diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/atcstationcomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/atcstationcomponent.cpp
index dc2f3e1b4..e8207efe2 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/atcstationcomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/atcstationcomponent.cpp
@@ -7,24 +7,25 @@
  * contained in the LICENSE file.
  */
 
+#include "blackgui/components/atcstationcomponent.h"
+#include "blackgui/views/atcstationview.h"
+#include "blackgui/views/viewbase.h"
+#include "blackgui/models/atcstationlistmodel.h"
+#include "blackgui/models/atcstationtreemodel.h"
+#include "blackgui/uppercasevalidator.h"
+#include "blackgui/guiapplication.h"
+#include "blackgui/guiutility.h"
+#include "blackgui/dockwidgetinfoarea.h"
+#include "blackgui/infoarea.h"
 #include "blackcore/context/contextnetwork.h"
 #include "blackcore/context/contextownaircraft.h"
 #include "blackcore/webdataservices.h"
-#include "blackgui/components/atcstationcomponent.h"
-#include "blackgui/guiapplication.h"
-#include "blackgui/guiutility.h"
-#include "blackgui/infoarea.h"
-#include "blackgui/uppercasevalidator.h"
-#include "blackgui/models/atcstationlistmodel.h"
-#include "blackgui/models/atcstationtreemodel.h"
-#include "blackgui/views/atcstationview.h"
-#include "blackgui/views/viewbase.h"
 #include "blackmisc/aviation/atcstationlist.h"
 #include "blackmisc/aviation/informationmessage.h"
+#include "blackmisc/weather/metar.h"
 #include "blackmisc/compare.h"
 #include "blackmisc/icons.h"
 #include "blackmisc/logmessage.h"
-#include "blackmisc/weather/metar.h"
 #include "ui_atcstationcomponent.h"
 
 #include <QAbstractItemModel>
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
     namespace Components
     {
         CAtcStationComponent::CAtcStationComponent(QWidget *parent) :
-            COverlayMessagesFrame(parent),
+            QFrame(parent),
             CIdentifiable(this),
             ui(new Ui::CAtcStationComponent)
         {
@@ -124,10 +125,13 @@ namespace BlackGui
             connect(ui->gb_Details, &QGroupBox::toggled, this, &CAtcStationComponent::onDetailsToggled);
 
             // runtime based connects
-            connect(sGui->getIContextNetwork(), &IContextNetwork::changedAtcStationsOnlineDigest, this, &CAtcStationComponent::changedAtcStationsOnline, Qt::QueuedConnection);
-            connect(sGui->getIContextNetwork(), &IContextNetwork::changedAtcStationsBookedDigest, this, &CAtcStationComponent::changedAtcStationsBooked, Qt::QueuedConnection);
-            connect(sGui->getIContextNetwork(), &IContextNetwork::changedAtcStationOnlineConnectionStatus, this, &CAtcStationComponent::changedAtcStationOnlineConnectionStatus, Qt::QueuedConnection);
-            connect(sGui->getIContextNetwork(), &IContextNetwork::connectionStatusChanged, this, &CAtcStationComponent::connectionStatusChanged, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+            if (sGui)
+            {
+                connect(sGui->getIContextNetwork(), &IContextNetwork::changedAtcStationsOnlineDigest, this, &CAtcStationComponent::changedAtcStationsOnline, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+                connect(sGui->getIContextNetwork(), &IContextNetwork::changedAtcStationsBookedDigest, this, &CAtcStationComponent::changedAtcStationsBooked, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+                connect(sGui->getIContextNetwork(), &IContextNetwork::changedAtcStationOnlineConnectionStatus, this, &CAtcStationComponent::changedAtcStationOnlineConnectionStatus, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+                connect(sGui->getIContextNetwork(), &IContextNetwork::connectionStatusChanged, this, &CAtcStationComponent::connectionStatusChanged, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+            }
 
             // selection
             ui->tvp_AtcStationsOnline->acceptClickSelection(true);
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             m_stretch.push_back(layout->stretch(1));
 
             // web readers
-            if (sGui->hasWebDataServices())
+            if (sGui && sGui->hasWebDataServices())
             {
                 connect(sGui->getWebDataServices(), &CWebDataServices::swiftDbAirportsRead, this, &CAtcStationComponent::airportsRead);
                 this->airportsRead();
@@ -465,7 +469,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         void CAtcStationComponent::showOverlayInlineTextMessage()
         {
-            COverlayMessagesFrame::showOverlayInlineTextMessage(TextMessagesCom1);
+            CEnableForDockWidgetInfoArea::showOverlayInlineTextMessage(TextMessagesCom1);
         }
 
         void CAtcStationComponent::onDetailsToggled(bool checked)
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/atcstationcomponent.h b/src/blackgui/components/atcstationcomponent.h
index 26c670ab1..cf7cfd300 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/atcstationcomponent.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/atcstationcomponent.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.h"
 #include "blackgui/settings/viewupdatesettings.h"
 #include "blackgui/settings/atcstationssettings.h"
-#include "blackgui/overlaymessagesframe.h"
 #include "blackgui/blackguiexport.h"
 #include "blackcore/network.h"
 #include "blackmisc/aviation/atcstation.h"
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <QScopedPointer>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QTabWidget>
+#include <QFrame>
 #include <QtGlobal>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QTimer>
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ namespace BlackMisc { namespace Aviation { class CCallsign; } }
 namespace BlackGui
 {
     class CDockWidgetInfoArea;
+
     namespace Components
     {
         //! ATC stations component
         class BLACKGUI_EXPORT CAtcStationComponent :
-            public COverlayMessagesFrame,
+            public QFrame,
             public CEnableForDockWidgetInfoArea,
             public BlackMisc::CIdentifiable
         {
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/cockpitcomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/cockpitcomponent.cpp
index 065e7c235..ac770f37f 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/cockpitcomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/cockpitcomponent.cpp
@@ -122,11 +122,8 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         void CCockpitComponent::mouseDoubleClickEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
         {
-            if (event)
-            {
-                this->showOverlayInlineTextMessage(TextMessagesAll);
-            }
-            COverlayMessagesFrame::mouseDoubleClickEvent(event);
+            if (event) { this->showOverlayInlineTextMessage(TextMessagesAll); }
+            QWidget::mouseDoubleClickEvent(event);
         }
 
         void CCockpitComponent::onRequestTextMessageCom1()
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/cockpitcomponent.h b/src/blackgui/components/cockpitcomponent.h
index ac98ce84c..6d51663e4 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/cockpitcomponent.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/cockpitcomponent.h
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 #define BLACKGUI_COMPONENTS_COCKPITCOMPONENT_H
 
 #include "blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.h"
-#include "blackgui/overlaymessagesframe.h"
 #include "blackgui/blackguiexport.h"
 
+#include <QFrame>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QScopedPointer>
 #include <QSize>
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.cpp
index 6b9c518f1..aae267d2c 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 #include <QMetaObject>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QtGlobal>
+#include <QTimer>
+#include <QPointer>
 
+using namespace BlackMisc::Aviation;
 using namespace BlackGui;
 
 namespace BlackGui
@@ -31,6 +34,36 @@ namespace BlackGui
             m_parentDockableInfoArea = parentInfoArea;
         }
 
+        void CEnableForDockWidgetInfoArea::deferredActivate(QObject *relatedObject, int delayMs)
+        {
+            if (!relatedObject) { return; }
+            QPointer<QObject> myself(relatedObject);
+            QTimer::singleShot(delayMs, relatedObject, [ = ]
+            {
+                if (myself) { this->activateTextMessages(true); }
+            });
+        }
+
+        void CEnableForDockWidgetInfoArea::initOverlayMessages(QSize inner)
+        {
+            if (m_parentDockableInfoArea) { m_parentDockableInfoArea->initOverlayMessages(inner); }
+        }
+
+        void CEnableForDockWidgetInfoArea::activateTextMessages(bool activate)
+        {
+            if (m_parentDockableInfoArea) { m_parentDockableInfoArea->activateTextMessages(activate); }
+        }
+
+        void CEnableForDockWidgetInfoArea::showOverlayInlineTextMessage(TextMessageTab tab)
+        {
+            if (m_parentDockableInfoArea) { m_parentDockableInfoArea->showOverlayInlineTextMessage(tab); }
+        }
+
+        void CEnableForDockWidgetInfoArea::showOverlayInlineTextMessage(const CCallsign &callsign)
+        {
+            if (m_parentDockableInfoArea) { m_parentDockableInfoArea->showOverlayInlineTextMessage(callsign); }
+        }
+
         bool CEnableForDockWidgetInfoArea::setParentDockWidgetInfoArea(CDockWidgetInfoArea *parentDockableWidget)
         {
             // sanity check
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.h b/src/blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.h
index 6191423a6..8d991a3f2 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/enablefordockwidgetinfoarea.h
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 #ifndef BLACKGUI_ENABLEFORDOCKWIDGETINFOAREA_H
 #define BLACKGUI_ENABLEFORDOCKWIDGETINFOAREA_H
 
+#include "blackgui/components/textmessagecomponenttab.h"
 #include "blackgui/blackguiexport.h"
+#include "blackmisc/aviation/callsign.h"
 #include "blackmisc/connectionguard.h"
 
 class QWidget;
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             bool isVisibleWidget() const;
 
             //! Main application window if any
-            BlackGui::CEnableForFramelessWindow *mainApplicationWindow() const;
+            CEnableForFramelessWindow *mainApplicationWindow() const;
 
             //! Main application window widget if any
             QWidget *mainApplicationWindowWidget() const;
@@ -63,12 +65,27 @@ namespace BlackGui
             //! \remarks Normally the info area will be provided later \sa setParentDockWidgetInfoArea
             CEnableForDockWidgetInfoArea(CDockWidgetInfoArea *parentInfoArea = nullptr);
 
-            // Destructor
+            //! Destructor
             virtual ~CEnableForDockWidgetInfoArea() {}
 
+            //! Deferred activation, as dockwidget is not directly initalized
+            void deferredActivate(QObject *relatedObject, int delayMs = 2500);
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackGui::COverlayMessages::initOverlayMessages
+            void initOverlayMessages(QSize inner = {});
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackGui::COverlayMessages::showKillButton
+            void activateTextMessages(bool activate);
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackGui::COverlayMessages::showOverlayImage
+            void showOverlayInlineTextMessage(Components::TextMessageTab tab);
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackGui::COverlayMessages::showOverlayImage
+            void showOverlayInlineTextMessage(const BlackMisc::Aviation::CCallsign &callsign);
+
         private:
             CDockWidgetInfoArea *m_parentDockableInfoArea = nullptr; //!< my parent dockable widget
-            BlackMisc::CConnectionGuard    m_connections;
+            BlackMisc::CConnectionGuard m_connections;
         };
     }
 } // namespace
diff --git a/src/blackgui/dockwidget.cpp b/src/blackgui/dockwidget.cpp
index 441110558..b5a79f2cf 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/dockwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/dockwidget.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ using namespace BlackGui::Menus;
 namespace BlackGui
 {
     CDockWidget::CDockWidget(bool allowStatusBar, QWidget *parent) :
-        QDockWidget(parent),
+        COverlayMessagesDockWidget(parent),
         CEnableForFramelessWindow(CEnableForFramelessWindow::WindowTool, false, "framelessDockWidget", this),
         m_allowStatusBar(allowStatusBar)
     {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
     void CDockWidget::setOriginalTitleBar()
     {
         if (!m_titleBarWidgetOriginal) { this->initTitleBarWidgets(); }
-        if (this->titleBarWidget() == m_titleBarWidgetOriginal) return; // on purpose, as I do not know what happens when I call setTitleBar
+        if (this->titleBarWidget() == m_titleBarWidgetOriginal) { return; } // on purpose, as I do not know what happens when I call setTitleBar
         this->setTitleBarWidget(m_titleBarWidgetOriginal);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/blackgui/dockwidget.h b/src/blackgui/dockwidget.h
index 5a46ebc72..0339136db 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/dockwidget.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/dockwidget.h
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@
 #ifndef BLACKGUI_DOCKWIDGET_H
 #define BLACKGUI_DOCKWIDGET_H
 
-#include "blackgui/blackguiexport.h"
+#include "blackgui/overlaymessagesframe.h"
 #include "blackgui/enableforframelesswindow.h"
 #include "blackgui/managedstatusbar.h"
 #include "blackgui/settings/dockwidgetsettings.h"
-#include "blackmisc/statusmessage.h"
+#include "blackgui/blackguiexport.h"
 #include "blackmisc/statusmessagelist.h"
+#include "blackmisc/statusmessage.h"
 
 #include <QDockWidget>
 #include <QMargins>
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
     //! \sa CDockWidgetInfoArea
     //! \sa CDockWidgetInfoBar
     class BLACKGUI_EXPORT CDockWidget :
-        public QDockWidget,
+        public COverlayMessagesDockWidget,
         public CEnableForFramelessWindow
     {
         Q_OBJECT
diff --git a/src/blackgui/overlaymessagesframe.cpp b/src/blackgui/overlaymessagesframe.cpp
index 50925c16e..50982ecca 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/overlaymessagesframe.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/overlaymessagesframe.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
     COverlayMessagesWizardPage::COverlayMessagesWizardPage(QWidget *parent) : COverlayMessagesBase(parent)
     { }
+
+    COverlayMessagesDockWidget::COverlayMessagesDockWidget(QWidget *parent) : COverlayMessagesBase(parent)
+    { }
+
 } // ns
 
 
diff --git a/src/blackgui/overlaymessagesframe.h b/src/blackgui/overlaymessagesframe.h
index f33f9ff2b..aa2ab91c3 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/overlaymessagesframe.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/overlaymessagesframe.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <QFrame>
 #include <QTabWidget>
 #include <QWizardPage>
+#include <QDockWidget>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QSize>
@@ -362,6 +363,18 @@ namespace BlackGui
         explicit COverlayMessagesWizardPage(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
     };
 
+    /*!
+     * Using this class provides a QDockWidget with the overlay functionality already integrated.
+     */
+    class BLACKGUI_EXPORT COverlayMessagesDockWidget : public COverlayMessagesBase<QDockWidget>
+    {
+        Q_OBJECT
+
+    public:
+        //! Constructor
+        explicit COverlayMessagesDockWidget(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+    };
+
 } // ns
 
 #endif // guard