diff -r 0c111b232927 -r 88c71ad83d47 web/views/cwproperties.py
--- a/web/views/cwproperties.py	Wed Aug 01 10:30:48 2012 +0200
+++ b/web/views/cwproperties.py	Thu Mar 21 18:13:31 2013 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# copyright 2003-2011 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
+# copyright 2003-2012 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
 # contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
 #
 # This file is part of CubicWeb.
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@
 from logilab.common.decorators import cached
 
 from cubicweb import UnknownProperty
-from cubicweb.selectors import (one_line_rset, none_rset, is_instance,
-                                match_user_groups, objectify_selector,
-                                logged_user_in_rset)
+from cubicweb.predicates import (one_line_rset, none_rset, is_instance,
+                                 match_user_groups, logged_user_in_rset)
 from cubicweb.view import StartupView
 from cubicweb.web import uicfg, stdmsgs
 from cubicweb.web.form import FormViewMixIn
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@
 from cubicweb.web.formwidgets import (Select, TextInput, Button, SubmitButton,
                                       FieldWidget)
 from cubicweb.web.views import primary, formrenderers, editcontroller
+from cubicweb.web.views.ajaxcontroller import ajaxfunc
 
 uicfg.primaryview_section.tag_object_of(('*', 'for_user', '*'), 'hidden')
 
@@ -419,6 +419,20 @@
         """
         return 'view', {}
 
+
+@ajaxfunc(output_type='xhtml')
+def prop_widget(self, propkey, varname, tabindex=None):
+    """specific method for CWProperty handling"""
+    entity = self._cw.vreg['etypes'].etype_class('CWProperty')(self._cw)
+    entity.eid = varname
+    entity['pkey'] = propkey
+    form = self._cw.vreg['forms'].select('edition', self._cw, entity=entity)
+    form.build_context()
+    vfield = form.field_by_name('value')
+    renderer = formrenderers.FormRenderer(self._cw)
+    return vfield.render(form, renderer, tabindex=tabindex) \
+           + renderer.render_help(form, vfield)
+
 _afs = uicfg.autoform_section
 _afs.tag_subject_of(('*', 'for_user', '*'), 'main', 'hidden')
 _afs.tag_object_of(('*', 'for_user', '*'), 'main', 'hidden')