diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0491161..fbebbb3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ JSSRC=					\
 	data/ObjectStore.js		\
 	data/TimezoneStore.js		\
 	grid/ObjectGrid.js		\
+	panel/InputPanel.js		\
 	panel/LogView.js		\
 	window/Edit.js			\
 	window/TaskViewer.js		\
diff --git a/panel/InputPanel.js b/panel/InputPanel.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2635a6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panel/InputPanel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+Ext.define('Proxmox.panel.InputPanel', {
+    extend: 'Ext.panel.Panel',
+    alias: ['widget.inputpanel'],
+    listeners: {
+	activate: function() {
+	    // notify owning container that it should display a help button
+	    if (this.onlineHelp) {
+		Ext.GlobalEvents.fireEvent('pveShowHelp', this.onlineHelp);
+	    }
+	},
+	deactivate: function() {
+	    if (this.onlineHelp) {
+		Ext.GlobalEvents.fireEvent('pveHideHelp', this.onlineHelp);
+	    }
+	}
+    },
+    border: false,
+
+    // override this with an URL to a relevant chapter of the pve manual
+    // setting this will display a help button in our parent panel
+    onlineHelp: undefined,
+
+    // overwrite this to modify submit data
+    onGetValues: function(values) {
+	return values;
+    },
+
+    getValues: function(dirtyOnly) {
+	var me = this;
+
+	if (Ext.isFunction(me.onGetValues)) {
+	    dirtyOnly = false;
+	}
+
+	var values = {};
+
+	Ext.Array.each(me.query('[isFormField]'), function(field) {
+            if (!dirtyOnly || field.isDirty()) {
+                Proxmox.Utils.assemble_field_data(values, field.getSubmitData());
+	    }
+	});
+
+	return me.onGetValues(values);
+    },
+
+    setValues: function(values) {
+	var me = this;
+
+	var form = me.up('form');
+
+        Ext.iterate(values, function(fieldId, val) {
+	    var field = me.query('[isFormField][name=' + fieldId + ']')[0];
+            if (field) {
+		field.setValue(val);
+                if (form.trackResetOnLoad) {
+                    field.resetOriginalValue();
+                }
+            }
+	});
+    },
+
+    initComponent: function() {
+	var me = this;
+
+	var items;
+
+	if (me.items) {
+	    me.columns = 1;
+	    items = [
+		{
+		    columnWidth: 1,
+		    layout: 'anchor',
+		    items: me.items
+		}
+	    ];
+	    me.items = undefined;
+	} else if (me.column1) {
+	    me.columns = 2;
+	    items = [
+		{
+		    columnWidth: 0.5,
+		    padding: '0 10 0 0',
+		    layout: 'anchor',
+		    items: me.column1
+		},
+		{
+		    columnWidth: 0.5,
+		    padding: '0 0 0 10',
+		    layout: 'anchor',
+		    items: me.column2 || [] // allow empty column
+		}
+	    ];
+	    if (me.columnB) {
+		items.push({
+		    columnWidth: 1,
+		    padding: '10 0 0 0',
+		    layout: 'anchor',
+		    items: me.columnB
+		});
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    throw "unsupported config";
+	}
+
+	if (me.useFieldContainer) {
+	    Ext.apply(me, {
+		layout: 'fit',
+		items: Ext.apply(me.useFieldContainer, {
+		    layout: 'column',
+		    defaultType: 'container',
+		    items: items
+		})
+	    });
+	} else {
+	    Ext.apply(me, {
+		layout: 'column',
+		defaultType: 'container',
+		items: items
+	    });
+	}
+
+	me.callParent();
+    }
+});