diff --git a/composer/layout/browser/view.py b/composer/layout/browser/view.py
index df09459..5339c4b 100644
--- a/composer/layout/browser/view.py
+++ b/composer/layout/browser/view.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2011 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#  Copyright (c) 2016 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
 #
 #  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 """
 Basic view classes for layout-based presentation.
-
-$Id$
 """
 
 from zope import component
@@ -27,6 +25,7 @@ from zope.interface import Interface, implements
 from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy
 from zope.app.pagetemplate import ViewPageTemplateFile
 from zope.app.security.interfaces import IUnauthenticatedPrincipal
+from zope.publisher.http import URLGetter as BaseURLGetter
 
 from cybertools.composer.layout.base import Layout
 from cybertools.composer.layout.interfaces import ILayoutManager
@@ -54,6 +53,15 @@ class CachableRenderer(object):
         return rendererTemplate(self.view, view=self.view, macro=self.renderer)
 
 
+class URLGetter(BaseURLGetter):
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        url = self.__request.getURL()
+        if url.endswith('/@@index.html'):
+            url = url[:-len('/@@index.html')]
+        return url
+
+
 class BaseView(object):
 
     template = ViewPageTemplateFile('base.pt')
@@ -73,6 +81,10 @@ class BaseView(object):
     def __call__(self):
         return self.template(self)
 
+    @property
+    def requestUrl(self):
+        return URLGetter(self.request)
+
     @Lazy
     def authenticated(self):
         return not IUnauthenticatedPrincipal.providedBy(self.request.principal)