diff --git a/examples/circlegraph/css/diagram.css b/examples/circlegraph/css/diagram.css
index 3918cb22..d5a88d44 100644
--- a/examples/circlegraph/css/diagram.css
+++ b/examples/circlegraph/css/diagram.css
@@ -38,13 +38,4 @@
 .sprotty-node.selected {
     stroke: #dd8;
     stroke-width: 6;
-}
-
-.sprotty-missing {
-    stroke-width: 1;
-    stroke: #f00;
-    fill: #f00;
-    font-family: SansSerif;
-    font-size: 14pt;
-    text-anchor: middle;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/classdiagram/css/diagram.css b/examples/classdiagram/css/diagram.css
index a04f3357..63b9e045 100644
--- a/examples/classdiagram/css/diagram.css
+++ b/examples/classdiagram/css/diagram.css
@@ -123,14 +123,6 @@
     stroke-width: 1;
 }
 
-.sprotty-missing {
-    stroke-width: 1;
-    stroke: #f00;
-    fill: #f00;
-    font-size: 14pt;
-    text-anchor: middle;
-}
-
 .sprotty-popup-title {
     font-weight: bold;
     margin-bottom: 10px;
diff --git a/examples/multicore/css/diagram.css b/examples/multicore/css/diagram.css
index 131bf15e..089924f3 100644
--- a/examples/multicore/css/diagram.css
+++ b/examples/multicore/css/diagram.css
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@
     text-align: start;
 }
 
-.sprotty-missing {
-    stroke-width: 1;
-    stroke: #f00;
-    fill: #f00;
-    font-size: 14pt;
-    text-anchor: middle;
-}
-
 .sprotty-popup-title {
     font-weight: bold;
     margin-bottom: 10px;
diff --git a/packages/sprotty/css/sprotty.css b/packages/sprotty/css/sprotty.css
index 1a04b7fe..002795d9 100644
--- a/packages/sprotty/css/sprotty.css
+++ b/packages/sprotty/css/sprotty.css
@@ -93,3 +93,11 @@
 .animation-spin {
 	animation: spin 1.5s linear infinite;
 }
+
+.sprotty-missing {
+    stroke-width: 1;
+    stroke: #f00;
+    fill: #f00;
+    font-size: 14pt;
+    text-anchor: start;
+}
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diff --git a/packages/sprotty/src/base/views/view.spec.ts b/packages/sprotty/src/base/views/view.spec.ts
index 880707c1..03488e5b 100644
--- a/packages/sprotty/src/base/views/view.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sprotty/src/base/views/view.spec.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('base views', () => {
 
     it('missing view', () => {
         const vnode = missingView.render(emptyRoot, context);
-        expect(toHTML(vnode)).to.be.equal('<text class="sprotty-missing" x="0" y="0">?EMPTY?</text>');
+        expect(toHTML(vnode)).to.be.equal('<text class="sprotty-missing" x="0" y="0">missing &quot;NONE&quot; view</text>');
         const model = new SNodeImpl();
         model.bounds = {
             x: 42,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe('base views', () => {
         model.id = 'foo';
         model.type = 'type';
         const vnode1 = missingView.render(model, context);
-        expect(toHTML(vnode1)).to.be.equal('<text class="sprotty-missing" x="42" y="41">?foo?</text>');
+        expect(toHTML(vnode1)).to.be.equal('<text class="sprotty-missing" x="42" y="41">missing &quot;type&quot; view</text>');
     });
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/sprotty/src/base/views/view.tsx b/packages/sprotty/src/base/views/view.tsx
index 6643ae2a..ac2ae94b 100644
--- a/packages/sprotty/src/base/views/view.tsx
+++ b/packages/sprotty/src/base/views/view.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /** @jsx svg */
 import { svg } from '../../lib/jsx';
 
-import { injectable, multiInject, optional, interfaces } from 'inversify';
+import { injectable, multiInject, optional, interfaces, inject } from 'inversify';
 import { VNode } from 'snabbdom';
 import { TYPES } from '../types';
 import { InstanceRegistry } from '../../utils/registry';
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { SModelElementImpl, SModelRootImpl, SParentElementImpl } from '../model/
 import { EMPTY_ROOT, CustomFeatures } from '../model/smodel-factory';
 import { registerModelElement } from '../model/smodel-utils';
 import { Point } from 'sprotty-protocol';
+import { ILogger } from '../../utils/logging';
 
 /**
  * Arguments for `IView` rendering.
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ export type ViewRegistrationFactory = () => ViewRegistration;
  */
 @injectable()
 export class ViewRegistry extends InstanceRegistry<IView> {
+
+    @inject(TYPES.ILogger) protected logger: ILogger;
+
     constructor(@multiInject(TYPES.ViewRegistration) @optional() registrations: ViewRegistration[]) {
         super();
         this.registerDefaults();
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ export class ViewRegistry extends InstanceRegistry<IView> {
     }
 
     override missing(key: string): IView {
+        this.logger.warn(this, `no registered view for type '${key}', please configure a view in the ContainerModule`);
         return new MissingView();
     }
 }
@@ -155,8 +160,20 @@ export class EmptyView implements IView {
  */
 @injectable()
 export class MissingView implements IView {
+    private static positionMap = new Map<string, Point>();
+
     render(model: Readonly<SModelElementImpl>, context: RenderingContext): VNode {
-        const position: Point = (model as any).position || Point.ORIGIN;
-        return <text class-sprotty-missing={true} x={position.x} y={position.y}>?{model.id}?</text>;
+        const position: Point = (model as any).position || this.getPostion(model.type);
+        return <text class-sprotty-missing={true} x={position.x} y={position.y}>missing "{model.type}" view</text>;
+    }
+
+    getPostion(type: string) {
+        let position = MissingView.positionMap.get(type);
+        if (!position) {
+            position = Point.ORIGIN;
+            MissingView.positionMap.forEach(value => position = value.y >= position!.y ? {x: 0, y: value.y + 20} : position);
+            MissingView.positionMap.set(type, position);
+        }
+        return position;
     }
 }