diff --git a/widgets/coreWidget/ContextMenu.cc b/widgets/coreWidget/ContextMenu.cc
index 91f0be0a8adfdfcaf27b58902bfc61190540500b..ccab980b080e0e98cd25a8ab54625bbfa23d089d 100644
--- a/widgets/coreWidget/ContextMenu.cc
+++ b/widgets/coreWidget/ContextMenu.cc
@@ -479,10 +479,15 @@ bool CoreWidget::addContextMenus( QMenu* _menu , ContextMenuType _type , int _id
   }
   
   /// \todo Sort the menu entries by the order given in visibleContextMenus
+  
   //first add all menus
   QMapIterator<QString, QAction*> it(menuMap);
   
   QStringList visible = viewModes_[id]->visibleContextMenus;
+  if (visible.contains("ALL_THAT_EXIST")) {
+    //this plugin adds all context menus, no special configuration so far.
+    visible = viewModes_[0]->visibleContextMenus;
+  }
   visible.replaceInStrings(QRegExp(".*>"), "");
   
   while (it.hasNext()) {
diff --git a/widgets/coreWidget/viewMode.cc b/widgets/coreWidget/viewMode.cc
index ad1c761143632b450c641585d978eeddd01caecb..e2219492f8c64763346c6625951b879f2c96c058 100644
--- a/widgets/coreWidget/viewMode.cc
+++ b/widgets/coreWidget/viewMode.cc
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void CoreWidget::slotAddViewModeToolboxes(QString _mode, bool _custom, QStringLi
     vm->icon   = "Unknown.png";
 
     vm->visibleToolbars = QString("Main Toolbar;Viewer Toolbar").split(";");
-    vm->visibleContextMenus = viewModes_[0]->visibleContextMenus;
+    vm->visibleContextMenus = QString("ALL_THAT_EXIST").split(" ");
     
     if (_custom) {
       viewModes_.push_back(vm);
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ void CoreWidget::slotAddViewModeToolbars(QString _mode, bool _custom, QStringLis
     vm->custom = _custom;
     vm->icon   = "Unknown.png";
 
-    vm->visibleContextMenus = viewModes_[0]->visibleContextMenus;
+    vm->visibleContextMenus = QString("ALL_THAT_EXIST").split(" ");
     
     if (_custom) {
       viewModes_.push_back(vm);
diff --git a/widgets/viewModeWidget/viewModeWidget.cc b/widgets/viewModeWidget/viewModeWidget.cc
index 7696e14aa9d8c9bd6e18e3c34af750392e7e601e..6b96e7b0eb5016c6b05bd84782f634e4c10b4d77 100644
--- a/widgets/viewModeWidget/viewModeWidget.cc
+++ b/widgets/viewModeWidget/viewModeWidget.cc
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ void viewModeWidget::slotSetIcon() {
 }
 
 // =======================================================================================================
-// ToolBox and ToolBar Lists update functions
+// ToolBox, ToolBar and ContextMenu Lists update functions
 // =======================================================================================================
 void viewModeWidget::slotSetAllWidgets(){
   toolboxList->clear();
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ void viewModeWidget::slotSetAllWidgets(){
         toolboxes = modes_[i]->visibleToolboxes;
         toolbars = modes_[i]->visibleToolbars;
 	contextmenus = modes_[i]->visibleContextMenus;
+	if (contextmenus.contains("ALL_THAT_EXIST"))
+	  contextmenus = modes_[0]->visibleContextMenus;
         toolboxList->addItems(toolboxes); //add corresponding widgets
         toolbarList->addItems(toolbars);
 	contextMenuList->addItems(contextmenus);