diff --git a/Nasal/canvas/gui/widgets/PopupMenu.nas b/Nasal/canvas/gui/widgets/PopupMenu.nas
index 51163b302..07b688329 100644
--- a/Nasal/canvas/gui/widgets/PopupMenu.nas
+++ b/Nasal/canvas/gui/widgets/PopupMenu.nas
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ gui.widgets.PopupMenu = {
     me.menu().append(gui.widgets.MenuItem.new());
   },
 
+# helper to set the current item by passing in
+# a value of an item
+  setCurrentByValue: func(value) {
+
+    
+  },
+
 # protected:
   _setView: func(view)
   {
diff --git a/Nasal/gui/XMLDialog.nas b/Nasal/gui/XMLDialog.nas
index 2179cecda..88962cfee 100644
--- a/Nasal/gui/XMLDialog.nas
+++ b/Nasal/gui/XMLDialog.nas
@@ -383,10 +383,7 @@ var XMLSlider =
 { 
     init: func(objectProps)
     {
-        logprint(LOG_INFO, "Init of XMLSlider");
         # TODO: support vertical sliders
-
-        
     },
 
     show: func(viewParent)
@@ -481,10 +478,27 @@ var XMLHRule =
 { 
     show: func(viewParent)
     {
+        var label = me.configValue("label");
+
         me._view = cwidgets.HorizontalRule.new(viewParent, canvas.style, {});
+        if (label) {
+            me._view.setText(label);
+        }
+
         me._layout = me._view;
         me._applyLayoutConfig();
         return me._view;
+    },
+
+    update: func()
+    {
+        # allow label to be updated live
+        var l = me.value();
+        if (l) {
+            me._view.setText(l);
+        }
+
+        me._view.setSize(me._size);
     }
 };
 
@@ -499,6 +513,32 @@ var XMLVRule =
     }
 };
 
+
+var XMLPopupMenu =
+{ 
+    init: func(objectProps)
+    {
+    },
+
+    show: func(viewParent)
+    {
+        # do we support a label or is that a seperate widget?
+
+        me._view = cwidgets.PopupMenu.new(viewParent, canvas.style, {});
+        me._layout = me._view;
+        me._applyLayoutConfig();
+        me.update();
+        return me._view;
+    },
+
+    update: func()
+    {
+        if (me._view and !me._view.hasActiveFocus()) {
+            me._view.setCurrentByValue(me.value);
+        }
+    }
+};
+
 # this is the callback function invoked by C++ to build Nasal peers
 # for the C++ objects defined by XML (PUICompatObject). It's primarly
 # a factory method: once the peer object is created, all other behaviour
@@ -545,6 +585,12 @@ var _createCompatObject = func(type)
         widget = XMLVRule;
     }
 
+    # these are called combos in XML, but are really
+    # popup menus, no free value entry is possible
+    if (type == "combo") {
+        widget = XMLPopupMenu;
+    }
+
     return gui.xml.Object.new({
         parents: [widget, XMLObjectBase]
     }, type);