diff --git a/Products/zms/zpt/ZMSContainerObject/manage_main.zpt b/Products/zms/zpt/ZMSContainerObject/manage_main.zpt
index afab9ee37..d831c571f 100644
--- a/Products/zms/zpt/ZMSContainerObject/manage_main.zpt
+++ b/Products/zms/zpt/ZMSContainerObject/manage_main.zpt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	data-root python:here.getRootElement().getHome().id;
 	data-client python:here.getHome().id;
 	data-level python:here.getLevel();
+	data-type python:here.attr('attr_dc_type') or nothing;
 	id python:'zmsid_%s'%(here.id);
 	class python:here.zmi_body_class(id='properties')">
 <header tal:replace="structure python:here.zmi_body_header(here,request)">zmi_body_header</header>
diff --git a/docs/develop_api_exampels_en.md b/docs/develop_api_exampels_en.md
index 3738dd31f..5a5e18c53 100644
--- a/docs/develop_api_exampels_en.md
+++ b/docs/develop_api_exampels_en.md
@@ -396,3 +396,16 @@ body.ZMSAuthor_special .zmi-action .dropdown-menu a.dropdown-item[title='ZMSLink
 }
 ```
 For the ZMSAuthor the CSS snippet hides all the menu items besides "ZMSFile" and "ZMSLinkElement".
+
+### Other Attributes for Customizing the ZMI
+As an alternative to the ZMS-Action *manage_css_classes* the meta-attribute `attr_dc_type` can be used to add a specific style to the ZMI. The attribute value will be added as a CSS-class systematically as `data-type`- attribute to the body-element of the ZMI. This is useful if the CSS-class is static and does not need to be changed by the ZMS-User.
+
+```css 
+body[data-type='News'] .zmi-action .dropdown-menu a.dropdown-item {
+	display:none;
+}
+body[data-type='News'] .zmi-action .dropdown-menu a.dropdown-item[title='News-Article'],
+body[data-type='News'] .zmi-action .dropdown-menu a.dropdown-item[title='ZMSFolder'] {
+	display:block;
+}
+```