diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/doc/subview.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/doc/subview.cpp
index f4f0c6afe..e0c2fbc46 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/doc/subview.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/doc/subview.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ void CSVDoc::SubView::setUniversalId (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id)
 {
     mUniversalId = id;
     setWindowTitle (QString::fromUtf8(mUniversalId.toString().c_str()));
+    emit universalIdChanged (mUniversalId);
 }
 
 void CSVDoc::SubView::closeEvent (QCloseEvent *event)
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/doc/subview.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/doc/subview.hpp
index b323f9ed9..189bb40eb 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/doc/subview.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/doc/subview.hpp
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ namespace CSVDoc
 
             void updateSubViewIndicies (SubView *view = 0);
 
+            void universalIdChanged (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& universalId);
+
         protected slots:
 
             void closeRequest();
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp
index 5669d9680..92b9807e8 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::DialogueSubView (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id,
         this, SLOT (requestFocus (const std::string&)));
 
     // button bar
-    RecordButtonBar *buttons = new RecordButtonBar (getTable(), mBottom,
+    RecordButtonBar *buttons = new RecordButtonBar (id, getTable(), mBottom,
         &getCommandDispatcher(), this);
 
     // layout
@@ -724,16 +724,10 @@ CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::DialogueSubView (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id,
     // connections
     connect (buttons, SIGNAL (nextId()), this, SLOT (nextId()));
     connect (buttons, SIGNAL (prevId()), this, SLOT (prevId()));
-    connect (buttons, SIGNAL (cloneRequest()), this, SLOT (cloneRequest()));
     connect (buttons, SIGNAL (showPreview()), this, SLOT (showPreview()));
     connect (buttons, SIGNAL (viewRecord()), this, SLOT (viewRecord()));
-}
-
-void CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::cloneRequest()
-{
-    mBottom->cloneRequest (getCurrentId(),
-        static_cast<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type> (getTable().
-        data (getTable().getModelIndex(getCurrentId(), 2)).toInt()));
+    connect (this, SIGNAL (universalIdChanged (const CSMWorld::UniversalId&)),
+        buttons, SLOT (universalIdChanged (const CSMWorld::UniversalId&)));
 }
 
 void CSVWorld::DialogueSubView::prevId()
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.hpp
index 5d6915d42..6c0fcc59b 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.hpp
@@ -231,8 +231,6 @@ namespace CSVWorld
 
         private slots:
 
-            void cloneRequest();
-
             void nextId();
 
             void prevId();
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/recordbuttonbar.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/recordbuttonbar.cpp
index 2f5395317..1560a31a5 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/recordbuttonbar.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/recordbuttonbar.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 
 #include "../world/tablebottombox.hpp"
 
-CSVWorld::RecordButtonBar::RecordButtonBar (CSMWorld::IdTable& table, TableBottomBox *bottomBox,
+CSVWorld::RecordButtonBar::RecordButtonBar (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id,
+    CSMWorld::IdTable& table, TableBottomBox *bottomBox,
     CSMWorld::CommandDispatcher *commandDispatcher, QWidget *parent)
-: QWidget (parent), mTable (table), mBottom (bottomBox), mCommandDispatcher (commandDispatcher)
+: QWidget (parent), mId (id), mTable (table), mBottom (bottomBox),
+  mCommandDispatcher (commandDispatcher)
 {
     QHBoxLayout *buttonsLayout = new QHBoxLayout;
     buttonsLayout->setContentsMargins (0, 0, 0, 0);
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ CSVWorld::RecordButtonBar::RecordButtonBar (CSMWorld::IdTable& table, TableBotto
     else
     {
         connect (addButton, SIGNAL (clicked()), mBottom, SLOT (createRequest()));
-        connect (cloneButton, SIGNAL (clicked()), this, SIGNAL (cloneRequest()));
+        connect (cloneButton, SIGNAL (clicked()), this, SLOT (cloneRequest()));
     }
 
     connect (nextButton, SIGNAL (clicked()), this, SIGNAL (nextId()));
@@ -98,3 +100,25 @@ CSVWorld::RecordButtonBar::RecordButtonBar (CSMWorld::IdTable& table, TableBotto
         connect (deleteButton, SIGNAL (clicked()), mCommandDispatcher, SLOT (executeDelete()));
     }
 }
+
+void CSVWorld::RecordButtonBar::universalIdChanged (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id)
+{
+    mId = id;
+}
+
+void CSVWorld::RecordButtonBar::cloneRequest()
+{
+    if (mBottom)
+    {
+        int typeColumn = mTable.searchColumnIndex (CSMWorld::Columns::ColumnId_RecordType);
+
+        if (typeColumn!=-1)
+        {
+            QModelIndex typeIndex = mTable.getModelIndex (mId.getId(), typeColumn);
+            CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type type = static_cast<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type> (
+                mTable.data (typeIndex).toInt());
+            
+            mBottom->cloneRequest (mId.getId(), type);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/recordbuttonbar.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/recordbuttonbar.hpp
index 28e59407f..08f16a687 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/recordbuttonbar.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/recordbuttonbar.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include <QWidget>
 
+#include "../../model/world/universalid.hpp"
+
 namespace CSMWorld
 {
     class IdTable;
@@ -27,15 +29,25 @@ namespace CSVWorld
     {
             Q_OBJECT
 
+            CSMWorld::UniversalId mId;
             CSMWorld::IdTable& mTable;
             TableBottomBox *mBottom;
             CSMWorld::CommandDispatcher *mCommandDispatcher;
 
         public:
 
-            RecordButtonBar (CSMWorld::IdTable& table, TableBottomBox *bottomBox = 0,
+            RecordButtonBar (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id,
+                CSMWorld::IdTable& table, TableBottomBox *bottomBox = 0,
                 CSMWorld::CommandDispatcher *commandDispatcher = 0, QWidget *parent = 0);
 
+        public slots:
+
+            void universalIdChanged (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id);
+
+        private slots:
+
+            void cloneRequest();
+            
         signals:
 
             void showPreview();
@@ -45,9 +57,6 @@ namespace CSVWorld
             void nextId();
 
             void prevId();
-
-            void cloneRequest();
-
     };
 }