diff --git a/src/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader.cpp b/src/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader.cpp
index 26af00a..455d7a8 100644
--- a/src/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader.cpp
+++ b/src/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader.cpp
@@ -14,41 +14,46 @@ void SettingsConfigLoader::changeDefaultIcon(const QUrl &defaultIcon)
 
 Setup SettingsConfigLoader::loadSetup(const QString &filePath, const QString &frontend, const QFileSelector *selector) const
 {
+	auto keyTuple = std::make_tuple(filePath, frontend, selector->allSelectors());
 	Setup setup;
-	if(!_cache.contains(filePath)) {
+	if(!_cache.contains(keyTuple)) {
 		try {
+			const_cast<SettingsConfigLoader*>(this)->setFilters(frontend, selector);
 			auto config = const_cast<SettingsConfigLoader*>(this)->readDocument(filePath);
+			const_cast<SettingsConfigLoader*>(this)->resetFilters();
+
 			if(!nonstd::holds_alternative<SettingsConfigType>(config))
 				throw SettingsConfigException{"Root Element of \"" + filePath.toUtf8() + "\" must be a SettingsConfig"};
-			_cache.insert(filePath, convertSettings(nonstd::get<SettingsConfigType>(config)));
+
+			setup = convertSettings(nonstd::get<SettingsConfigType>(config));
+			_cache.insert(keyTuple, new Setup{setup});
 		} catch (Exception &e) {
 			throw SettingsConfigException{e};
 		}
 	} else
-		setup = *(_cache.object(filePath));
+		setup = *(_cache.object(keyTuple));
 
-	//TODO clearSetup(setup, frontend, selector->allSelectors());
 	return setup;
 }
 
-Setup *SettingsConfigLoader::convertSettings(const SettingsConfigType &settings) const
+Setup SettingsConfigLoader::convertSettings(const SettingsConfigType &settings) const
 {
-	QScopedPointer<Setup> setup{new Setup{}};
+	Setup setup;
 
-	setup->allowSearch = settings.allowSearch;
-	setup->allowRestore = settings.allowRestore;
+	setup.allowSearch = settings.allowSearch;
+	setup.allowRestore = settings.allowRestore;
 
 	for(const auto &element : settings.content) {
 		if(nonstd::holds_alternative<CategoryType>(element)) {//holds categories -> read them
 			const auto &category = nonstd::get<CategoryType>(element);
-			setup->categories.append(convertCategory(category, category.content));
+			setup.categories.append(convertCategory(category, category.content));
 		} else { //hold anything else -> create default from all child and thus break
-			setup->categories.append(convertCategory({}, settings.content));
+			setup.categories.append(convertCategory({}, settings.content));
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return setup.take();
+	return setup;
 }
 
 template<typename... TContent>
@@ -58,8 +63,6 @@ Category SettingsConfigLoader::convertCategory(const CategoryType &category, con
 	cat.title = category.title.value_or(tr("General Settings"));
 	cat.icon = category.icon ? QUrl{category.icon.value()} : _defaultIcon;
 	cat.tooltip = category.tooltip.value_or(QString{});
-	cat.selectors = category.selectors.value_or(QString{});
-	cat.frontends = category.frontends.value_or(QString{});
 	for(const auto &element : content) {
 		if(nonstd::holds_alternative<SectionType>(element)) {//holds sections -> read them
 			const auto &section = nonstd::get<SectionType>(element);
@@ -79,8 +82,6 @@ Section SettingsConfigLoader::convertSection(const SectionType &section, const Q
 	sec.title = section.title.value_or(tr("General"));
 	sec.icon = section.icon ? QUrl{section.icon.value()} : QUrl{};
 	sec.tooltip = section.tooltip.value_or(QString{});
-	sec.selectors = section.selectors.value_or(QString{});
-	sec.frontends = section.frontends.value_or(QString{});
 	for(const auto &element : content) {
 		if(nonstd::holds_alternative<GroupType>(element)) {//holds sections -> read them
 			const auto &group = nonstd::get<GroupType>(element);
@@ -99,8 +100,6 @@ Group SettingsConfigLoader::convertGroup(const GroupType &group, const QList<var
 	Group grp;
 	grp.title = group.title.value_or(QString{});
 	grp.tooltip = group.tooltip.value_or(QString{});
-	grp.selectors = group.selectors.value_or(QString{});
-	grp.frontends = group.frontends.value_or(QString{});
 	for(const auto &element : content) {
 		if(nonstd::holds_alternative<EntryType>(element)) {//holds sections -> read them
 			const auto &entry = nonstd::get<EntryType>(element);
@@ -135,3 +134,12 @@ QException *SettingsConfigException::clone() const
 {
 	return new SettingsConfigException{_what};
 }
+
+
+
+uint qHash(const std::tuple<QString, QString, QStringList> &key, uint seed)
+{
+	return qHash(std::get<0>(key), seed) ^
+			qHash(std::get<1>(key), seed) ^
+			qHash(std::get<2>(key), seed);
+}
diff --git a/src/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader_p.h b/src/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader_p.h
index 42ba5ca..10a26c9 100644
--- a/src/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader_p.h
+++ b/src/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader_p.h
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ public:
 
 private:
 	QUrl _defaultIcon;
-	mutable QCache<QString, SettingsElements::Setup> _cache;
+	mutable QCache<std::tuple<QString, QString, QStringList>, SettingsElements::Setup> _cache;
 
-	SettingsElements::Setup *convertSettings(const SettingsConfigType &settings) const;
+	SettingsElements::Setup convertSettings(const SettingsConfigType &settings) const;
 
 	template <typename... TContent>
 	SettingsElements::Category convertCategory(const CategoryType &category, const QList<variant<TContent...>> &content) const;
@@ -52,4 +52,6 @@ private:
 
 }
 
+uint qHash(const std::tuple<QString, QString, QStringList> &key, uint seed);
+
 #endif // SETTINGSCONFIGLOADER_P_H
diff --git a/src/mvvmcore/settingssetup.h b/src/mvvmcore/settingssetup.h
index 6d94e68..b4d68ad 100644
--- a/src/mvvmcore/settingssetup.h
+++ b/src/mvvmcore/settingssetup.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct Entry
 	QVariantMap properties;
 
 	//! *[Internal]* A logical string describing the allowed frontends
-	QString frontends;
+	QString frontends; //MAJOR remove all
 	//! *[Internal]* A logical string describing the allowed selectors
 	QString selectors;
 };
diff --git a/src/settingsconfig/settingsconfig.xsd b/src/settingsconfig/settingsconfig.xsd
index e65e245..1e57d00 100644
--- a/src/settingsconfig/settingsconfig.xsd
+++ b/src/settingsconfig/settingsconfig.xsd
@@ -13,15 +13,8 @@
 	<qxg:method name="finish_category_content" type="CategoryContentGroup" asGroup="true"/>
 	<qxg:method name="finish_settings_config_content" type="SettingsConfigContentGroup" asGroup="true"/>
 
-	<!-- Basic property-like elements definitions -->
-	<xs:complexType name="IncludeType">
-		<xs:simpleContent>
-			<xs:extension base="xs:string" qxg:member="includePath">
-				<xs:attribute type="xs:boolean" name="optional" default="false" use="optional"/>
-			</xs:extension>
-		</xs:simpleContent>
-	</xs:complexType>
 
+	<!-- Basic property-like elements definitions -->
 	<xs:complexType name="ElementType" mixed="true" qxg:declare="true" qxg:member="content">
 		<xs:sequence>
 			<xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" type="PropertyType" name="Property" qxg:member="properties"/>
@@ -43,11 +36,15 @@
 
 
 	<!-- Group Definitions to build the elements from -->
+	<xs:attributeGroup name="SelectableContrainerInfo">
+		<xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="frontends" use="optional"/>
+		<xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="selectors" use="optional"/>
+	</xs:attributeGroup>
+
 	<xs:attributeGroup name="BasicContainerInfo">
+		<xs:attributeGroup ref="SelectableContrainerInfo" qxg:inherit="true"/>
 		<xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="title" use="optional"/>
 		<xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="tooltip" use="optional"/>
-		<xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="frontends" use="optional"/>
-		<xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="selectors" use="optional"/>
 	</xs:attributeGroup>
 
 	<xs:attributeGroup name="ExtendedContainerInfo">
@@ -100,6 +97,15 @@
 
 
 	<!-- Element definitions -->
+	<xs:complexType name="IncludeType" qxg:declare="true">
+		<xs:simpleContent>
+			<xs:extension base="xs:string" qxg:member="includePath">
+				<xs:attributeGroup ref="SelectableContrainerInfo" qxg:inherit="true"/>
+				<xs:attribute type="xs:boolean" name="optional" default="false" use="optional"/>
+			</xs:extension>
+		</xs:simpleContent>
+	</xs:complexType>
+
 	<xs:complexType name="EntryType" qxg:declare="true">
 		<xs:sequence>
 			<xs:choice maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" qxg:unordered="true">
diff --git a/src/settingsconfig/settingsconfigimpl.cpp b/src/settingsconfig/settingsconfigimpl.cpp
index 0be0620..38c059a 100644
--- a/src/settingsconfig/settingsconfigimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/settingsconfig/settingsconfigimpl.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
 #include <QtCore/QDir>
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
+#include <QtCore/QFileSelector>
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -37,6 +38,23 @@ struct VariantInfo<QList<SettingsConfigBase::variant<SettingsConfigBase::Include
 
 }
 
+void SettingsConfigImpl::setFilters(QString frontend, const QFileSelector *selector)
+{
+	_frontend = std::move(frontend);
+	_selector = selector;
+}
+
+void SettingsConfigImpl::resetFilters()
+{
+	_frontend.clear();
+	_selector = nullptr;
+}
+
+void SettingsConfigImpl::setIncludesOptional(bool alwaysOptional)
+{
+	_alwaysOptional = alwaysOptional;
+}
+
 bool SettingsConfigImpl::finish_group_content(QXmlStreamReader &reader, GroupContentGroup &data, bool hasNext)
 {
 	hasNext = read_GroupContentGroup(reader, data, hasNext);
@@ -72,16 +90,31 @@ void SettingsConfigImpl::finishContents(QXmlStreamReader &reader, TGroup &group)
 	for(auto it = group.begin(); it != group.end();) {
 		// convert includes to the actual data
 		if(nonstd::holds_alternative<IncludeType>(*it)) {
+			if(!isUsable(nonstd::get<IncludeType>(*it))) {
+				it = group.erase(it);
+				continue;
+			}
 			if(!readGeneralInclude(reader, nonstd::get<IncludeType>(*it), it, group))
 				continue;
 		}
+
 		// verify that the contents are all of the same type
 		if(index) {
 			if(index.value() != it->index())
 				throw XmlException{reader, QStringLiteral("Detected mixture of different child elements. Only includes and a single other type are allowed")};
 		} else
 			index = it->index();
-		++it;
+
+		//erase if not usable due to selectors
+		bool visited = false;
+		nonstd::visit([&](auto &&element){ //TODO use trick if neccessary: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/variant/visit
+			visited = true;
+			if(isUsable(element))
+				++it;
+			else
+				it = group.erase(it);
+		}, *it);
+		Q_ASSERT(visited);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -89,6 +122,9 @@ template<typename TIter, typename TList>
 bool SettingsConfigImpl::readGeneralInclude(QXmlStreamReader &reader, IncludeType include, TIter &it, TList &list)
 {
 	try {
+		if(_selector)
+			include.includePath = _selector->select(include.includePath);
+
 		//make the path relative if possbile
 		if(dynamic_cast<QFileDevice*>(reader.device())) {
 			QFileInfo docInfo{static_cast<QFileDevice*>(reader.device())->fileName()};
@@ -98,7 +134,7 @@ bool SettingsConfigImpl::readGeneralInclude(QXmlStreamReader &reader, IncludeTyp
 		VariantInfo<TList>::convert(reader, *it, readDocument(include.includePath));
 		return true;
 	} catch(FileException &e) {
-		if(include.optional) {
+		if(include.optional || _alwaysOptional) {
 			qWarning() << e.what();
 			it = list.erase(it);
 			return false;
@@ -107,3 +143,32 @@ bool SettingsConfigImpl::readGeneralInclude(QXmlStreamReader &reader, IncludeTyp
 	}
 }
 
+bool SettingsConfigImpl::isUsable(const SelectableContrainerInfo &element) const
+{
+	if(!_frontend.isNull() && element.frontends) {
+		auto fronts = element.frontends.value().split(QLatin1Char('|'), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+		if(!fronts.contains(_frontend))
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	if(_selector && element.selectors) {
+		auto selectors = _selector->allSelectors();
+		auto selects = element.selectors.value().split(QLatin1Char('|'), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+		for(const auto &select : selects) {
+			auto sels = select.split(QLatin1Char('&'), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+			auto allSelected = true;
+			for(const auto &sel : sels) {
+				if(!selectors.contains(sel)) {
+					allSelected = false;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if(allSelected)
+				return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/settingsconfig/settingsconfigimpl.h b/src/settingsconfig/settingsconfigimpl.h
index cac452f..881451e 100644
--- a/src/settingsconfig/settingsconfigimpl.h
+++ b/src/settingsconfig/settingsconfigimpl.h
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@
 
 #include "settingsconfig.h"
 
+class QFileSelector;
+
 class SettingsConfigImpl : public SettingsConfigBase
 {
 protected:
+	void setFilters(QString frontend, const QFileSelector *selector);
+	void resetFilters();
+	void setIncludesOptional(bool alwaysOptional);
+
 	bool finish_group_content(QXmlStreamReader &reader, GroupContentGroup &data, bool hasNext) override;
 	bool finish_section_content(QXmlStreamReader &reader, SectionContentGroup &data, bool hasNext) override;
 	bool finish_category_content(QXmlStreamReader &reader, CategoryContentGroup &data, bool hasNext) override;
@@ -16,6 +22,12 @@ private:
 	void finishContents(QXmlStreamReader &reader, TGroup &group);
 	template <typename TIter, typename TList>
 	bool readGeneralInclude(QXmlStreamReader &reader, IncludeType include, TIter &it, TList &list);
+
+	bool isUsable(const SelectableContrainerInfo &element) const;
+
+	QString _frontend;
+	const QFileSelector *_selector = nullptr;
+	bool _alwaysOptional = false;
 };
 
 #endif // SETTINGSCONFIGIMPL_H
diff --git a/tools/settingsgenerator/settingstranslator.cpp b/tools/settingsgenerator/settingstranslator.cpp
index 2126a3c..25e37ab 100644
--- a/tools/settingsgenerator/settingstranslator.cpp
+++ b/tools/settingsgenerator/settingstranslator.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 SettingsTranslator::SettingsTranslator(const QString &srcPath) :
 	_srcFile{srcPath},
 	_src{&_srcFile}
-{}
+{
+	setIncludesOptional(true);
+}
 
 void SettingsTranslator::process(const QString &inPath)
 {