diff --git a/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewscontroller.cpp b/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewscontroller.cpp
index d89856a0a..724d5da66 100644
--- a/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewscontroller.cpp
+++ b/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewscontroller.cpp
@@ -124,9 +124,12 @@ bool Views::hasSelectedView() const
     return (selectedRow >= 0);
 }
 
-void Views::appendViewFromViewTemplate(const Data::View &view)
+const Latte::Data::View Views::appendViewFromViewTemplate(const Data::View &view)
 {
-    m_model->appendTemporaryView(view);
+    Data::View newview = view;
+    newview.name = uniqueViewName(view.name);
+    m_model->appendTemporaryView(newview);
+    return newview;
 }
 
 void Views::selectRow(const QString &id)
@@ -140,6 +143,31 @@ void Views::onCurrentLayoutChanged()
     m_model->setOriginalData(layout.views);
 }
 
+
+QString Views::uniqueViewName(QString name)
+{
+    if (name.isEmpty()) {
+            return name;
+    }
+
+    int pos_ = name.lastIndexOf(QRegExp(QString(" - [0-9]+")));
+
+    if (m_model->containsCurrentName(name) && pos_ > 0) {
+        name = name.left(pos_);
+    }
+
+    int i = 2;
+
+    QString namePart = name;
+
+    while (m_model->containsCurrentName(name)) {
+        name = namePart + " - " + QString::number(i);
+        i++;
+    }
+
+    return name;
+}
+
 void Views::applyColumnWidths()
 {
     m_view->horizontalHeader()->setSectionResizeMode(Model::Views::NAMECOLUMN, QHeaderView::Stretch);
diff --git a/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewscontroller.h b/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewscontroller.h
index 496f98cbd..2928b2f89 100644
--- a/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewscontroller.h
+++ b/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewscontroller.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public:
    // const Latte::Data::Layout selectedViewCurrentData() const;
    // const Latte::Data::Layout selectedViewOriginalData() const;
 
-    void appendViewFromViewTemplate(const Data::View &view);
+    const Latte::Data::View appendViewFromViewTemplate(const Data::View &view);
 
     void selectRow(const QString &id);
 
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ signals:
 private:
     void init();
 
+    QString uniqueViewName(QString name);
+
 private slots:
     void loadConfig();
     void saveConfig();
diff --git a/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewshandler.cpp b/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewshandler.cpp
index 2a452933f..a9d5f954d 100644
--- a/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewshandler.cpp
+++ b/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewshandler.cpp
@@ -133,10 +133,11 @@ void ViewsHandler::initViewTemplatesSubMenu()
 
         QAction *newview = m_viewTemplatesSubMenu->addAction(templates[i].name);
         newview->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme("document-new"));
-        QString templateid = templates[i].id;
 
-        connect(newview, &QAction::triggered, this, [&, templateid]() {
-            newView(templateid);
+        Data::Generic templateData = templates[i];
+
+        connect(newview, &QAction::triggered, this, [&, templateData]() {
+            newView(templateData);
         });
     }
 
@@ -213,16 +214,18 @@ void ViewsHandler::save()
 }
 
 
-void ViewsHandler::newView(const QString &templateId)
+void ViewsHandler::newView(const Data::Generic &templateData)
 {
-    qDebug() << "new view from template :: " << templateId;
-
-    Data::ViewsTable views = Latte::Layouts::Storage::self()->views(templateId);
+    Data::ViewsTable views = Latte::Layouts::Storage::self()->views(templateData.id);
 
     if (views.rowCount() > 0) {
         Data::View viewfromtemplate = views[0];
-        viewfromtemplate.setState(Data::View::OriginFromViewTemplate, templateId);
-        m_viewsController->appendViewFromViewTemplate(views[0]);
+        viewfromtemplate.setState(Data::View::OriginFromViewTemplate, templateData.id);
+        viewfromtemplate.name = templateData.name;
+        Data::View newview = m_viewsController->appendViewFromViewTemplate(viewfromtemplate);
+
+        showInlineMessage(i18nc("settings:dock/panel added successfully","<b>%0</b> added successfully...").arg(newview.name),
+                          KMessageWidget::Information);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewshandler.h b/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewshandler.h
index 435edc34c..3e29ebbd3 100644
--- a/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewshandler.h
+++ b/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewshandler.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ private slots:
 
     void onCurrentLayoutIndexChanged(int row);
 
-    void newView(const QString &templateId);
+    void newView(const Data::Generic &templateData);
 
 private:
     void init();
diff --git a/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewsmodel.cpp b/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewsmodel.cpp
index ea5bc2032..b5f336f9e 100644
--- a/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewsmodel.cpp
+++ b/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewsmodel.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ void Views::initAlignments()
     s_verticalAlignments.setValue<Latte::Data::GenericBasicTable>(verticals);
 }
 
+bool Views::containsCurrentName(const QString &name) const
+{
+    return m_viewsTable.containsName(name);
+}
+
 void Views::resetData()
 {
     clear();
@@ -418,7 +423,7 @@ QVariant Views::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
         }
         break;
     case NAMECOLUMN:
-        if (role == Qt::DisplayRole || role == Qt::UserRole){
+        if (role == Qt::DisplayRole || role == Qt::UserRole || role == Qt::EditRole){
             return m_viewsTable[row].name;
         }
         break;
diff --git a/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewsmodel.h b/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewsmodel.h
index 5da5271eb..3807bc826 100644
--- a/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewsmodel.h
+++ b/app/settings/viewsdialog/viewsmodel.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public:
     ~Views();
 
     bool hasChangedData() const;
+    bool containsCurrentName(const QString &name) const;
 
     //! all original data will become also current
     void resetData();