--- a/appobject.py	Sat Feb 06 10:31:27 2010 +0100
+++ b/appobject.py	Sat Feb 06 10:34:26 2010 +0100
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@
         cls.vreg = registry.vreg
         cls.schema = registry.schema
         cls.config = registry.config
-        cls.register_properties()
         return cls
 
     @classmethod

--- a/cwvreg.py	Sat Feb 06 10:31:27 2010 +0100
+++ b/cwvreg.py	Sat Feb 06 10:34:26 2010 +0100
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@
         for regname, reg in self.items():
             self.debug('available in registry %s: %s', regname, sorted(reg))
             reg.initialization_completed()
+            for appobjects in reg.itervalues():
+                for appobjectcls in appobjects:
+                    appobjectcls.register_properties()
         # we may want to keep interface dependent objects (e.g.for i18n
         # catalog generation)
         if self.config.cleanup_interface_sobjects:

--- a/test/unittest_vregistry.py	Sat Feb 06 10:31:27 2010 +0100
+++ b/test/unittest_vregistry.py	Sat Feb 06 10:34:26 2010 +0100
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from cubicweb.appobject import AppObject
 from cubicweb.cwvreg import CubicWebVRegistry, UnknownProperty
 from cubicweb.devtools import TestServerConfiguration
+from cubicweb.devtools.apptest import EnvBasedTC
 from cubicweb.interfaces import IMileStone
 
 from cubes.card.entities import Card
@@ -31,6 +32,14 @@
         config.bootstrap_cubes()
         self.vreg.schema = config.load_schema()
 
+    def test___selectors__compat(self):
+        myselector1 = lambda *args: 1
+        myselector2 = lambda *args: 1
+        class AnAppObject(AppObject):
+            __selectors__ = (myselector1, myselector2)
+        AnAppObject.build___select__()
+        self.assertEquals(AnAppObject.__select__(AnAppObject), 2)
+
     def test_load_interface_based_vojects(self):
         self.vreg.init_registration([WEBVIEWSDIR])
         self.vreg.load_file(join(BASE, 'entities', '__init__.py'), 'cubicweb.entities.__init__')
@@ -40,19 +49,6 @@
         self.vreg.initialization_completed()
         self.assertEquals(len(self.vreg['views']['primary']), 1)
 
-    def test___selectors__compat(self):
-        myselector1 = lambda *args: 1
-        myselector2 = lambda *args: 1
-        class AnAppObject(AppObject):
-            __selectors__ = (myselector1, myselector2)
-        AnAppObject.build___select__()
-        self.assertEquals(AnAppObject.__select__(AnAppObject), 2)
-
-    def test_properties(self):
-        self.failIf('system.version.cubicweb' in self.vreg['propertydefs'])
-        self.failUnless(self.vreg.property_info('system.version.cubicweb'))
-        self.assertRaises(UnknownProperty, self.vreg.property_info, 'a.non.existent.key')
-
     def test_load_subinterface_based_appobjects(self):
         self.vreg.reset()
         self.vreg.register_objects([join(BASE, 'web', 'views', 'iprogress.py')])
@@ -68,6 +64,17 @@
         # check progressbar isn't kicked
         self.assertEquals(len(self.vreg['views']['progressbar']), 1)
 
+    def test_properties(self):
+        self.failIf('system.version.cubicweb' in self.vreg['propertydefs'])
+        self.failUnless(self.vreg.property_info('system.version.cubicweb'))
+        self.assertRaises(UnknownProperty, self.vreg.property_info, 'a.non.existent.key')
+
+class CWVregTC(EnvBasedTC):
+
+    def test_property_default_overriding(self):
+        # see data/views.py
+        from cubicweb.web.views.xmlrss import RSSIconBox
+        self.assertEquals(self.vreg.property_info(RSSIconBox.propkey('visible'))['default'], True)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest_main()