--- a/UIPainterView.st	Fri Aug 08 14:02:20 2008 +0200
+++ b/UIPainterView.st	Fri Aug 08 14:08:05 2008 +0200
@@ -375,11 +375,11 @@
     self changeSelectionAfterPasteOf:sel.
 !
 
-pasteSpecifications:aSpecificationOrList into:aContainerOrNil keepLayout:keepLayout keepPosition:keepPosition at:aPointOrNilOrKeep
+pasteSpecifications:aSpecificationOrList into:aContainerOrNil beforeIndex:anIndexOrNil keepLayout:keepLayout keepPosition:keepPosition at:aPointOrNilOrKeep
     "add the specs to the object view; returns list of pasted widgets"
 
     |specsToPaste pasteOffset builder newSel 
-     bounds containerToPasteInto pastePoint|
+     bounds containerToPasteInto pastePoint beforeIndex|
 
     treeView askForSelectionChangeAllowed ifFalse:[^ nil].
 
@@ -454,13 +454,19 @@
 
     pasteOffset := 0.
 
+    (anIndexOrNil notNil and:[anIndexOrNil > 0]) ifTrue:[
+        beforeIndex := anIndexOrNil.
+    ].
     specsToPaste do:[:eachSpec|
         |view newOrigin uiPainterAttributes thisAbsOrigin|
 
         uiPainterAttributes := eachSpec otherAttributeAt:#uiPainterAttributes.
         eachSpec otherAttributeAt:#uiPainterAttributes put:nil.
 
-        view := self addSpec:eachSpec builder:builder in:containerToPasteInto.
+        view := self addSpec:eachSpec builder:builder in:containerToPasteInto beforeIndex:beforeIndex.
+        beforeIndex notNil ifTrue:[
+            beforeIndex := beforeIndex + 1
+        ].
 
         (keepPosition and:[ uiPainterAttributes notNil ]) ifTrue:[
             aPointOrNilOrKeep == #keep ifTrue:[
@@ -488,9 +494,10 @@
         newOrigin notNil ifTrue:[
             self moveObject:view to:newOrigin.
         ].
-        view realize.
+        view realized ifFalse:[
+            view realize.
+        ].
         newSel add:view.
-
     ].
 
     self withinTransaction:#paste objects:newSel do:[
@@ -500,7 +507,7 @@
     ].
 
     self realizeAllSubViews.
-    newSel do:[:v| v raise].
+    "/ newSel do:[:v| v raise].
     self elementChangedSize:containerToPasteInto.
 
     newSel size == 1 ifTrue:[newSel := newSel at:1].
@@ -509,6 +516,17 @@
     "Modified: / 10.10.2001 / 14:15:12 / cg"
 !
 
+pasteSpecifications:aSpecificationOrList into:aContainerOrNil keepLayout:keepLayout keepPosition:keepPosition at:aPointOrNilOrKeep
+    "add the specs to the object view; returns list of pasted widgets"
+
+    ^ self pasteSpecifications:aSpecificationOrList
+                          into:aContainerOrNil
+                   beforeIndex:nil
+                    keepLayout:keepLayout
+                  keepPosition:keepPosition
+                            at:aPointOrNilOrKeep
+!
+
 pasteSpecifications:aSpecificationOrList keepLayout:keepLayout
     "add the specs to the object view; returns list of pasted widgets"
 
@@ -536,6 +554,7 @@
 
     ^ self pasteSpecifications:aSpecificationOrList
         into:nil
+        beforeIndex:nil
         keepLayout:keepLayout
         keepPosition:keepPosition
         at:aPointOrNilOrKeep
@@ -570,7 +589,7 @@
 replaceSelectionBy:aNewSpec
     "replace the selected widget by another one."
 
-    |oldSelection treeModel widgets oldView container|
+    |oldSelection treeModel newView oldView container specs|
 
     (self singleSelection notNil and:[treeView askForSelectionChangeAllowed]) ifFalse:[
         ^ self
@@ -579,7 +598,13 @@
     oldSelection := treeModel selectedNodes at:1 ifAbsent: nil.
     oldSelection isNil ifTrue:[^ self].
 
-    oldView  := oldSelection contents view.
+    oldView := oldSelection contents view.
+
+    (oldSelection hasChildren and:[aNewSpec class supportsSubComponents]) ifTrue:[
+        specs := oldSelection children collect:[:each|
+            self fullSpecWithAbsolutePositionFor:(each contents view)
+        ].
+    ].
 
     aNewSpec
         otherAttributeAt:#uiPainterAttributes 
@@ -592,17 +617,28 @@
     container := self singleSelection container.
 
     self withinTransaction:#replaceBy objects:(Array with:oldView) do:[
-        self deleteSelectionBuffered:false.
-
-        widgets := self 
-                pasteSpecifications:(Array with:aNewSpec)
-                into:container
-                keepLayout:true
-                keepPosition:true
-                at:#keep.
+        self withSelectionHiddenDo:[
+            newView := self 
+                    pasteSpecifications:(Array with:aNewSpec)
+                    into:container
+                    beforeIndex:1
+                    keepLayout:true
+                    keepPosition:true
+                    at:#keep.
+
+            self deleteSelectionBuffered:false.
+
+            specs size > 0 ifTrue:[
+                self pasteSpecifications:specs 
+                            into:newView
+                            keepLayout:(aNewSpec class canResizeSubComponents)
+                            keepPosition:(aNewSpec class isLayoutContainer not)
+                            at:nil.
+            ].
+            self select:newView.
+       ].
     ].
-    self select:widgets.
-    ^ widgets.
+    ^ newView.
 ! !
 
 !UIPainterView methodsFor:'drag & drop'!
@@ -2326,7 +2362,7 @@
         |newProperty copyOfSpec nameOfSpec beforeIndex|
 
         (viewPosition notNil and:[aSpecification == aSpec]) ifTrue:[
-            subviewToRealize := aFrame.
+            subviewToRealize := aView.
 
             [ (subviewToRealize notNil and:[subviewToRealize superView ~~ aFrame]) ] whileTrue:[
                 subviewToRealize := subviewToRealize superView.