diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellcreationdialog.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellcreationdialog.cpp
index c4c1be711..dc86fd825 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellcreationdialog.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellcreationdialog.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ namespace MWGui
         mDeleteButton->setVisible (false);
 
         mEffect.mRange = ESM::RT_Self;
+        if (!(mMagicEffect->mData.mFlags & ESM::MagicEffect::CastSelf))
+            mEffect.mRange = ESM::RT_Touch;
+        if (!(mMagicEffect->mData.mFlags & ESM::MagicEffect::CastTouch))
+            mEffect.mRange = ESM::RT_Target;
+        mEffect.mMagnMin = 1;
+        mEffect.mMagnMax = 1;
+        mEffect.mDuration = 1;
+        mEffect.mArea = 0;
+        eventEffectAdded(mEffect);
 
         onRangeButtonClicked(mRangeButton);
 
@@ -93,11 +102,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         mMagnitudeMinValue->setCaption("1");
         mMagnitudeMaxValue->setCaption("- 1");
         mAreaValue->setCaption("0");
-
-        mEffect.mMagnMin = 1;
-        mEffect.mMagnMax = 1;
-        mEffect.mDuration = 1;
-        mEffect.mArea = 0;
     }
 
     void EditEffectDialog::editEffect (ESM::ENAMstruct effect)
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ namespace MWGui
             MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getStore().get<ESM::MagicEffect>().find(effect.mEffectID);
 
         setMagicEffect(magicEffect);
-
+        mOldEffect = effect;
         mEffect = effect;
         mEditing = true;
 
@@ -121,6 +125,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         onMagnitudeMaxChanged (mMagnitudeMinSlider, effect.mMagnMax-1);
         onAreaChanged (mAreaSlider, effect.mArea);
         onDurationChanged (mDurationSlider, effect.mDuration-1);
+        eventEffectModified(mEffect);
     }
 
     void EditEffectDialog::setMagicEffect (const ESM::MagicEffect *effect)
@@ -163,7 +168,7 @@ namespace MWGui
             mDurationBox->setVisible (true);
             curY += mDurationBox->getSize().height;
         }
-        if (mEffect.mRange == ESM::RT_Target)
+        if (mEffect.mRange != ESM::RT_Self)
         {
             mAreaBox->setPosition(mAreaBox->getPosition().left, curY);
             mAreaBox->setVisible (true);
@@ -182,9 +187,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         else if (mEffect.mRange == ESM::RT_Touch)
             mRangeButton->setCaptionWithReplacing ("#{sRangeTouch}");
 
-        mAreaSlider->setVisible (mEffect.mRange != ESM::RT_Self);
-        mAreaText->setVisible (mEffect.mRange != ESM::RT_Self);
-
         // cycle through range types until we find something that's allowed
         if (mEffect.mRange == ESM::RT_Target && !(mMagicEffect->mData.mFlags & ESM::MagicEffect::CastTarget))
             onRangeButtonClicked(sender);
@@ -193,7 +195,13 @@ namespace MWGui
         if (mEffect.mRange == ESM::RT_Touch && !(mMagicEffect->mData.mFlags & ESM::MagicEffect::CastTouch))
             onRangeButtonClicked(sender);
 
+        if(mEffect.mRange == ESM::RT_Self)
+        {
+            mAreaSlider->setScrollPosition(0);
+            onAreaChanged(mAreaSlider,0);
+        }
         updateBoxes();
+        eventEffectModified(mEffect);
     }
 
     void EditEffectDialog::onDeleteButtonClicked (MyGUI::Widget* sender)
@@ -206,26 +214,27 @@ namespace MWGui
     void EditEffectDialog::onOkButtonClicked (MyGUI::Widget* sender)
     {
         setVisible(false);
-
-        if (mEditing)
-            eventEffectModified(mEffect);
-        else
-            eventEffectAdded(mEffect);
     }
 
     void EditEffectDialog::onCancelButtonClicked (MyGUI::Widget* sender)
     {
         setVisible(false);
+        if(mEditing)
+            eventEffectModified(mOldEffect);
+        else
+            eventEffectRemoved(mEffect);
     }
 
     void EditEffectDialog::setSkill (int skill)
     {
         mEffect.mSkill = skill;
+        eventEffectModified(mEffect);
     }
 
     void EditEffectDialog::setAttribute (int attribute)
     {
         mEffect.mAttribute = attribute;
+        eventEffectModified(mEffect);
     }
 
     void EditEffectDialog::onMagnitudeMinChanged (MyGUI::ScrollBar* sender, size_t pos)
@@ -235,6 +244,7 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         // trigger the check again (see below)
         onMagnitudeMaxChanged(mMagnitudeMaxSlider, mMagnitudeMaxSlider->getScrollPosition ());
+        eventEffectModified(mEffect);
     }
 
     void EditEffectDialog::onMagnitudeMaxChanged (MyGUI::ScrollBar* sender, size_t pos)
@@ -250,18 +260,22 @@ namespace MWGui
         mEffect.mMagnMax = pos+1;
 
         mMagnitudeMaxValue->setCaption("- " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(pos+1));
+
+        eventEffectModified(mEffect);
     }
 
     void EditEffectDialog::onDurationChanged (MyGUI::ScrollBar* sender, size_t pos)
     {
         mDurationValue->setCaption(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(pos+1));
         mEffect.mDuration = pos+1;
+        eventEffectModified(mEffect);
     }
 
     void EditEffectDialog::onAreaChanged (MyGUI::ScrollBar* sender, size_t pos)
     {
         mAreaValue->setCaption(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(pos));
         mEffect.mArea = pos;
+        eventEffectModified(mEffect);
     }
 
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -615,6 +629,7 @@ namespace MWGui
     void EffectEditorBase::onEffectAdded (ESM::ENAMstruct effect)
     {
         mEffects.push_back(effect);
+        mSelectedEffect=mEffects.size()-1;
 
         updateEffectsView();
     }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellcreationdialog.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellcreationdialog.hpp
index 61b888491..e424d7395 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellcreationdialog.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/spellcreationdialog.hpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     protected:
         ESM::ENAMstruct mEffect;
+        ESM::ENAMstruct mOldEffect;
 
         const ESM::MagicEffect* mMagicEffect;
     };