diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/form-field/form-field.component.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/form-field/form-field.component.ts
index 07d6f2899c..5dde745ead 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/form-field/form-field.component.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/form-field/form-field.component.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef, Input, ComponentRef, ComponentFactoryResolver, Output, EventEmitter/*, Injector*/ } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef, Input, ComponentRef, ComponentFactoryResolver/*,Output, EventEmitter, Injector*/ } from '@angular/core';
 import { WidgetVisibilityService } from './../../services/widget-visibility.service';
 import { FormRenderingService } from './../../services/form-rendering.service';
 import { WidgetComponent } from './../widgets/widget.component';
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ import { FormFieldModel/*, FormWidgetModel*/ } from './../widgets/core/index';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'form-field',
-    template: `<div #container></div>`
+    template: `
+        <div [hidden]="!field.isVisible">
+            <div #container></div>
+        </div>
+    `
 })
 export class FormFieldComponent implements OnInit {
 
@@ -33,10 +37,6 @@ export class FormFieldComponent implements OnInit {
     @Input()
     field: FormFieldModel = null;
 
-    /** @deprecated component handles visibilty itself */
-    @Output()
-    fieldChanged: EventEmitter<FormFieldModel> = new EventEmitter<FormFieldModel>();
-
     private componentRef: ComponentRef<{}>;
 
     constructor(
@@ -54,12 +54,10 @@ export class FormFieldComponent implements OnInit {
                 this.componentRef = this.container.createComponent(factory/*, 0, this.injector*/);
                 let instance = <WidgetComponent>this.componentRef.instance;
                 instance.field = this.field;
-                instance.fieldChanged.subscribe(args => {
-                    if (this.field && this.field.form) {
-                        this.visibilityService.refreshVisibility(this.field.form);
+                instance.fieldChanged.subscribe(field => {
+                    if (field && field.form) {
+                        this.visibilityService.refreshVisibility(field.form);
                     }
-                    /** @deprecated */
-                    this.fieldChanged.emit(args);
                 });
             }
         }
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container-column.model.spec.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container-column.model.spec.ts
index beef5ba952..b37516b346 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container-column.model.spec.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container-column.model.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { ContainerColumnModel } from './container-column.model';
+import { ContainerColumnModel } from './../core/container-column.model';
 import { FormModel } from './../core/form.model';
 import { FormFieldModel } from './../core/form-field.model';
 
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.html b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.html
index c0976a6de9..987e2803e6 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.html
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<div>{{content?.isVisible}}</div>
 <div class="container-widget">
     <div *ngIf="content?.isGroup() && content?.isVisible" class="container-widget__header">
         <h4 class="container-widget__header-text" id="container-header"
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
         <div *ngFor="let col of content.columns" class="mdl-cell mdl-cell--{{col.size}}-col">
             <div class="mdl-grid" *ngIf="col.hasFields()">
                 <div *ngFor="let field of col.fields" class="mdl-cell mdl-cell--12-col">
-                    <form-field [field]="field" [hidden]="!field.isVisible"></form-field>
+                    <form-field [field]="field"></form-field>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.model.spec.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.model.spec.ts
index a1cb578dd1..4aedb5ce9f 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.model.spec.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.model.spec.ts
@@ -17,52 +17,26 @@
 
 import { ContainerWidgetModel } from './container.widget.model';
 import { FormModel } from './../core/form.model';
+import { FormFieldModel } from './../core/form-field.model';
 import { FormFieldTypes } from './../core/form-field-types';
 
 describe('ContainerWidgetModel', () => {
 
     it('should store the form reference', () => {
         let form = new FormModel();
-        let model = new ContainerWidgetModel(form);
+        let field = new FormFieldModel(form);
+        let model = new ContainerWidgetModel(field);
         expect(model.form).toBe(form);
     });
 
-    it('should store original json', () => {
-        let json = {};
-        let model = new ContainerWidgetModel(null, json);
-        expect(model.json).toBe(json);
-    });
-
-    it('should have 1 column layout by default', () => {
-        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(null, null);
-        expect(container.numberOfColumns).toBe(1);
-    });
-
     it('should be expanded by default', () => {
-        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(null, null);
+        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(null);
         expect(container.isExpanded).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
-    /*
-    it('should setup with json config', () => {
-        let json = {
-            fieldType: '<type>',
-            id: '<id>',
-            name: '<name>',
-            type: '<type>',
-            tab: '<tab>',
-            numberOfColumns: 2,
-            params: {}
-        };
-        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(null, json);
-        Object.keys(json).forEach(key => {
-            expect(container[key]).toEqual(json[key]);
-        });
-    });
-    */
-
     it('should wrap fields into columns on setup', () => {
         let form = new FormModel();
+
         let json = {
             fieldType: '<type>',
             id: '<id>',
@@ -83,7 +57,10 @@ describe('ContainerWidgetModel', () => {
                 '3': null
             }
         };
-        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(form, json);
+
+        let field = new FormFieldModel(form, json);
+
+        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(field);
         expect(container.columns.length).toBe(3);
 
         let col1 = container.columns[0];
@@ -100,47 +77,47 @@ describe('ContainerWidgetModel', () => {
     });
 
     it('should allow collapsing only when of a group type', () => {
-        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormModel(), {
+        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
             type:  FormFieldTypes.CONTAINER,
             params: {
                 allowCollapse: true
             }
-        });
+        }));
 
         expect(container.isCollapsible()).toBeFalsy();
-        container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormModel(), {
+        container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
             type:  FormFieldTypes.GROUP,
             params: {
                 allowCollapse: true
             }
-        });
+        }));
         expect(container.isCollapsible()).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
     it('should allow collapsing only when explicitly defined in params', () => {
-        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormModel(), {
+        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
             type:  FormFieldTypes.GROUP,
             params: {}
-        });
+        }));
         expect(container.isCollapsible()).toBeFalsy();
 
-        container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormModel(), {
+        container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
             type:  FormFieldTypes.GROUP,
             params: {
                 allowCollapse: true
             }
-        });
+        }));
         expect(container.isCollapsible()).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
     it('should be collapsed by default', () => {
-        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormModel(), {
+        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
             type:  FormFieldTypes.GROUP,
             params: {
                 allowCollapse: true,
                 collapseByDefault: true
             }
-        });
+        }));
         expect(container.isCollapsedByDefault()).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.model.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.model.ts
index bd57023af9..d9c338f38a 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.model.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.model.ts
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
  */
 
 import { ContainerModel } from './../core/container.model';
-import { FormModel } from './../core/form.model';
-import { ContainerColumnModel } from './container-column.model';
+import { ContainerColumnModel } from './../core/container-column.model';
 import { FormFieldTypes } from './../core/form-field-types';
 import { FormFieldModel } from './../core/form-field.model';
 
 export class ContainerWidgetModel extends ContainerModel {
 
-    numberOfColumns: number = 1;
     columns: ContainerColumnModel[] = [];
     isExpanded: boolean = true;
 
@@ -51,48 +49,12 @@ export class ContainerWidgetModel extends ContainerModel {
         return collapseByDefault;
     }
 
-    constructor(form: FormModel, json?: any) {
-        super(form, json);
-
-        if (json) {
-            this.numberOfColumns = <number> json.numberOfColumns;
-
-            let columnSize: number = 12;
-            if (this.numberOfColumns > 1) {
-                columnSize = 12 / this.numberOfColumns;
-            }
-
-            for (let i = 0; i < this.numberOfColumns; i++) {
-                let col = new ContainerColumnModel();
-                col.size = columnSize;
-                this.columns.push(col);
-            }
-
-            if (json.fields) {
-                Object.keys(json.fields).map(key => {
-                    let fields = (json.fields[key] || []).map(f => new FormFieldModel(form, f));
-                    let col = this.columns[parseInt(key, 10) - 1];
-                    col.fields = fields;
-                });
-            }
+    constructor(field: FormFieldModel) {
+        super(field);
 
+        if (this.field) {
+            this.columns = this.field.columns || [];
             this.isExpanded = !this.isCollapsedByDefault();
-            this.children = this.getFormFields();
         }
     }
-
-    private getFormFields(): FormFieldModel[] {
-        let result: FormFieldModel[] = [];
-
-        for (let j = 0; j < this.columns.length; j++) {
-            let column = this.columns[j];
-            for (let k = 0; k < column.fields.length; k++) {
-                let field = column.fields[k];
-                result.push(field);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return result;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.spec.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.spec.ts
index 151edc98b1..f8da8f8d0f 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.spec.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.spec.ts
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ describe('ContainerWidget', () => {
     });
 
     it('should toggle underlying group container', () => {
-        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormModel(), {
+        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
             type: FormFieldTypes.GROUP,
             params: {
                 allowCollapse: true
             }
-        });
+        }));
 
         let widget = new ContainerWidget();
         widget.content = container;
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ describe('ContainerWidget', () => {
     });
 
     it('should toggle only collapsible container', () => {
-        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormModel(), {
+        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
             type: FormFieldTypes.GROUP
-        });
+        }));
 
         let widget = new ContainerWidget();
         widget.content = container;
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ describe('ContainerWidget', () => {
     });
 
     it('should toggle only group container', () => {
-        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormModel(), {
+        let container = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
             type: FormFieldTypes.CONTAINER,
             params: {
                 allowCollapse: true
             }
-        });
+        }));
 
         let widget = new ContainerWidget();
         widget.content = container;
@@ -134,18 +134,18 @@ describe('ContainerWidget', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
             componentHandler = jasmine.createSpyObj('componentHandler', ['upgradeAllRegistered', 'upgradeElement']);
             window['componentHandler'] = componentHandler;
-            fakeContainerVisible = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormModel(fakeFormJson), {
+            fakeContainerVisible = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(fakeFormJson), {
                 fieldType: FormFieldTypes.GROUP,
                 id: 'fake-cont-id-1',
                 name: 'fake-cont-1-name',
                 type: FormFieldTypes.GROUP
-            });
-            fakeContainerInvisible = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormModel(fakeFormJson), {
+            }));
+            fakeContainerInvisible = new ContainerWidgetModel(new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(fakeFormJson), {
                 fieldType: FormFieldTypes.GROUP,
                 id: 'fake-cont-id-2',
                 name: 'fake-cont-2-name',
                 type: FormFieldTypes.GROUP
-            });
+            }));
             fakeContainerVisible.field.isVisible = true;
             fakeContainerInvisible.field.isVisible = false;
         });
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.ts
index f5bde61620..4c6c24784b 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container.widget.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class ContainerWidget extends WidgetComponent implements OnInit, AfterVie
 
     ngOnInit() {
         if (this.field) {
-            this.content = new ContainerWidgetModel(this.field.form, this.field.json);
+            this.content = new ContainerWidgetModel(this.field);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container-column.model.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/container-column.model.ts
similarity index 92%
rename from ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container-column.model.ts
rename to ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/container-column.model.ts
index cbad0a523c..94216ed655 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/container/container-column.model.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/container-column.model.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { FormFieldModel } from './../core/form-field.model';
+import { FormFieldModel } from './form-field.model';
 
 export class ContainerColumnModel {
 
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/container.model.spec.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/container.model.spec.ts
index 5c5b2447d2..893b4e0517 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/container.model.spec.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/container.model.spec.ts
@@ -17,19 +17,14 @@
 
 import { ContainerModel } from './container.model';
 import { FormModel } from './form.model';
+import { FormFieldModel } from './form-field.model';
 
 describe('ContainerModel', () => {
 
     it('should store the form reference', () => {
         let form = new FormModel();
-        let model = new ContainerModel(form);
+        let model = new ContainerModel(new FormFieldModel(form));
         expect(model.form).toBe(form);
     });
 
-    it('should store original json', () => {
-        let json = {};
-        let model = new ContainerModel(null, json);
-        expect(model.json).toBe(json);
-    });
-
 });
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/container.model.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/container.model.ts
index a4e96116f4..c9e6c092c0 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/container.model.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/container.model.ts
@@ -16,23 +16,20 @@
  */
 
 import { FormWidgetModel } from './form-widget.model';
-import { FormModel } from './form.model';
 import { FormFieldModel } from './form-field.model';
 
 export class ContainerModel extends FormWidgetModel {
 
     field: FormFieldModel;
-    children: FormFieldModel[] = [];
 
     get isVisible(): boolean {
         return this.field.isVisible;
     }
 
-    constructor(form: FormModel, json?: any) {
-        super(form, json);
-
-        if (json) {
-            this.field = new FormFieldModel(form, json);
+    constructor(field: FormFieldModel) {
+        if (field) {
+            super(field.form, field.json);
+            this.field = field;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
index a77a985dc4..693f865867 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { FormFieldOption } from './form-field-option';
 import { FormFieldTypes } from './form-field-types';
 import { FormFieldMetadata } from './form-field-metadata';
 import { FormModel } from './form.model';
+import { ContainerColumnModel } from './container-column.model';
 import { WidgetVisibilityModel } from '../../../models/widget-visibility.model';
 import {
     FormFieldValidator,
@@ -74,7 +75,12 @@ export class FormFieldModel extends FormWidgetModel {
     enableFractions: boolean = false;
     currency: string = null;
 
-    // advanced members
+    // container model members
+    numberOfColumns: number = 1;
+    fields: FormFieldModel[] = [];
+    columns: ContainerColumnModel[] = [];
+
+    // util members
     emptyOption: FormFieldOption;
     validationSummary: string;
     validators: FormFieldValidator[] = [];
@@ -150,6 +156,30 @@ export class FormFieldModel extends FormWidgetModel {
             this.enableFractions = <boolean>json.enableFractions;
             this.currency = json.currency;
             this._value = this.parseValue(json);
+
+            // <container>
+            this.numberOfColumns = <number> json.numberOfColumns;
+
+            let columnSize: number = 12;
+            if (this.numberOfColumns > 1) {
+                columnSize = 12 / this.numberOfColumns;
+            }
+
+            for (let i = 0; i < this.numberOfColumns; i++) {
+                let col = new ContainerColumnModel();
+                col.size = columnSize;
+                this.columns.push(col);
+            }
+
+            if (json.fields) {
+                Object.keys(json.fields).map(key => {
+                    let fields = (json.fields[key] || []).map(f => new FormFieldModel(form, f));
+                    let col = this.columns[parseInt(key, 10) - 1];
+                    col.fields = fields;
+                    this.fields.push(...fields);
+                });
+            }
+            // </container>
         }
 
         if (this.hasEmptyValue && this.options && this.options.length > 0) {
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form.model.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form.model.ts
index bdc555d69c..25f7fca3b9 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form.model.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form.model.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export class FormModel {
             if (field instanceof ContainerModel) {
                 let container = <ContainerModel> field;
                 result.push(container.field);
-                result.push(...container.children);
+                result.push(...container.field.fields);
             }
         }
 
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ export class FormModel {
                 if (field.params) {
                     let originalField = field.params['field'];
                     if (originalField.type === FormFieldTypes.DYNAMIC_TABLE) {
-                        result.push(new ContainerModel(this, field));
+                        result.push(new ContainerModel(new FormFieldModel(this, field)));
                     }
                 }
             } else {
-                result.push(new ContainerModel(this, field));
+                result.push(new ContainerModel(new FormFieldModel(this, field)));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/tab.model.spec.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/tab.model.spec.ts
index 8b270c6af3..057dd34389 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/tab.model.spec.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/tab.model.spec.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('TabModel', () => {
         model.fields = [];
         expect(model.hasContent()).toBeFalsy();
 
-        model.fields = [new ContainerModel(null, null)];
+        model.fields = [new ContainerModel(null)];
         expect(model.hasContent()).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/text/text.widget.html b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/text/text.widget.html
index 95a46c3c44..b89c0851ae 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/text/text.widget.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/text/text.widget.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
            [attr.id]="field.id"
            [attr.required]="isRequired()"
            [(ngModel)]="field.value"
-           (ngModelChange)="checkVisibility(field)"
+           (ngModelChange)="onFieldChanged(field)"
            [disabled]="field.readOnly">
     <label class="mdl-textfield__label" [attr.for]="field.id">{{field.name}}</label>
     <span *ngIf="field.validationSummary" class="mdl-textfield__error">{{field.validationSummary}}</span>
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/widget.component.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/widget.component.ts
index ea96638258..b873ce0b33 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/widget.component.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/widget.component.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export class WidgetComponent implements AfterViewInit {
 
     /** @deprecated use onFieldChanged instead */
     checkVisibility(field: FormFieldModel) {
+        console.log('checkVisibility is deprecated, use onFieldChanged instead');
         this.fieldChanged.emit(field);
     }
 
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/services/widget-visibility.service.spec.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/services/widget-visibility.service.spec.ts
index 7f1fde01e7..b5902ca619 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/services/widget-visibility.service.spec.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/services/widget-visibility.service.spec.ts
@@ -667,13 +667,13 @@ describe('WidgetVisibilityService', () => {
             visibilityObjTest.leftFormFieldId = 'FIELD_TEST';
             visibilityObjTest.operator = '!=';
             visibilityObjTest.rightFormFieldId = 'LEFT_FORM_FIELD_ID';
-            let contModel = new ContainerModel(fakeFormWithField, {
+            let contModel = new ContainerModel(new FormFieldModel(fakeFormWithField, {
                 id: 'fake-container-id',
                 type: FormFieldTypes.GROUP,
                 name: 'fake-container-name',
                 isVisible: true,
                 visibilityCondition: visibilityObjTest
-            });
+            }));
 
             fakeFormWithField.fields.push(contModel);
             service.refreshVisibility(fakeFormWithField);
@@ -684,13 +684,13 @@ describe('WidgetVisibilityService', () => {
             visibilityObjTest.leftFormFieldId = 'FIELD_TEST';
             visibilityObjTest.operator = '!=';
             visibilityObjTest.rightFormFieldId = 'RIGHT_FORM_FIELD_ID';
-            let contModel = new ContainerModel(fakeFormWithField, {
+            let contModel = new ContainerModel(new FormFieldModel(fakeFormWithField, {
                 id: 'fake-container-id',
                 type: FormFieldTypes.GROUP,
                 name: 'fake-container-name',
                 isVisible: true,
                 visibilityCondition: visibilityObjTest
-            });
+            }));
             service.refreshEntityVisibility(contModel.field);
             expect(contModel.isVisible).toBeFalsy();
         });
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/services/widget-visibility.service.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/services/widget-visibility.service.ts
index 1eb5c1a7cc..ec29f89cda 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/services/widget-visibility.service.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/services/widget-visibility.service.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ export class WidgetVisibilityService {
     }
 
     refreshEntityVisibility(element: FormFieldModel | TabModel) {
-        element.isVisible = this.evaluateVisibility(element.form, element.visibilityCondition);
+        let visible = this.evaluateVisibility(element.form, element.visibilityCondition);
+        element.isVisible = visible;
     }
 
     evaluateVisibility(form: FormModel, visibilityObj: WidgetVisibilityModel): boolean {