diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 62767b2014..7aa11867ca 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-05-03  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/actions/dockable-commands.c (dockable_add_tab_cmd_callback):
+	truncate the passed dialog identifier at the first '|'. Fixes
+	creating brushes, paterns etc. dialogs from the dockables'
+	"Add Tab" menu.
+
 2004-05-02  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* libgimpwidgets/gimpframe.c (gimp_frame_size_request): take the
diff --git a/app/actions/dockable-commands.c b/app/actions/dockable-commands.c
index f0759a59b0..5ce697cd07 100644
--- a/app/actions/dockable-commands.c
+++ b/app/actions/dockable-commands.c
@@ -50,11 +50,22 @@ dockable_add_tab_cmd_callback (GtkAction   *action,
   if (value)
     {
       GtkWidget *dockable;
+      gchar     *identifier;
+      gchar     *p;
+
+      identifier = g_strdup (value);
+
+      p = strchr (identifier, '|');
+
+      if (p)
+        *p = '\0';
 
       dockable =
         gimp_dialog_factory_dockable_new (dockbook->dock->dialog_factory,
                                           dockbook->dock,
-                                          value, -1);
+                                          identifier, -1);
+
+      g_free (identifier);
 
       /*  Maybe gimp_dialog_factory_dockable_new() returned an already
        *  existing singleton dockable, so check if it already is