontent TYPE="NODE"><html>
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@@ -9968,12 +9996,11 @@
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-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1518743292259" ID="ID_1943028471" MODIFIED="1518762623661" TEXT="das machen wir trotzdem">
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1517014013207" ID="ID_1843964714" MODIFIED="1518839527924" TEXT="automatisches Injizieren von &quot;elided&quot;">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1518743292259" ID="ID_1943028471" MODIFIED="1518839525198" TEXT="das machen wir trotzdem">
 <arrowlink COLOR="#595f8d" DESTINATION="ID_1516856737" ENDARROW="Default" ENDINCLINATION="302;0;" ID="Arrow_ID_241747952" STARTARROW="None" STARTINCLINATION="697;-153;"/>
 <icon BUILTIN="yes"/>
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
 </node>
 <node CREATED="1518743303177" ID="ID_1758602660" MODIFIED="1518743321547" TEXT="...und zwar direkt im LocationSolver"/>
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@@ -10171,9 +10198,9 @@
 <icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
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-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1517505346701" ID="ID_1733459677" MODIFIED="1518487921069" TEXT="LocationSolver einf&#xfc;hren">
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1517505346701" FOLDED="true" ID="ID_1733459677" MODIFIED="1518839586558" TEXT="LocationSolver einf&#xfc;hren">
 <linktarget COLOR="#7999a3" DESTINATION="ID_1733459677" ENDARROW="Default" ENDINCLINATION="460;0;" ID="Arrow_ID_1447990036" SOURCE="ID_570287604" STARTARROW="None" STARTINCLINATION="-15;211;"/>
-<icon BUILTIN="pencil"/>
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 <node CREATED="1517505662323" ID="ID_1295083929" MODIFIED="1518487921069" TEXT="baut auf LocationQuery auf">
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@@ -10247,7 +10274,7 @@
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 </node>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1518762499749" ID="ID_214794727" MODIFIED="1518762708094">
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1518762499749" FOLDED="true" ID="ID_214794727" MODIFIED="1518839561765">
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@@ -10260,15 +10287,54 @@
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-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1518762520034" ID="ID_1516856737" MODIFIED="1518762623661" TEXT="hier automatisch injizieren">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1518762520034" ID="ID_1516856737" MODIFIED="1518839506876" TEXT="hier automatisch injizieren">
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-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
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 <icon BUILTIN="yes"/>
 </node>
+<node CREATED="1518838263050" ID="ID_443518928" MODIFIED="1518838266589" TEXT="Implementierung">
+<node CREATED="1518838267457" ID="ID_943649771" MODIFIED="1518838276599" TEXT="als pre-Processing im Solver">
+<icon BUILTIN="yes"/>
+</node>
+<node CREATED="1518838283262" ID="ID_238691976" MODIFIED="1518838297385" TEXT="wie Pattern modifizieren?">
+<node CREATED="1518838298468" ID="ID_753244692" MODIFIED="1518838305407" TEXT="mu&#xdf; &#xfc;berschreiben">
+<icon BUILTIN="smily_bad"/>
+</node>
+<node CREATED="1518838306835" ID="ID_1187474816" MODIFIED="1518838315594" TEXT="overwrite ist protected">
+<icon BUILTIN="yes"/>
+<node CREATED="1518838316762" ID="ID_375483047" MODIFIED="1518838388905" TEXT="aus gutem Grund">
+<richcontent TYPE="NOTE"><html>
+  <head>
+    
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <p>
+      ...denn durch overwrite kann man denormalisierte Pattern erzeugen.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Also mu&#223; jeder Anwender dieser Funktion sicherstellen, da&#223; dies
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      entweder nicht passieren kann, oder explizit normalise() aufrufen.
+    </p>
+  </body>
+</html>
+</richcontent>
+<font ITALIC="true" NAME="SansSerif" SIZE="12"/>
+</node>
+<node CREATED="1518838372771" ID="ID_1787971906" MODIFIED="1518838384249" TEXT="das soll in der Schachtel bleiben">
+<icon BUILTIN="yes"/>
+</node>
+</node>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1518838394663" ID="ID_1070204465" MODIFIED="1518839504321" TEXT="der Resolver mu&#xdf; das f&#xfc;r uns machen">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
+</node>
+</node>
+</node>
 </node>
 <node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1517507036433" ID="ID_921121750" MODIFIED="1518487921069" TEXT="zieht die Antwort bei ersem Erfolg">
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@@ -10368,7 +10434,7 @@
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-<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1518145595274" ID="ID_1539200142" MODIFIED="1518487921070" TEXT="in jedem Fall korrekte L&#xe4;nge sicherstellen">
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1518145595274" FOLDED="true" ID="ID_1539200142" MODIFIED="1518839569193" TEXT="in jedem Fall korrekte L&#xe4;nge sicherstellen">
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@@ -10422,7 +10488,7 @@
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+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1518145778249" FOLDED="true" ID="ID_462394658" MODIFIED="1518839572648" TEXT="F&#xe4;lle geschickt zusammenfassen (duplikate Aktionen)">
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-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1517506145618" ID="ID_718086573" MODIFIED="1518487921071" TEXT="UILocationSolver_test">
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1517506145618" FOLDED="true" ID="ID_718086573" MODIFIED="1518840088211" TEXT="UILocationSolver_test">
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-<icon BUILTIN="pencil"/>
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 <node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1517506161024" ID="ID_21333166" MODIFIED="1518487921071" TEXT="Verdrahtung mit Test/Dummy-UI">
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@@ -11305,9 +11371,9 @@
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-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1518762440997" ID="ID_606433871" MODIFIED="1518762708094" TEXT="ggfs auto-elided?">
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1518762440997" ID="ID_606433871" MODIFIED="1518840066703" TEXT="ggfs auto-elided?">
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-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
 </node>
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+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1483925280108" HGAP="30" ID="ID_1479669922" MODIFIED="1518840407152" TEXT="Protokoll-Erweiterung" VSHIFT="8">
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