diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_base.cpp b/src/gui/components/cc_base.cpp
index a75413c8a..aea0dfe3a 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_base.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_base.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ CComponents::CComponents() : COSDFader(g_settings.theme.menu_Content_alpha)
 	firstPaint		= true;
 	is_painted		= false;
 	paint_bg		= true;
+	save_tbox_screen	= false;
 	cc_allow_paint		= true;
 	frameBuffer 		= CFrameBuffer::getInstance();
 	v_fbdata.clear();
diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_base.h b/src/gui/components/cc_base.h
index caeaec0a2..35d3e9437 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_base.h
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_base.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class CComponents : public CComponentsSignals, public COSDFader
 		bool is_painted;
 		///mode: true=activate rendering of basic elements (frame, shadow and body)
 		bool paint_bg;
+		bool save_tbox_screen;
 		///mode:  true=allows painting of item, see also allowPaint()
 		bool cc_allow_paint;
 
@@ -245,6 +246,8 @@ class CComponents : public CComponentsSignals, public COSDFader
 		virtual bool isPainted(){return is_painted;}
 		///allows paint of elementary item parts (shadow, frame and body), similar as background, set it usually to false, if item used in a form
 		virtual void doPaintBg(bool do_paint){paint_bg = do_paint;};
+		// enable/disable CTextBox screen saving on paint
+		virtual void enableTboxSaveScreen(bool enable){ save_tbox_screen = enable; };
 
 		///allow/disalows paint of item and its contents, but initialize of other properties are not touched
 		///this can be understood as a counterpart to isPainted(), but before paint and value of is_painted is modified temporarily till next paint of item //TODO: is this sufficiently?