diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua
index 2c4bd6ac9..adc46f92b 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)
+        UIManager:show(self.dict_window, nil, nil, "none")
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
index ef8cfc362..d2bfaa2da 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/readerfooter.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfooter.lua
index 05b87ccb0..af57fa258 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfooter.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfooter.lua
@@ -267,20 +267,13 @@ function ReaderFooter:onTapFooter(arg, ges)
             self.mode = 0
         end
         self:applyFooterMode()
+        G_reader_settings:saveSetting("reader_footer_mode", self.mode)
     end
     if self.pageno then
         self:updateFooterPage()
     else
         self:updateFooterPos()
     end
-    local region = Geom:new{
-        x = 0,
-        y = Screen:getHeight() - self.height,
-        w = Screen:getWidth(),
-        h = self.height
-    }
-    UIManager:setDirty(self.view.dialog, "partial", region)
-    G_reader_settings:saveSetting("reader_footer_mode", self.mode)
     return true
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerhighlight.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerhighlight.lua
index b642808c5..628531087 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerhighlight.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerhighlight.lua
@@ -368,7 +368,9 @@ function ReaderHighlight:onHoldRelease()
             },
             tap_close_callback = function() self:handleEvent(Event:new("Tap")) end,
         }
-        UIManager:show(self.highlight_dialog)
+        UIManager:show(self.highlight_dialog, nil, nil, function()
+            return "partial", self.highlight_dialog.dimen
+        end)
     end
     return true
 end
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerpaging.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerpaging.lua
index e9381f7ed..24fd3e964 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerpaging.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerpaging.lua
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ function ReaderPaging:onPanRelease(arg, ges)
         end
     else
         self.last_pan_relative_y = 0
-        -- trigger full refresh
-        UIManager:setDirty(nil, "full")
+        -- trigger partial refresh
+        UIManager:setDirty(nil, "partial")
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua b/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
index b327fc7e9..3f0fea5a2 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ end
 
 -- register & show a widget
 -- modal widget should be always on the top
-function UIManager:show(widget, x, y)
+-- for refreshtype & refreshregion see description of setDirty()
+function UIManager:show(widget, x, y, refreshtype, refreshregion)
     DEBUG("show widget", widget.id)
     self._running = true
     local window = {x = x or 0, y = y or 0, widget = widget}
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ function UIManager:show(widget, x, y)
         end
     end
     -- and schedule it to be painted
-    self:setDirty(widget, "partial")
+    self:setDirty(widget, refreshtype or "partial", refreshregion)
     -- tell the widget that it is shown now
     widget:handleEvent(Event:new("Show"))
     -- check if this widget disables double tap gesture
@@ -107,7 +108,8 @@ function UIManager:show(widget, x, y)
 end
 
 -- unregister a widget
-function UIManager:close(widget)
+-- for refreshtype & refreshregion see description of setDirty()
+function UIManager:close(widget, refreshtype, refreshregion)
     if not widget then
         DEBUG("widget not exist to be closed")
         return
@@ -127,8 +129,9 @@ function UIManager:close(widget)
     if dirty then
         -- schedule remaining widgets to be painted
         for i = 1, #self._window_stack do
-            self:setDirty(self._window_stack[i].widget, "partial")
+            self:setDirty(self._window_stack[i].widget)
         end
+        self:_refresh(refreshtype, refreshregion)
     end
 end
 
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ function UIManager:setDirty(widget, refreshtype, refreshregion)
         end
     end
     -- handle refresh information
-    if not refreshtype then return end
+    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)
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/buttondialog.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/buttondialog.lua
index 0383c3dbd..f5b6d7dd1 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/buttondialog.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/buttondialog.lua
@@ -63,4 +63,9 @@ function ButtonDialog:onClose()
     return true
 end
 
+function ButtonDialog:paintTo(...)
+    InputContainer.paintTo(self, ...)
+    self.dimen = self[1][1].dimen -- FrameContainer
+end
+
 return ButtonDialog
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/dictquicklookup.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/dictquicklookup.lua
index 5c11dd4ad..26c74b91c 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/dictquicklookup.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/dictquicklookup.lua
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ function DictQuickLookup:init()
 end
 
 function DictQuickLookup:update()
+    local orig_dimen = self.dict_frame and self.dict_frame.dimen or Geom:new{}
     -- calculate window dimension and try to not hide highlighted word
     self.align = "center"
     self.region = Geom:new{
@@ -256,7 +257,12 @@ function DictQuickLookup:update()
             self.dict_frame,
         }
     }
-    UIManager:setDirty("all", "partial")
+
+    UIManager:setDirty("all", function()
+        local update_region = self.dict_frame.dimen:combine(orig_dimen)
+        DEBUG("update dict region", update_region)
+        return "partial", update_region
+    end)
 end
 
 function DictQuickLookup:isPrevDictAvaiable()
@@ -282,14 +288,7 @@ function DictQuickLookup:changeDictionary(index)
     self.lookupword = self.results[index].word
     self.definition = self.results[index].definition
 
-    local orig_dimen = self.dict_frame and self.dict_frame.dimen or Geom:new{}
     self:update()
-
-    UIManager.update_regions_func = function()
-        local update_region = self.dict_frame.dimen:combine(orig_dimen)
-        DEBUG("update dict region", update_region)
-        return {update_region}
-    end
 end
 
 function DictQuickLookup:changeToDefaultDict()
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/infomessage.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/infomessage.lua
index f91807ff3..fe17f4cf2 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/infomessage.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/infomessage.lua
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ local InfoMessage = InputContainer:new{
     face = Font:getFace("infofont", 25),
     text = "",
     timeout = nil, -- in seconds
+    closed = false,
 }
 
 function InfoMessage:init()
@@ -78,22 +79,30 @@ function InfoMessage:init()
     }
 end
 
+function InfoMessage:close()
+    if not self.closed then
+        self.closed = true
+        UIManager:close(self, "partial", self[1][1].dimen)
+    end
+end
+
 function InfoMessage:onShow()
     -- triggered by the UIManager after we got successfully shown (not yet painted)
     if self.timeout then
-        UIManager:scheduleIn(self.timeout, function() UIManager:close(self) end)
+        UIManager:scheduleIn(self.timeout, function() self:close() end)
     end
+    self.closed = false
     return true
 end
 
 function InfoMessage:onAnyKeyPressed()
     -- triggered by our defined key events
-    UIManager:close(self)
+    self:close()
     return true
 end
 
 function InfoMessage:onTapClose()
-    UIManager:close(self)
+    self:close()
     return true
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua
index 4df000238..9bd2916b6 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/notification.lua
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ local Notification = InputContainer:new{
     timeout = nil,
     margin = 5,
     padding = 5,
+    closed = false,
 }
 
 function Notification:init()
@@ -55,17 +56,25 @@ function Notification:init()
     }
 end
 
+function Notification:close()
+    if not self.closed then
+        self.closed = true
+        UIManager:close(self, "partial", self[1][1].dimen)
+    end
+end
+
 function Notification:onShow()
     -- triggered by the UIManager after we got successfully shown (not yet painted)
     if self.timeout then
-        UIManager:scheduleIn(self.timeout, function() UIManager:close(self) end)
+        UIManager:scheduleIn(self.timeout, function() self:close() end)
     end
+    self.closed = false
     return true
 end
 
 function Notification:onAnyKeyPressed()
     -- triggered by our defined key events
-    UIManager:close(self)
+    self:close()
     return true
 end