diff --git a/frontend/apps/opdscatalog/opdscatalog.lua b/frontend/apps/opdscatalog/opdscatalog.lua
index d34fe04a7..6b7166b95 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/opdscatalog/opdscatalog.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/opdscatalog/opdscatalog.lua
@@ -62,7 +62,18 @@ function OPDSCatalog:init()
         background = Blitbuffer.COLOR_WHITE,
         opds_browser,
     }
+end
+
+function OPDSCatalog:onShow()
+    UIManager:setDirty(self, function()
+        return "partial", self[1].dimen
+    end)
+end
 
+function OPDSCatalog:onCloseWidget()
+    UIManager:setDirty(nil, function()
+        return "partial", self[1].dimen
+    end)
 end
 
 function OPDSCatalog:showCatalog()
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readercropping.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readercropping.lua
index a24174be5..57c65184f 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readercropping.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readercropping.lua
@@ -64,6 +64,20 @@ function PageCropDialog:init()
     }
 end
 
+function PageCropDialog:onCloseWidget()
+    UIManager:setDirty(nil, function()
+        return "partial", self[1].dimen:combine(self[2].dimen)
+    end)
+    return true
+end
+
+function PageCropDialog:onShow()
+    UIManager:setDirty(self, function()
+        return "partial", self[1].dimen:combine(self[2].dimen)
+    end)
+    return true
+end
+
 local ReaderCropping = InputContainer:new{}
 
 function ReaderCropping:onPageCrop(mode)
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua
index adc46f92b..2c4bd6ac9 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function ReaderDictionary:showDict(word, results, box)
             -- differentiate between dict and wiki
             wiki = self.wiki,
         }
-        UIManager:show(self.dict_window, nil, nil, "none")
+        UIManager:show(self.dict_window)
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
index d2bfaa2da..ef8cfc362 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function ReaderFont:onSetFontSize(new_size)
     UIManager:show(Notification:new{
         text = T( _("Font size set to %1."), self.font_size),
         timeout = 1,
-    }, nil, nil, "none")
+    })
     self.ui.document:setFontSize(Screen:scaleBySize(new_size))
     self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("UpdatePos"))
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerhighlight.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerhighlight.lua
index 628531087..06af6cb26 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerhighlight.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerhighlight.lua
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ function ReaderHighlight:onHold(arg, ges)
         end
         UIManager:setDirty(self.dialog, "partial")
         -- TODO: only mark word?
+        -- Unfortunately, CREngine does not return good coordinates
         -- UIManager:setDirty(self.dialog, "partial", self.selected_word.sbox)
     end
     return true
@@ -368,9 +369,7 @@ function ReaderHighlight:onHoldRelease()
             },
             tap_close_callback = function() self:handleEvent(Event:new("Tap")) end,
         }
-        UIManager:show(self.highlight_dialog, nil, nil, function()
-            return "partial", self.highlight_dialog.dimen
-        end)
+        UIManager:show(self.highlight_dialog)
     end
     return true
 end
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua
index b1bffc74a..c23d5d709 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ function ReaderUI:onClose()
         DEBUG("closing document")
         self:onCloseDocument()
     end
-    UIManager:close(self.dialog)
+    UIManager:close(self.dialog, "full")
     -- serialize last used items for later launch
     Cache:serialize()
     running_instance = nil
diff --git a/frontend/ui/screensaver.lua b/frontend/ui/screensaver.lua
index 0bbd38f6d..b8adc2b62 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/screensaver.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/screensaver.lua
@@ -128,8 +128,11 @@ function Screensaver:show()
     -- fallback to suspended message
     if not self.suspend_msg then
         self.suspend_msg = InfoMessage:new{ text = _("Suspended") }
+        UIManager:show(self.suspend_msg)
+    else
+        -- refresh whole screen for other types
+        UIManager:show(self.suspend_msg, "full")
     end
-    UIManager:show(self.suspend_msg)
 end
 
 function Screensaver:close()
diff --git a/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua b/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
index 3f0fea5a2..6d79a6d17 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ end
 -- register & show a widget
 -- modal widget should be always on the top
 -- for refreshtype & refreshregion see description of setDirty()
-function UIManager:show(widget, x, y, refreshtype, refreshregion)
+function UIManager:show(widget, refreshtype, refreshregion, x, y)
     DEBUG("show widget", widget.id)
     self._running = true
     local window = {x = x or 0, y = y or 0, widget = widget}
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function UIManager:show(widget, x, y, refreshtype, refreshregion)
         end
     end
     -- and schedule it to be painted
-    self:setDirty(widget, refreshtype or "partial", refreshregion)
+    self:setDirty(widget, refreshtype, refreshregion)
     -- tell the widget that it is shown now
     widget:handleEvent(Event:new("Show"))
     -- check if this widget disables double tap gesture
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ function UIManager:close(widget, refreshtype, refreshregion)
     local dirty = false
     for i = #self._window_stack, 1, -1 do
         if self._window_stack[i].widget == widget then
+            -- tell the widget that it is closed now
+            widget:handleEvent(Event:new("CloseWidget"))
             table.remove(self._window_stack, i)
             dirty = true
         elseif self._window_stack[i].widget.disable_double_tap then
@@ -207,7 +209,6 @@ function UIManager:setDirty(widget, refreshtype, refreshregion)
         end
     end
     -- handle refresh information
-    if not refreshtype or refreshtype == "none" then return end
     if type(refreshtype) == "function" then
         -- callback, will be issued after painting
         table.insert(self._refresh_func_stack, refreshtype)
@@ -349,8 +350,7 @@ region: Rect() that specifies the region to be updated
         Note that this should be the exception.
 --]]
 function UIManager:_refresh(mode, region)
-    -- default mode is partial    
-    mode = mode or "partial"
+    if not mode then return end
     -- special case: full screen partial update
     -- will get promoted every self.FULL_REFRESH_COUNT updates
     if not region and mode == "partial" then
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/bboxwidget.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/bboxwidget.lua
index 8c1a98ef2..4046613f0 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/bboxwidget.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/bboxwidget.lua
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ local BBoxWidget = InputContainer:new{
     screen_bbox = nil,
     linesize = 2,
     fine_factor = 10,
+    dimen = Geom:new(),
 }
 
 function BBoxWidget:init()
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ function BBoxWidget:getSize()
 end
 
 function BBoxWidget:paintTo(bb, x, y)
+    self.dimen = self.view.dimen:copy()
+    self.dimen.x, self.dimen.y = x, y
+
     -- As getScreenBBox uses view states, screen_bbox initialization is postponed.
     self.screen_bbox = self.screen_bbox or self:getScreenBBox(self.page_bbox)
     local bbox = self.screen_bbox
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/buttondialog.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/buttondialog.lua
index f5b6d7dd1..02df4d6c1 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/buttondialog.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/buttondialog.lua
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ function ButtonDialog:init()
     }
 end
 
+function ButtonDialog:onShow()
+    UIManager:setDirty(self, function()
+        return "partial", self[1][1].dimen
+    end)
+end
+
+function ButtonDialog:onCloseWidget()
+    UIManager:setDirty(nil, function()
+        return "partial", self[1][1].dimen
+    end)
+end
+
 function ButtonDialog:onTapClose()
     UIManager:close(self)
     if self.tap_close_callback then
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/configdialog.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/configdialog.lua
index 9d3cdff3a..63f0aeb9d 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/configdialog.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/configdialog.lua
@@ -520,6 +520,12 @@ function ConfigDialog:update()
     }
 end
 
+function ConfigDialog:onCloseWidget()
+    UIManager:setDirty("all", function()
+        return "partial", self.dialog_frame.dimen
+    end)
+end
+
 function ConfigDialog:onShowConfigPanel(index)
     self.panel_index = index
     local old_dimen = self.dialog_frame.dimen and self.dialog_frame.dimen:copy()
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/confirmbox.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/confirmbox.lua
index 856e62f08..df1589a2a 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/confirmbox.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/confirmbox.lua
@@ -87,7 +87,18 @@ function ConfirmBox:init()
             }
         }
     }
+end
+
+function ConfirmBox:onShow()
+    UIManager:setDirty(self, function()
+        return "partial", self[1][1].dimen
+    end)
+end
 
+function ConfirmBox:onCloseWidget()
+    UIManager:setDirty(nil, function()
+        return "partial", self[1][1].dimen
+    end)
 end
 
 function ConfirmBox:onClose()
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/dictquicklookup.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/dictquicklookup.lua
index 26c74b91c..2ff62936a 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/dictquicklookup.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/dictquicklookup.lua
@@ -265,6 +265,20 @@ function DictQuickLookup:update()
     end)
 end
 
+function DictQuickLookup:onCloseWidget()
+    UIManager:setDirty(nil, function()
+        return "partial", self.dict_frame.dimen
+    end)
+    return true
+end
+
+function DictQuickLookup:onShow()
+    UIManager:setDirty(self, function()
+        return "partial", self.dict_frame.dimen
+    end)
+    return true
+end
+
 function DictQuickLookup:isPrevDictAvaiable()
     return self.dict_index > 1
 end
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/infomessage.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/infomessage.lua
index fe17f4cf2..21e722a30 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/infomessage.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/infomessage.lua
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ local InfoMessage = InputContainer:new{
     face = Font:getFace("infofont", 25),
     text = "",
     timeout = nil, -- in seconds
-    closed = false,
 }
 
 function InfoMessage:init()
@@ -79,30 +78,32 @@ function InfoMessage:init()
     }
 end
 
-function InfoMessage:close()
-    if not self.closed then
-        self.closed = true
-        UIManager:close(self, "partial", self[1][1].dimen)
-    end
+function InfoMessage:onCloseWidget()
+    UIManager:setDirty(nil, function()
+        return "partial", self[1][1].dimen
+    end)
+    return true
 end
 
 function InfoMessage:onShow()
     -- triggered by the UIManager after we got successfully shown (not yet painted)
+    UIManager:setDirty(self, function()
+        return "partial", self[1][1].dimen
+    end)
     if self.timeout then
-        UIManager:scheduleIn(self.timeout, function() self:close() end)
+        UIManager:scheduleIn(self.timeout, function() UIManager:close(self) end)
     end
-    self.closed = false
     return true
 end
 
 function InfoMessage:onAnyKeyPressed()
     -- triggered by our defined key events
-    self:close()
+    UIManager:close(self)
     return true
 end
 
 function InfoMessage:onTapClose()
-    self:close()
+    UIManager:close(self)
     return true
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/inputdialog.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/inputdialog.lua
index a36d27470..a100773de 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/inputdialog.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/inputdialog.lua
@@ -116,8 +116,18 @@ function InputDialog:init()
         },
         self.dialog_frame,
     }
-    -- do a full refresh - is this really needed?
-    UIManager:setDirty("all", "full")
+end
+
+function InputDialog:onShow()
+    UIManager:setDirty(self, function()
+        return "partial", self.dialog_frame.dimen
+    end)
+end
+
+function InputDialog:onCloseWidget()
+    UIManager:setDirty(nil, function()
+        return "partial", self.dialog_frame.dimen
+    end)
 end
 
 function InputDialog:onShowKeyboard()
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/inputtext.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/inputtext.lua
index fc342317f..1659a0453 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/inputtext.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/inputtext.lua
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ function InputText:initTextBox(text)
         text_widget,
     }
     self.dimen = self[1]:getSize()
+
+    UIManager:setDirty(self.parent, function()
+        return "partial", self[1].dimen
+    end)
 end
 
 function InputText:initCharlist(text)
@@ -154,9 +158,6 @@ function InputText:addChar(char)
     table.insert(self.charlist, self.charpos, char)
     self.charpos = self.charpos + 1
     self:initTextBox(table.concat(self.charlist))
-    UIManager:setDirty(self.parent, function()
-        return "ui", self.dimen
-    end)
 end
 
 function InputText:delChar()
@@ -164,13 +165,12 @@ function InputText:delChar()
     self.charpos = self.charpos - 1
     table.remove(self.charlist, self.charpos)
     self:initTextBox(table.concat(self.charlist))
-    UIManager:setDirty(self.parent, "ui")
 end
 
 function InputText:clear()
     self:initTextBox("")
     UIManager:setDirty(self.parent, function()
-        return "ui", self.dimen
+        return "ui", self[1][1].dimen
     end)
 end
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ end
 function InputText:setText(text)
     self:initTextBox(text)
     UIManager:setDirty(self.parent, function()
-        return "partial", self.dimen
+        return "partial", self[1].dimen
     end)
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/linkbox.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/linkbox.lua
index 29f72a0e3..2c7fa0364 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/linkbox.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/linkbox.lua
@@ -33,7 +33,17 @@ function LinkBox:paintTo(bb)
             self.bordersize, self.color, self.radius)
 end
 
+function LinkBox:onCloseWidget()
+    UIManager:setDirty(nil, function()
+        return "partial", self.box
+    end)
+    return true
+end
+
 function LinkBox:onShow()
+    UIManager:setDirty(self, function()
+        return "partial", self.box
+    end)
     if self.timeout then
         UIManager:scheduleIn(self.timeout, function()
             UIManager:close(self)
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/logindialog.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/logindialog.lua
index 006a1f5f4..db1b84551 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/logindialog.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/logindialog.lua
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ function LoginDialog:init()
         },
         self.dialog_frame,
     }
-    UIManager:setDirty("all", "full")
 end
 
 function LoginDialog:getCredential()
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua
index b6f94cbd6..26a093758 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/menu.lua
@@ -283,11 +283,13 @@ end
 function MenuItem:onTapSelect(arg, ges)
     local pos = self:getGesPosition(ges)
     self[1].invert = true
-    -- TODO: regional refresh
-    UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, "partial")
+    local refreshfunc = function()
+        return "partial", self[1].dimen
+    end
+    UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, refreshfunc)
     UIManager:scheduleIn(0.1, function()
         self[1].invert = false
-        UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, "partial")
+        UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, refreshfunc)
         self.menu:onMenuSelect(self.table, pos)
     end)
     return true
@@ -296,11 +298,13 @@ end
 function MenuItem:onHoldSelect(arg, ges)
     local pos = self:getGesPosition(ges)
     self[1].invert = true
-    -- TODO: regional refresh
-    UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, "partial")
+    local refreshfunc = function()
+        return "partial", self[1].dimen
+    end
+    UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, refreshfunc)
     UIManager:scheduleIn(0.1, function()
         self[1].invert = false
-        UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, "partial")
+        UIManager:setDirty(self.show_parent, refreshfunc)
         self.menu:onMenuHold(self.table, pos)
     end)
     return true
@@ -575,6 +579,10 @@ function Menu:init()
     end
 end
 
+function Menu:onCloseWidget()
+    UIManager:setDirty(nil, "partial", self.dimen)
+end
+
 function Menu:updateItems(select_number)
     local old_dimen = self.dimen and self.dimen:copy()
     -- self.layout must be updated for focusmanager
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua
index 9bd2916b6..4d5051268 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ local Notification = InputContainer:new{
     timeout = nil,
     margin = 5,
     padding = 5,
-    closed = false,
 }
 
 function Notification:init()
@@ -56,25 +55,27 @@ function Notification:init()
     }
 end
 
-function Notification:close()
-    if not self.closed then
-        self.closed = true
-        UIManager:close(self, "partial", self[1][1].dimen)
-    end
+function Notification:onCloseWidget()
+    UIManager:setDirty(nil, function()
+        return "partial", self[1][1].dimen
+    end)
+    return true
 end
 
 function Notification:onShow()
     -- triggered by the UIManager after we got successfully shown (not yet painted)
+    UIManager:setDirty(self, function()
+        return "partial", self[1][1].dimen
+    end)
     if self.timeout then
-        UIManager:scheduleIn(self.timeout, function() self:close() end)
+        UIManager:scheduleIn(self.timeout, function() UIManager:close(self) end)
     end
-    self.closed = false
     return true
 end
 
 function Notification:onAnyKeyPressed()
     -- triggered by our defined key events
-    self:close()
+    UIManager:close(self)
     return true
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
index 9ad556edd..ad766396e 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ function TouchMenu:init()
     self:updateItems()
 end
 
+function TouchMenu:onCloseWidget()
+    UIManager:setDirty(nil, "partial", self.dimen)
+end
+
 function TouchMenu:_recalculateDimen()
     self.dimen.w = self.width
 
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/virtualkeyboard.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/virtualkeyboard.lua
index 1cc861c4c..55798e4fb 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/virtualkeyboard.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/virtualkeyboard.lua
@@ -102,21 +102,9 @@ function VirtualKey:update_keyboard()
     end)
 end
 
-function VirtualKey:update_keyboard_inputbox()
-    local inputbox = self.keyboard.inputbox
-    UIManager:setDirty(self.keyboard, function()
-        DEBUG("update inputbox", inputbox.dimen)
-        return "ui", inputbox.dimen
-    end)
-    UIManager:setDirty(self.keyboard, function()
-        DEBUG("update keyboard", self[1].dimen)
-        return "ui", self[1].dimen
-    end)
-end
-
 function VirtualKey:onTapSelect()
     self[1].invert = true
-    self:update_keyboard_inputbox()
+    self:update_keyboard()
     if self.callback then
         self.callback()
     end
@@ -126,7 +114,7 @@ end
 
 function VirtualKey:onHoldSelect()
     self[1].invert = true
-    self:update_keyboard_inputbox()
+    self:update_keyboard()
     if self.hold_callback then
         self.hold_callback()
     end
@@ -227,6 +215,22 @@ function VirtualKeyboard:init()
     self:initLayout(self.layout)
 end
 
+function VirtualKeyboard:_refresh()
+    UIManager:setDirty(self, function()
+        return "partial", self[1][1].dimen
+    end)
+end
+
+function VirtualKeyboard:onShow()
+    self:_refresh()
+    return true
+end
+
+function VirtualKeyboard:onCloseWidget()
+    self:_refresh()
+    return true
+end
+
 function VirtualKeyboard:initLayout(layout)
     local function VKLayout(b1, b2, b3, b4)
         local function boolnum(bool)
@@ -319,13 +323,7 @@ function VirtualKeyboard:setLayout(key)
         if self.utf8mode then self.umlautmode = false end
     end
     self:initLayout()
-    UIManager:setDirty(self, function()
-        -- correct coordinates of keyboard
-        local dimen = self.dimen:copy()
-        dimen.y = Screen:getHeight() - dimen.h
-        DEBUG("update keyboard layout", dimen)
-        return "partial", dimen
-    end)
+    self:_refresh()
 end
 
 function VirtualKeyboard:addChar(key)