diff --git a/bundles/model/org.eclipse.smarthome.model.sitemap/src/org/eclipse/smarthome/model/Sitemap.xtext b/bundles/model/org.eclipse.smarthome.model.sitemap/src/org/eclipse/smarthome/model/Sitemap.xtext
index 99ad3736d44..95c526ab80c 100644
--- a/bundles/model/org.eclipse.smarthome.model.sitemap/src/org/eclipse/smarthome/model/Sitemap.xtext
+++ b/bundles/model/org.eclipse.smarthome.model.sitemap/src/org/eclipse/smarthome/model/Sitemap.xtext
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Widget:
 	(LinkableWidget | NonLinkableWidget);
 
 NonLinkableWidget:
-	Switch | Selection | Slider | List | Setpoint | Video | Chart | Webview | Colorpicker | Mapview;
+	Switch | Selection | Slider | List | Setpoint | Video | Chart | Webview | Colorpicker | Mapview | Default;
 
 LinkableWidget:
 	(Text | Group | Image | Frame)
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ Colorpicker:
 		('valuecolor=[' (ValueColor+=ColorArray (',' ValueColor+=ColorArray)* ']'))? &
 		('visibility=[' (Visibility+=VisibilityRule (',' Visibility+=VisibilityRule)* ']'))?);
 
+Default:
+	'Default' (('item=' item=ItemRef) & ('label=' label=(ID | STRING))? & ('icon=' icon=Icon)? & 
+		('height=' height=INT)? &
+		('labelcolor=[' (LabelColor+=ColorArray (',' LabelColor+=ColorArray)* ']'))? &
+		('valuecolor=[' (ValueColor+=ColorArray (',' ValueColor+=ColorArray)* ']'))? &
+		('visibility=[' (Visibility+=VisibilityRule (',' Visibility+=VisibilityRule)* ']'))?);
+
 Mapping:
 	cmd=Command '=' label=(ID | STRING);
 
diff --git a/bundles/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/bundles/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 0aa8b69d78c..5c9545f6344 100644
--- a/bundles/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/bundles/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Import-Package: javax.imageio,
  org.eclipse.smarthome.model.core,
  org.eclipse.smarthome.model.items,
  org.eclipse.smarthome.model.sitemap,
+ org.eclipse.smarthome.model.sitemap.impl,
  org.osgi.framework,
  org.osgi.service.cm,
  org.osgi.service.http,
diff --git a/bundles/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/internal/items/ItemUIRegistryImpl.java b/bundles/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/internal/items/ItemUIRegistryImpl.java
index be70b5c2672..985807187e6 100644
--- a/bundles/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/internal/items/ItemUIRegistryImpl.java
+++ b/bundles/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/internal/items/ItemUIRegistryImpl.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.types.Type;
 import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.types.UnDefType;
 import org.eclipse.smarthome.model.sitemap.ColorArray;
+import org.eclipse.smarthome.model.sitemap.Default;
 import org.eclipse.smarthome.model.sitemap.Group;
 import org.eclipse.smarthome.model.sitemap.LinkableWidget;
 import org.eclipse.smarthome.model.sitemap.Mapping;
@@ -173,6 +174,9 @@ public Widget getWidget(String itemName) {
         for (ItemUIProvider provider : itemUIProviders) {
             Widget currentWidget = provider.getWidget(itemName);
             if (currentWidget != null) {
+                if (currentWidget instanceof Default) {
+                    currentWidget = resolveDefault(currentWidget);
+                }
                 return currentWidget;
             }
         }
@@ -479,18 +483,20 @@ public Widget getWidget(Sitemap sitemap, String id) {
             }
             if (w != null) {
                 w.setItem(id);
-                return w;
             } else {
                 try {
                     w = sitemap.getChildren().get(Integer.valueOf(id.substring(0, 2)));
                     for (int i = 2; i < id.length(); i += 2) {
                         w = ((LinkableWidget) w).getChildren().get(Integer.valueOf(id.substring(i, i + 2)));
                     }
-                    return w;
                 } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                     // no valid number, so the requested page id does not exist
                 }
             }
+            if (w instanceof Default) {
+                w = resolveDefault(w);
+            }
+            return w;
         }
         logger.warn("Cannot find page for id '{}'.", id);
         return null;
@@ -501,11 +507,39 @@ public Widget getWidget(Sitemap sitemap, String id) {
      */
     @Override
     public EList<Widget> getChildren(LinkableWidget w) {
+        EList<Widget> widgets = null;
         if (w instanceof Group && w.getChildren().isEmpty()) {
-            return getDynamicGroupChildren((Group) w);
+            widgets = getDynamicGroupChildren((Group) w);
         } else {
-            return w.getChildren();
+            widgets = w.getChildren();
         }
+
+        EList<Widget> result = new BasicEList<Widget>();
+        for (Widget widget : widgets) {
+            Widget resolvedWidget = resolveDefault(widget);
+            if (resolvedWidget != null) {
+                result.add(resolvedWidget);
+            } else {
+                result.add(widget);
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private Widget resolveDefault(Widget widget) {
+        if (widget instanceof Default) {
+            if (widget.getItem() != null) {
+                Item item = itemRegistry.get(widget.getItem());
+                if (item != null) {
+                    Widget defaultWidget = getDefaultWidget(item.getClass(), item.getName());
+                    if (defaultWidget != null) {
+                        defaultWidget.setItem(item.getName());
+                        return defaultWidget;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/extensions/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.basic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/basic/internal/render/FrameRenderer.java b/extensions/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.basic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/basic/internal/render/FrameRenderer.java
index ab5ef722e0c..b699de19688 100644
--- a/extensions/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.basic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/basic/internal/render/FrameRenderer.java
+++ b/extensions/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.basic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/basic/internal/render/FrameRenderer.java
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ public EList<Widget> renderWidget(Widget w, StringBuilder sb) throws RenderExcep
         snippet = processColor(w, snippet);
 
         sb.append(snippet);
-        return ((Frame) w).getChildren();
+        return itemUIRegistry.getChildren((Frame) w);
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.basic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/basic/internal/render/PageRenderer.java b/extensions/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.basic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/basic/internal/render/PageRenderer.java
index f59ba0fc8aa..fd3dc916499 100644
--- a/extensions/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.basic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/basic/internal/render/PageRenderer.java
+++ b/extensions/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.basic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/basic/internal/render/PageRenderer.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ private void processChildren(StringBuilder sb_pre, StringBuilder sb_post, EList<
             EObject firstChild = children.get(0);
             EObject parent = firstChild.eContainer();
             if (!(firstChild instanceof Frame || parent instanceof Frame || parent instanceof Sitemap
-                    || parent instanceof List)) {
+                    || parent instanceof org.eclipse.smarthome.model.sitemap.List)) {
                 String frameSnippet = getSnippet("frame");
                 frameSnippet = StringUtils.replace(frameSnippet, "%label%", "");
                 frameSnippet = StringUtils.replace(frameSnippet, "%frame_class%", "mdl-form--no-label");
diff --git a/extensions/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.classic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/classic/internal/render/FrameRenderer.java b/extensions/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.classic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/classic/internal/render/FrameRenderer.java
index 62033aabcbf..201de27c58e 100644
--- a/extensions/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.classic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/classic/internal/render/FrameRenderer.java
+++ b/extensions/ui/org.eclipse.smarthome.ui.classic/src/main/java/org/eclipse/smarthome/ui/classic/internal/render/FrameRenderer.java
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ public EList<Widget> renderWidget(Widget w, StringBuilder sb) throws RenderExcep
         snippet = processColor(w, snippet);
 
         sb.append(snippet);
-        return ((Frame) w).getChildren();
+        return itemUIRegistry.getChildren((Frame) w);
     }
 }