diff --git a/src/dlangui/dml/parser.d b/src/dlangui/dml/parser.d
index 372dc15b..19a1efa5 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/dml/parser.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/dml/parser.d
@@ -876,6 +876,12 @@ public Token[] tokenizeML(const(dstring[]) lines) {
     return tokenizeML(code);
 }
 
+/// tokenize source into array of tokens (excluding EOF)
+public Token[] tokenizeML(const(string[]) lines) {
+    string code = join(lines, "\n");
+    return tokenizeML(code);
+}
+
 /// tokenize source into array of tokens (excluding EOF)
 public Token[] tokenizeML(string code) {
     Token[] res;
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/ftfonts.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/ftfonts.d
index b78e1bd9..0434676a 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/ftfonts.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/ftfonts.d
@@ -571,29 +571,31 @@ class FreeTypeFontManager : FontManager {
 
 
     /// register freetype font by filename - optinally font properties can be passed if known (e.g. from libfontconfig).
-    bool registerFont(string filename, FontFamily family = FontFamily.SansSerif, string face = null, bool italic = false, int weight = 0) {
+    bool registerFont(string filename, FontFamily family = FontFamily.SansSerif, string face = null, bool italic = false, int weight = 0, bool dontLoadFile = false) {
         if (_library is null)
             return false;
         Log.d("FreeTypeFontManager.registerFont ", filename, " ", family, " ", face, " italic=", italic, " weight=", weight);
         if (!exists(filename) || !isFile(filename))
             return false;
 
-        FreeTypeFontFile font = new FreeTypeFontFile(_library, filename);
-        if (!font.open(24)) {
-            Log.e("Failed to open font ", filename);
-            destroy(font);
-            return false;
-        }
+        if (!dontLoadFile) {
+            FreeTypeFontFile font = new FreeTypeFontFile(_library, filename);
+            if (!font.open(24)) {
+                Log.e("Failed to open font ", filename);
+                destroy(font);
+                return false;
+            }
         
-        if (face == null || weight == 0) {
-            // properties are not set by caller
-            // get properties from loaded font
-            face = font.face;
-            italic = font.italic;
-            weight = font.weight;
-            debug(FontResources)Log.d("Using properties from font file: face=", face, " weight=", weight, " italic=", italic);
+            if (face == null || weight == 0) {
+                // properties are not set by caller
+                // get properties from loaded font
+                face = font.face;
+                italic = font.italic;
+                weight = font.weight;
+                debug(FontResources)Log.d("Using properties from font file: face=", face, " weight=", weight, " italic=", italic);
+            }
+		    destroy(font);
         }
-		destroy(font);
 
         FontDef def = FontDef(family, face, italic, weight);
         FontFileItem item = findFileItem(def);
@@ -777,7 +779,7 @@ bool registerFontConfigFonts(FreeTypeFontManager fontMan) {
         else if (style16.indexOf("extralight") >= 0)
             face ~= " Extra Light";
 
-        if (fontMan.registerFont(fn, fontFamily, face, italic, weight))
+        if (fontMan.registerFont(fn, fontFamily, face, italic, weight, true))
             facesFound++;
 /*
         LVFontDef def(
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/metadata.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/metadata.d
index 00dfba33..5e748fc5 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/metadata.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/metadata.d
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ import dlangui.widgets.widget;
 
 interface WidgetMetadataDef {
     Widget create();
+    /// short class name, e.g. "EditLine"
+    string className();
+    /// module name, e.g. "dlangui.widgets.editors"
+    string moduleName();
+    /// full class name, e.g. "dlangui.widgets.editors.EditLine"
+    string fullName();
+}
+
+struct WidgetSignalMetadata {
+    string name;
+    string typeString;
+    //TypeTuple
+    TypeInfo returnType;
+    TypeInfo paramsType;
 }
 
 private __gshared WidgetMetadataDef[string] _registeredWidgets;
@@ -18,13 +32,43 @@ void registerWidgetMetadata(string name, WidgetMetadataDef metadata) {
     _registeredWidgets[name] = metadata;
 }
 
+WidgetSignalMetadata[] getSignalList(alias T)() {
+    WidgetSignalMetadata[] res;
+    foreach(m; __traits(allMembers, T)) {
+        static if (__traits(compiles, (typeof(__traits(getMember, T, m))))){
+            // skip non-public members
+            static if (__traits(getProtection, __traits(getMember, T, m)) == "public") {
+                static if (__traits(compiles, __traits(getMember, T, m).params_t ) && __traits(compiles, __traits(getMember, T, m).return_t)) {
+                    alias typeof(__traits(getMember, T, m)) ti;
+                    res ~= WidgetSignalMetadata(m, 
+                                                __traits(getMember, T, m).return_t.stringof ~ __traits(getMember, T, m).params_t.stringof,
+                                                typeid(__traits(getMember, T, m).return_t),
+                                                typeid(__traits(getMember, T, m).params_t));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
 string generateMetadataClass(alias t)() {
+    //pragma(msg, moduleName!t);
     import std.traits;
+    pragma(msg, getSignalList!t);
     immutable string metadataClassName = t.stringof ~ "Metadata";
     return "class " ~ metadataClassName ~ " : WidgetMetadataDef { \n" ~
         "    override Widget create() {\n" ~
         "        return new " ~ moduleName!t ~ "." ~ t.stringof ~ "();\n" ~
         "    }\n" ~
+        "    override string className() {\n" ~
+        "        return \"" ~ t.stringof ~ "\";\n" ~
+        "    }\n" ~
+        "    override string moduleName() {\n" ~
+        "        return \"" ~ moduleName!t ~ "\";\n" ~
+        "    }\n" ~
+        "    override string fullName() {\n" ~
+        "        return \"" ~ moduleName!t ~ "." ~ t.stringof ~ "\";\n" ~
+        "    }\n" ~
         "}\n";
 }