diff --git a/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-display.c b/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-display.c
index 2c9912f..6501bcc 100644
--- a/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-display.c
+++ b/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-display.c
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ contact_formatting_finished (GObject *object,
 	GByteArray *ba;
 
 	stream = g_simple_async_result_get_op_res_gpointer (result);
+	/* The operation was probably cancelled */
+	if (!stream)
+		return;
+
 	ba = camel_stream_mem_get_byte_array (stream);
 
 	html = g_strndup ((gchar *) ba->data, ba->len);
@@ -212,6 +216,11 @@ load_contact (EABContactDisplay *display)
 	formatter = eab_contact_formatter_new (
 			display->priv->mode,
 			display->priv->show_maps);
+	g_object_set (
+		G_OBJECT (formatter),
+		"style", gtk_widget_get_style (GTK_WIDGET (display)),
+		"state", gtk_widget_get_state (GTK_WIDGET (display)),
+		NULL);
 
 	display->priv->formatter_cancellable = g_cancellable_new ();
 
@@ -549,6 +558,8 @@ eab_contact_display_init (EABContactDisplay *display)
 #endif
 	g_signal_connect (web_view, "notify::load-status",
 		G_CALLBACK (contact_display_load_status_changed), NULL);
+	g_signal_connect (web_view, "style-set",
+		G_CALLBACK (load_contact), NULL);
 
 	e_web_view_install_request_handler (E_WEB_VIEW (display), E_TYPE_FILE_REQUEST);
 	e_web_view_install_request_handler (E_WEB_VIEW (display), E_TYPE_STOCK_REQUEST);
diff --git a/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-formatter.c b/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-formatter.c
index ce6825a..5b3021c 100644
--- a/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-formatter.c
+++ b/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-formatter.c
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ G_DEFINE_TYPE (
 enum {
 	PROP_0,
         PROP_DISPLAY_MODE,
-        PROP_RENDER_MAPS
+        PROP_RENDER_MAPS,
+	PROP_STYLE,
+	PROP_STATE
 };
 
 struct _EABContactFormatterPrivate {
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ struct _EABContactFormatterPrivate {
 
         EABContactDisplayMode mode;
         gboolean render_maps;
+
+	GtkStyle *style;
+	GtkStateType state;
 };
 
 static struct {
@@ -97,16 +102,6 @@ common_location[] =
 "  img#contact-photo { float: left; }\n" \
 "  div#contact-name { float: left; margin-left: 20px; }\n" \
 "</style>\n" \
-"<script type=\"text/javascript\">\n" \
-"function collapse_list (obj, listId) {\n" \
-"	var l = document.getElementById (listId);\n" \
-"	if (l.style.display == \"none\") {\n" \
-"		l.style.display = \"block\"; obj.src = obj.src.substr (0, obj.src.lastIndexOf (\"/\")) + \"/minus.png\";\n" \
-"	} else {\n" \
-"		l.style.display = \"none\"; obj.src = obj.src.substr (0, obj.src.lastIndexOf (\"/\")) + \"/plus.png\";\n" \
-"   }\n" \
-"}\n" \
-"</script>\n" \
 "</head>\n"
 
 static gboolean
@@ -773,7 +768,12 @@ render_normal (EABContactFormatter *formatter,
                GString *buffer)
 {
 	g_string_append (buffer, HTML_HEADER);
-	g_string_append (buffer, "<body>");
+	g_string_append_printf (
+		buffer, "<body bgcolor=\"#%06x\" text=\"#%06x\">",
+		e_color_to_value (
+			&formatter->priv->style->base[formatter->priv->state]),
+		e_color_to_value (
+			&formatter->priv->style->text[formatter->priv->state]));
 
 	if (formatter->priv->contact) {
 
@@ -1070,6 +1070,14 @@ eab_contact_formatter_set_property (GObject *object,
 			eab_contact_formatter_set_render_maps (
 				formatter, g_value_get_boolean (value));
 			return;
+		case PROP_STYLE:
+			eab_contact_formatter_set_style (
+				formatter, g_value_get_object (value));
+			return;
+		case PROP_STATE:
+			eab_contact_formatter_set_state (
+				formatter, g_value_get_uint (value));
+			return;
 	}
 
 	G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
@@ -1094,6 +1102,16 @@ eab_contact_formatter_get_property (GObject *object,
 				eab_contact_formatter_get_render_maps (
 					formatter));
 			return;
+		case PROP_STYLE:
+			g_value_set_object (value,
+				eab_contact_formatter_get_style (
+					formatter));
+			return;
+		case PROP_STATE:
+			g_value_set_uint (value,
+				eab_contact_formatter_get_state (
+					formatter));
+			return;
 	}
 
 	G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
@@ -1147,6 +1165,28 @@ eab_contact_formatter_class_init (EABContactFormatterClass *class)
 			"",
 			FALSE,
 			G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+
+	g_object_class_install_property (
+		object_class,
+		PROP_STYLE,
+		g_param_spec_object (
+			"style",
+		        NULL,
+		        NULL,
+		        GTK_TYPE_STYLE,
+		        G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT));
+
+	g_object_class_install_property (
+		object_class,
+		PROP_STATE,
+		g_param_spec_uint (
+			"state",
+		        NULL,
+		        NULL,
+			0,
+			G_MAXUINT,
+			0,
+			G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT));
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1216,6 +1256,55 @@ eab_contact_formatter_get_render_maps (EABContactFormatter *formatter)
 }
 
 void
+eab_contact_formatter_set_style (EABContactFormatter *formatter,
+				 GtkStyle *style)
+{
+	g_return_if_fail (EAB_IS_CONTACT_FORMATTER (formatter));
+
+	if (formatter->priv->style == style) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	g_clear_object (&formatter->priv->style);
+
+	if (style != NULL) {
+		formatter->priv->style = g_object_ref (style);
+	}
+
+	g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (formatter), "style");
+}
+
+GtkStyle *
+eab_contact_formatter_get_style (EABContactFormatter *formatter)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (EAB_IS_CONTACT_FORMATTER (formatter), NULL);
+
+	return formatter->priv->style;
+}
+
+void
+eab_contact_formatter_set_state (EABContactFormatter *formatter,
+				 GtkStateType state)
+{
+	g_return_if_fail (EAB_IS_CONTACT_FORMATTER (formatter));
+
+	if (formatter->priv->state == state)
+		return;
+
+	formatter->priv->state = state;
+
+	g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (formatter), "state");
+}
+
+GtkStateType
+eab_contact_formatter_get_state (EABContactFormatter *formatter)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (EAB_IS_CONTACT_FORMATTER (formatter), 0);
+
+	return formatter->priv->state;
+}
+
+void
 eab_contact_formatter_format_contact_sync (EABContactFormatter *formatter,
                                            EContact *contact,
                                            CamelStream *stream,
diff --git a/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-formatter.h b/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-formatter.h
index 7348f89..4773a7b 100644
--- a/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-formatter.h
+++ b/addressbook/gui/widgets/eab-contact-formatter.h
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ EABContactFormatter*
 		eab_contact_formatter_new	(EABContactDisplayMode mode,
 						 gboolean render_maps);
 
+void		eab_contact_formatter_set_style
+						(EABContactFormatter *formatter,
+						 GtkStyle *context);
+GtkStyle*
+		eab_contact_formatter_get_style
+						(EABContactFormatter *formatter);
+
+void		eab_contact_formatter_set_state	(EABContactFormatter *formatter,
+						 GtkStateType state);
+GtkStateType	eab_contact_formatter_get_state	(EABContactFormatter *formatter);
+
 void            eab_contact_formatter_set_render_maps
                                                 (EABContactFormatter *formatter,
                                                  gboolean render_maps);
diff --git a/calendar/gui/e-cal-component-preview.c b/calendar/gui/e-cal-component-preview.c
index 0cd65b0..0eef0d2 100644
--- a/calendar/gui/e-cal-component-preview.c
+++ b/calendar/gui/e-cal-component-preview.c
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ struct _ECalComponentPreviewPrivate {
 	gchar *comp_uid;
 	struct icaltimetype comp_last_modified;
 	gint comp_sequence;
+
+	ECalClient *client;
+	ECalComponent *comp;
+	icaltimezone *timezone;
+	gboolean use_24_hour_format;
 };
 
 #define HTML_HEADER "<!doctype html public \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN\">\n<html>\n"  \
@@ -77,6 +82,13 @@ clear_comp_info (ECalComponentPreview *preview)
 	priv->comp_uid = NULL;
 	priv->comp_last_modified = icaltime_null_time ();
 	priv->comp_sequence = -1;
+
+	g_clear_object (&priv->client);
+	g_clear_object (&priv->comp);
+	if (priv->timezone) {
+		icaltimezone_free (priv->timezone, 1);
+		priv->timezone = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 /* Stores information about actually shown component and
@@ -84,7 +96,9 @@ clear_comp_info (ECalComponentPreview *preview)
 static gboolean
 update_comp_info (ECalComponentPreview *preview,
                   ECalClient *client,
-                  ECalComponent *comp)
+		  ECalComponent *comp,
+		  icaltimezone *zone,
+		  gboolean use_24_hour_format)
 {
 	ECalComponentPreviewPrivate *priv;
 	gboolean changed;
@@ -135,6 +149,11 @@ update_comp_info (ECalComponentPreview *preview,
 		priv->comp_uid = comp_uid;
 		priv->comp_sequence = comp_sequence;
 		priv->comp_last_modified = comp_last_modified;
+
+		priv->comp = g_object_ref (comp);
+		priv->client = g_object_ref (client);
+		priv->timezone = icaltimezone_copy (zone);
+		priv->use_24_hour_format = use_24_hour_format;
 	}
 
 	return changed;
@@ -175,12 +194,13 @@ timet_to_str_with_zone (ECalComponentDateTime *dt,
 }
 
 static void
-cal_component_preview_write_html (GString *buffer,
-                                  ECalClient *client,
-                                  ECalComponent *comp,
-                                  icaltimezone *default_zone,
-                                  gboolean use_24_hour_format)
+cal_component_preview_write_html (ECalComponentPreview *preview,
+				  GString *buffer)
 {
+	ECalClient *client;
+	ECalComponent *comp;
+	icaltimezone *default_zone;
+	gboolean use_24_hour_format;
 	ECalComponentText text;
 	ECalComponentDateTime dt;
 	gchar *str;
@@ -191,14 +211,25 @@ cal_component_preview_write_html (GString *buffer,
 	icalproperty_status status;
 	const gchar *location;
 	gint *priority_value;
+	GtkStyle *style;
+	GtkStateType state;
 
-	g_return_if_fail (E_IS_CAL_COMPONENT (comp));
+	client = preview->priv->client;
+	comp = preview->priv->comp;
+	default_zone = preview->priv->timezone;
+	use_24_hour_format = preview->priv->use_24_hour_format;
 
 	/* write document header */
 	e_cal_component_get_summary (comp, &text);
 
+	style = gtk_widget_get_style (GTK_WIDGET (preview));
+	state = gtk_widget_get_state (GTK_WIDGET (preview));
+
 	g_string_append (buffer, HTML_HEADER);
-	g_string_append (buffer, "<body>");
+	g_string_append_printf (
+		buffer, "<body bgcolor=\"#%06x\" text=\"#%06x\">",
+		e_color_to_value (&style->base[state]),
+		e_color_to_value (&style->text[state]));
 
 	if (text.value)
 		g_string_append_printf (buffer, "<h2>%s</h2>", text.value);
@@ -373,6 +404,23 @@ cal_component_preview_write_html (GString *buffer,
 }
 
 static void
+load_comp (ECalComponentPreview *preview)
+{
+	GString *buffer;
+
+	if (!preview->priv->comp) {
+		e_cal_component_preview_clear (preview);
+		return;
+	}
+
+
+	buffer = g_string_sized_new (4096);
+	cal_component_preview_write_html (preview, buffer);
+	e_web_view_load_string (E_WEB_VIEW (preview), buffer->str);
+	g_string_free (buffer, TRUE);
+}
+
+static void
 cal_component_preview_finalize (GObject *object)
 {
 	clear_comp_info (E_CAL_COMPONENT_PREVIEW (object));
@@ -396,6 +444,9 @@ static void
 e_cal_component_preview_init (ECalComponentPreview *preview)
 {
 	preview->priv = E_CAL_COMPONENT_PREVIEW_GET_PRIVATE (preview);
+
+	g_signal_connect (preview, "style-set",
+		G_CALLBACK (load_comp), NULL);
 }
 
 GtkWidget *
@@ -411,23 +462,15 @@ e_cal_component_preview_display (ECalComponentPreview *preview,
                                  icaltimezone *zone,
                                  gboolean use_24_hour_format)
 {
-	GString *buffer;
-
 	g_return_if_fail (E_IS_CAL_COMPONENT_PREVIEW (preview));
 	g_return_if_fail (E_IS_CAL_COMPONENT (comp));
 
 	/* do not update preview when setting the same component as last time,
 	 * which even didn't change */
-	if (!update_comp_info (preview, client, comp))
+	if (!update_comp_info (preview, client, comp, zone, use_24_hour_format))
 		return;
 
-	/* XXX The initial buffer size is arbitrary.  Tune it. */
-
-	buffer = g_string_sized_new (4096);
-	cal_component_preview_write_html (
-		buffer, client, comp, zone, use_24_hour_format);
-	e_web_view_load_string (E_WEB_VIEW (preview), buffer->str);
-	g_string_free (buffer, TRUE);
+	load_comp (preview);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/mail/e-mail-display.c b/mail/e-mail-display.c
index 57666ea..a80ece6 100644
--- a/mail/e-mail-display.c
+++ b/mail/e-mail-display.c
@@ -1802,13 +1802,16 @@ void
 e_mail_display_set_status (EMailDisplay *display,
                            const gchar *status)
 {
-	gchar *str, *header;
+	gchar *str;
 
 	g_return_if_fail (E_IS_MAIL_DISPLAY (display));
 
-	header = e_mail_formatter_get_html_header (display->priv->formatter);
 	str = g_strdup_printf (
-		"%s\n"
+		"<!DOCTYPE HTML>\n<html>\n"
+		"<head>\n<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"Evolution Mail Component\" />\n"
+		"<title>Evolution Mail Display</title>\n"
+		"</head>\n"
+		"<body bgcolor=\"#%06x\" text=\"#%06x\">"
 		"  <style>html, body { height: 100%%; }</style>\n"
 		"  <table border=\"0\" width=\"100%%\" height=\"100%%\">\n"
 		"    <tr height=\"100%%\" valign=\"middle\">\n"
@@ -1819,8 +1822,15 @@ e_mail_display_set_status (EMailDisplay *display,
 		"  </table>\n"
 		"</body>\n"
 		"</html>\n",
-		header, status);
-	g_free (header);
+		e_color_to_value ((GdkColor *)
+			e_mail_formatter_get_color (
+				display->priv->formatter,
+				E_MAIL_FORMATTER_COLOR_CONTENT)),
+		e_color_to_value ((GdkColor *)
+			e_mail_formatter_get_color (
+				display->priv->formatter,
+				E_MAIL_FORMATTER_COLOR_TEXT)),
+		status);
 
 	e_web_view_load_string (E_WEB_VIEW (display), str);
 	g_free (str);
diff --git a/widgets/misc/e-web-view.c b/widgets/misc/e-web-view.c
index 0908449..d771307 100644
--- a/widgets/misc/e-web-view.c
+++ b/widgets/misc/e-web-view.c
@@ -1874,21 +1874,16 @@ e_web_view_new (void)
 void
 e_web_view_clear (EWebView *web_view)
 {
-	GtkStyleContext *style_context;
-	GtkStateFlags state_flags;
-	GdkRGBA rgba;
+	GtkStyle *style;
 	gchar *html;
 
 	g_return_if_fail (E_IS_WEB_VIEW (web_view));
 
-	style_context = gtk_widget_get_style_context (GTK_WIDGET (web_view));
-	state_flags = gtk_widget_get_state_flags (GTK_WIDGET (web_view));
-	gtk_style_context_get_background_color (
-		style_context, state_flags, &rgba);
+	style = gtk_widget_get_style (GTK_WIDGET (web_view));
 
 	html = g_strdup_printf (
 		"<html><head></head><body bgcolor=\"#%06x\"></body></html>",
-		e_rgba_to_value (&rgba));
+		e_color_to_value (&style->base[GTK_STATE_NORMAL]));
 
 	webkit_web_view_load_html_string (WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW (web_view), html, NULL);
 
