diff --git a/src/gui/interact/ui-location-solver.hpp b/src/gui/interact/ui-location-solver.hpp
index b7af392e3..46b3d0ed3 100644
--- a/src/gui/interact/ui-location-solver.hpp
+++ b/src/gui/interact/ui-location-solver.hpp
@@ -233,7 +233,12 @@ namespace interact {
                 if (clause.createParents and clause.pattern.isExplicit())
                   // allow creation of a totally new path from scratch
                   // as long as it is complete and explicitly given
-                  return clause.pattern;
+                  {
+                    if (depth == clause.pattern.size())
+                      return clause.pattern.append (elementTypeID);
+                    else
+                      return clause.pattern;
+                  }
             }
            //all clauses tried without success...
           return UICoord();
diff --git a/tests/gui/interact/ui-location-solver-test.cpp b/tests/gui/interact/ui-location-solver-test.cpp
index f1a2017a5..134f894db 100644
--- a/tests/gui/interact/ui-location-solver-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/gui/interact/ui-location-solver-test.cpp
@@ -246,16 +246,34 @@ namespace test {
           
           
           /* === query on deep path covered === */
+          LocationRule r51{UICoord("firstWindow","A","thePanel","theView","#5","down","the","kitchen")};
+          CHECK ("UI:win[A]-thePanel.theView.#5/down/the/kitchen"       == string{solver.solve (r51, UIC_PATH+2, "drain")});
+          CHECK ("UI:win[A]-thePanel.theView.#5/down/the/kitchen/drain" == string{solver.solve (r51, UIC_PATH+3, "drain")});
           
           /* === query on deep path covered with create clause === */
+          LocationRule r52{UICoord::firstWindow().append("A/thePanel/theView/#5/down/the/kitchen").create()};
+          CHECK ("UI:win[A]-thePanel.theView.#5/down/the/kitchen"       == string{solver.solve (r52, UIC_PATH+2, "drain")});
+          CHECK ("UI:win[A]-thePanel.theView.#5/down/the/kitchen/drain" == string{solver.solve (r52, UIC_PATH+3, "drain")});
           
           /* === query on deep path partially covered === */
+          LocationRule r53{UICoord::firstWindow().append("A/thePanel/theView/#5/down/the/drain")};
+          CHECK (isnil (solver.solve (r53, UIC_PATH+2, "drain")));
+          CHECK (isnil (solver.solve (r53, UIC_PATH+3, "drain")));
           
           /* === query on deep path partially covered with create clause === */
+          LocationRule r54{UICoord::firstWindow().append("A/thePanel/theView/#5/down/the/drain").create()};
+          CHECK ("UI:win[A]-thePanel.theView.#5/down/the/drain"         == string{solver.solve (r54, UIC_PATH+2, "drain")});
+          CHECK ("UI:win[A]-thePanel.theView.#5/down/the/drain/drain"   == string{solver.solve (r54, UIC_PATH+3, "drain")});
           
           /* === query on deep path uncovered === */
+          LocationRule r55{UICoord("rearWindow","A","thePanel","theView","#5","down","the","kitchen")};
+          CHECK (isnil (solver.solve (r55, UIC_PATH+2, "floor")));
+          CHECK (isnil (solver.solve (r55, UIC_PATH+3, "floor")));
           
           /* === query on deep path uncovered with create clause === */
+          LocationRule r56{UICoord("rearWindow","A","thePanel","theView","#5","down","the","kitchen").rebuild().create()};
+          CHECK ("UI:rearWindow[A]-thePanel.theView.#5/down/the/kitchen"       == string{solver.solve (r56, UIC_PATH+2, "floor")});
+          CHECK ("UI:rearWindow[A]-thePanel.theView.#5/down/the/kitchen/floor" == string{solver.solve (r56, UIC_PATH+3, "floor")});
           
           
           /* === clause with wildcard covered === */