diff --git a/src/gui/interact/ui-coord-resolver.cpp b/src/gui/interact/ui-coord-resolver.cpp
index 55caea76a..88bb4a8d7 100644
--- a/src/gui/interact/ui-coord-resolver.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/interact/ui-coord-resolver.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,20 @@ namespace interact {
             currDepth_ = depth+1;
           }
       };
+    
+    
+    size_t
+    find_wildcardFree_suffix (UICoord const& uic)
+    {
+      size_t pos = uic.size();
+      for ( ; 0 < pos; --pos)
+        {
+          Literal const& elm = uic[pos-1];
+          if (elm == Symbol::ANY or elm == Symbol::EMPTY)
+            break;
+        }
+      return pos;
+    }
 
 
   }//(End) implementation details
@@ -123,7 +137,8 @@ namespace interact {
     // algorithm state
     size_t maxDepth = 0;
     PathManipulator coverage;
-    size_t coordDepth = this->uic_.size();
+    const size_t coordDepth = this->uic_.size();
+    const size_t minSolutionDepth = find_wildcardFree_suffix (uic_);
     
     auto searchAlgo = query_.getChildren (uic_, 0)
                             .expandOnIteration()
@@ -144,6 +159,8 @@ namespace interact {
                                         })
                             .filter ([&](auto& iter)
                                         {
+                                           if (iter.depth() < minSolutionDepth)
+                                             return false;                  // filter solutions which did not bind all wildcards
                                            if (iter.depth()+1 <= maxDepth)  // filter for maximum solution length
                                              return false;
                                            maxDepth = 1 + iter.depth();
diff --git a/tests/gui/interact/ui-coord-resolver-test.cpp b/tests/gui/interact/ui-coord-resolver-test.cpp
index cf80138e8..ade8a4095 100644
--- a/tests/gui/interact/ui-coord-resolver-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/gui/interact/ui-coord-resolver-test.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ namespace test {
           UICoord uic3 = UICoord::firstWindow();
           UICoord uic4 = UICoord::currentWindow().persp("perspective-B");
           UICoord uic5 = UICoord::currentWindow().panel("panelY");
-          UICoord uic6 = UICoord().view("someView").path("α/β/γ");
+          UICoord uic6 = UICoord().view("someView");
 
           UICoordResolver r1{uic1, tree};
           UICoordResolver r2{uic2, tree};
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ namespace test {
        *   ** interpolate anchor and consecutive wildcards
        *   ** discriminate by anchor and fill additional gap
        * - (4) failure detection
-       *   ** reject trailing wildcards
+       *   ** trailing wildcards are stripped and ignored
        *   ** reject gap beyond existing real UI tree
        *   ** reject gap ending at perimeter of real UI tree
        *   ** reject interpolated gap on immediately following mismatch
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ namespace test {
           GenNodeLocationQuery tree{MakeRec()
                                       .set("window-1"
                                           , MakeRec()
-                                              .type("perspective-A")
+                                              .type("persp-A")
                                               .set("panelX"
                                                   , MakeRec()
                                                       .set("firstView", MakeRec())
@@ -342,23 +342,23 @@ namespace test {
                                                           , MakeRec()
                                                               .set("#1", MakeRec())
                                                               .set("#2", MakeRec())
-                                                              .set("special", MakeRec())
+                                                              .set("tab", MakeRec())
                                                           )
                                                   )
                                           )
                                       .set("window-2"
                                           , MakeRec()
-                                              .type("perspective-B")
+                                              .type("persp-B")
                                               .set("panelY", MakeRec())
                                           )
                                       .set("window-3"
                                           , MakeRec()
-                                              .type("perspective-C")
+                                              .type("persp-C")
                                               .set("panelZ"
                                                   , MakeRec()
                                                       .set("thirdView"
                                                           , MakeRec()
-                                                              .set("special"
+                                                              .set("tab"
                                                                   , MakeRec()
                                                                       .set("sub", MakeRec())
                                                                   )
@@ -370,82 +370,81 @@ namespace test {
           
           /* === trivial cases === */
           UICoordResolver r11 {UICoord::window("window-1")
-                                       .persp("perspective-A")
+                                       .persp("persp-A")
                                        .panel("panelX"), tree};
           CHECK (r11.isCovered());
           CHECK (3 == r11.coverDepth());
           
           
           UICoordResolver r12 {UICoord::window("window-1")
-                                       .persp("perspective-A")
+                                       .persp("persp-A")
                                        .panel("panelX")
                                        .view("thirdView"), tree};
           CHECK (not r12.isCovered());
           CHECK (    r12.isCoveredPartially());
           CHECK (3 ==r12.coverDepth());
-          CHECK ("UI:window-1[perspective-A]-panelX.thirdView" == string(r12));
+          CHECK ("UI:window-1[persp-A]-panelX.thirdView" == string(r12));
           
           auto r12_covered = r12.cover();
           CHECK (r12_covered.isCovered());
           CHECK (r12_covered.isCoveredPartially());
           CHECK (3 ==r12_covered.coverDepth());
-          CHECK ("UI:window-1[perspective-A]-panelX" == string(r12_covered));
+          CHECK ("UI:window-1[persp-A]-panelX" == string(r12_covered));
           
           
           /* === expand anchor === */
-          UICoordResolver r21 {UICoord::firstWindow().persp("perspective-A"), tree};
-          cout << r21.cover()<<endl;
+          UICoordResolver r21 {UICoord::firstWindow().persp("persp-A"), tree};
+          cout << r21.cover()<<endl;                       ///////////////////////////////////////////TODO doesn't work, yields UI:firstWindow[persp-A]
           
           /* === expand anchor alone === */
           UICoordResolver r22 {UICoord::currentWindow(), tree};
-          cout << r22.cover()<<endl;
+          cout << r22.cover()<<endl;                       ///////////////////////////////////////////TODO doesn't work, yields UI:currentWindow
           
           
           /* === interpolate a single gap === */
           UICoordResolver r31 {UICoord::window("window-1").view("secondView"), tree};
-          cout << r31.cover()<<endl;
+          CHECK("UI:window-1[persp-A]-panelX.secondView" == string(r31.cover()));
           
           /* === interpolate several gaps === */
           UICoordResolver r32 {UICoord().view("thirdView").path("sub"), tree};
-          cout << r32.cover()<<endl;
+          CHECK("UI:window-3[persp-C]-panelZ.thirdView.tab/sub" == string(r32.cover()));
           
           /* === interpolate anchor and consecutive wildcards === */
           UICoordResolver r33 {UICoord::firstWindow().tab(2), tree};
-          cout << r33.cover()<<endl;
+          CHECK("UI:window-1[persp-A]-panelZ.thirdView.#2" == string(r33.cover()));
           
           /* === discriminate by anchor and fill second gap === */
-          UICoordResolver r34 {UICoord::currentWindow().view("thirdView").path("sub"), tree};
-          cout << r34.cover()<<endl;
+          UICoordResolver r34 {UICoord::currentWindow().panel("panelZ").tab("tab"), tree};
+          CHECK("UI:window-3[persp-C]-panelZ.thirdView.tab" == string(r34.cover()));               // Note: rest of the path would also match on window-1, but currentWindow == window-3
           
           
-          /* === reject trailing wildcards === */
+          /* === trailing wildcards stripped automatically === */
           UICoordResolver r41 {UICoord::window("window-2").append("*/*"), tree};
-          cout << r41 <<endl;
-          auto r41_extended = r41.extend("*/*");
-          cout << r41_extended <<endl;
-          cout << r41_extended.cover()<<endl;
-//          CHECK (not r41_extended.canCover());
+          CHECK("UI:window-2" == string(r41));                                                     // Note: trailing wildcards are already discarded by PathArray / UICoord
+          
+          auto r41_extended = r41.extend("*/*");                                                   // if we now attempt to "sneak in" trailing wildcards...
+          CHECK("UI:window-2[*]-*" == string(r41_extended));
+          CHECK(not r41_extended.canCover());                                                      // ...then the algorithm rejects any solution
+          CHECK("UI:window-2" == string(r41_extended.cover()));                                    // Note: but cover() will act on the previous coverage and just strip the extraneous suffix
           
           /* === reject gap beyond existing real UI tree === */
           UICoordResolver r42 {UICoord::window("window-2").append("*/*/*/some/path"), tree};
-          cout << r42.cover()<<endl;
-//          CHECK (not r42.canCover());
+          CHECK (not r42.canCover());
           
           /* === reject gap ending at real UI tree boundary === */
-          UICoordResolver r43 {UICoord::currentWindow().view("firstView").path("sub"), tree};
+          UICoordResolver r43 {UICoord::currentWindow().view("firstView").tab("nonexisting"), tree};
           CHECK (not r43.canCover());
           
           /* === reject interpolated gap on mismatch right behind === */
-          UICoordResolver r44 {UICoord().view("otherView"), tree};
+          UICoordResolver r44 {UICoord().view("otherView"), tree};                                 // Note: will be checked on all four existing views, but never matches
           CHECK (not r44.canCover());
           
           /* === reject mismatch immediately behind second gap === */
-          UICoordResolver r45 {UICoord().panel("panelZ").tab(3), tree};
-          cout << r45.cover()<<endl;
-//          CHECK (not r45.canCover());
+          UICoordResolver r45 {UICoord().panel("panelZ").tab(3), tree};                            // Note: we have two "panelZ", but none has a tab #3
+          CHECK (not r45.canCover());
           
           /* === mismatch of tree level === */
-          UICoordResolver r46 {UICoord::currentWindow().append("*/*/panelZ/thirdView"), tree};
+          UICoordResolver r46 {UICoord::currentWindow().append("*/*/panelZ/thirdView"), tree};     // Note: one '*' too much, thus 'panelZ' is matched on view level
           CHECK (not r46.canCover());
           
           /* === impossible to anchor === */
diff --git a/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm b/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
index 21a40e468..1117dfbf6 100644
--- a/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
+++ b/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
@@ -4463,10 +4463,10 @@
 <icon BUILTIN="yes"/>
 </node>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1508539143849" ID="ID_1632791283" MODIFIED="1515037686112" TEXT="path-resolution">
-<icon BUILTIN="pencil"/>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1508539152568" ID="ID_153711822" MODIFIED="1508539175926" TEXT="Beschreibung">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1508539143849" ID="ID_1632791283" MODIFIED="1515120970745" TEXT="path-resolution">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1508539152568" ID="ID_153711822" MODIFIED="1515120963483" TEXT="Beschreibung">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 <node CREATED="1508539226014" ID="ID_1714773115" MODIFIED="1511572072101" TEXT="informell...">
 <richcontent TYPE="NOTE"><html>
   <head>
@@ -4489,12 +4489,12 @@
 <node CREATED="1508539330312" ID="ID_67492497" MODIFIED="1508539911843" TEXT="bewegt nur Suchmarken">
 <icon BUILTIN="idea"/>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1508539350382" ID="ID_585593926" MODIFIED="1508539902990" TEXT="Ergebnis">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1508539582959" ID="ID_54646462" MODIFIED="1508539905188" TEXT="Anchor == Literal">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
+<node CREATED="1508539350382" ID="ID_585593926" MODIFIED="1515120942582" TEXT="Ergebnis">
+<icon BUILTIN="info"/>
+<node CREATED="1508539582959" ID="ID_54646462" MODIFIED="1515120947568" TEXT="Anchor == Literal">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1508539633800" ID="ID_471699110" MODIFIED="1511572072114" TEXT="coverDepth (Zahl)">
+<node CREATED="1508539633800" ID="ID_471699110" MODIFIED="1515120953828" TEXT="coverDepth (Zahl)">
 <richcontent TYPE="NOTE"><html>
   <head>
     
@@ -4508,9 +4508,8 @@
     </p>
   </body>
 </html></richcontent>
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1508539644775" ID="ID_186144507" MODIFIED="1511572072121" TEXT="[optional] explizite Coverage">
+<node CREATED="1508539644775" ID="ID_186144507" MODIFIED="1515120958547" TEXT="[optional] explizite Coverage">
 <richcontent TYPE="NOTE"><html>
   <head>
     
@@ -4529,7 +4528,6 @@
     </ul>
   </body>
 </html></richcontent>
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
 </node>
 </node>
 </node>
@@ -8779,33 +8777,36 @@
 <icon BUILTIN="flag-pink"/>
 </node>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1515114740273" ID="ID_224432926" MODIFIED="1515114745673" TEXT="interpolieren">
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1515114740273" ID="ID_224432926" MODIFIED="1515120853113" TEXT="interpolieren">
 <icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 <node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1514329498169" ID="ID_259096801" MODIFIED="1515114763818" TEXT="einfache L&#xfc;cke schlie&#xdf;en">
 <icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1514329504776" ID="ID_1411396073" MODIFIED="1514330072531" TEXT="doppelte L&#xfc;cke schlie&#xdf;en">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1514329504776" ID="ID_1411396073" MODIFIED="1515120845626" TEXT="doppelte L&#xfc;cke schlie&#xdf;en">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1514329542594" ID="ID_959715297" MODIFIED="1514330073572" TEXT="fehlenden Anker interpolieren">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1514329542594" ID="ID_959715297" MODIFIED="1515120847766" TEXT="fehlenden Anker interpolieren">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1514745294579" ID="ID_576780085" MODIFIED="1514745338174" TEXT="fehlender Anker und folgende L&#xfc;cke">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1514745294579" ID="ID_576780085" MODIFIED="1515120849514" TEXT="fehlender Anker und folgende L&#xfc;cke">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1514329555505" ID="ID_1508437078" MODIFIED="1514330074538" TEXT="fehlender Anker plus zweite L&#xfc;cke">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1514329555505" ID="ID_1508437078" MODIFIED="1515120851424" TEXT="fehlender Anker plus zweite L&#xfc;cke">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1514329861519" ID="ID_946875811" MODIFIED="1514330089705" TEXT="Scheitern">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#fdfdcf" COLOR="#ff0000" CREATED="1514329465117" ID="ID_1304144230" MODIFIED="1515114583527" TEXT="trailing Wildcards scheitern">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-pink"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1514329861519" ID="ID_946875811" MODIFIED="1515120903633" TEXT="Scheitern">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
+<node CREATED="1514329465117" ID="ID_1304144230" MODIFIED="1515120860646" TEXT="trailing Wildcards scheitern">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_cancel"/>
+<node CREATED="1515120863655" ID="ID_1222552441" MODIFIED="1515120873442" TEXT="werden stets schon vom Konstrukor bereinigt"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1515120874318" ID="ID_282902710" MODIFIED="1515120893868" TEXT="kann jedoch demonstrieren, da&#xdf; der Algorithmus solche L&#xf6;sungen verwirft">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#fdfdcf" COLOR="#ff0000" CREATED="1514329890564" ID="ID_723199137" MODIFIED="1515114588078" TEXT="realer Pfad endet vor Wildcards">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-pink"/>
+</node>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1514329890564" ID="ID_723199137" MODIFIED="1515120898108" TEXT="realer Pfad endet vor Wildcards">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
 <node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1514329901562" ID="ID_1644217459" MODIFIED="1515114671856" TEXT="realer Pfad endet b&#xfc;ndig mit Wildcards">
 <icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
@@ -8813,9 +8814,8 @@
 <node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1514329925895" ID="ID_257945525" MODIFIED="1515114669999" TEXT="mismatch auf erstem festen element">
 <icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#fdfdcf" COLOR="#ff0000" CREATED="1514329932501" ID="ID_1190347841" MODIFIED="1515114659060" TEXT="mismatch direkt hinter zweiter L&#xfc;cke">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-pink"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1514329932501" ID="ID_1190347841" MODIFIED="1515120900249" TEXT="mismatch direkt hinter zweiter L&#xfc;cke">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
 <node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1514330003204" ID="ID_443318342" MODIFIED="1515114674215" TEXT="mismatch wg. verschobenem (matchendem) Element">
 <icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>