diff --git a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/views/VisualizationTopologyView.java b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/views/VisualizationTopologyView.java
index 4f7d005873363a7b40010a8f08e534e82e7d8983..a96a2f560b13864b4b37cc690c680bf93ee9a08d 100644
--- a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/views/VisualizationTopologyView.java
+++ b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/views/VisualizationTopologyView.java
@@ -576,8 +576,14 @@ public class VisualizationTopologyView extends JFrame implements TopologyView,
 
 		public static void injectComponent(String name, int priority,
 				JComponent component, boolean active) {
+			injectComponent(name, priority, component, active, true);
+		}
+
+		public static void injectComponent(String name, int priority,
+				JComponent component, boolean active, boolean showInList) {
 			VisInfo visInfo = new VisInfo(name, priority, component);
 			visInfo.setActiveByDefault(active);
+			visInfo.setShowInList(showInList);
 
 			components.add(visInfo);
 			nameToVisInfoMap.put(name, visInfo);
diff --git a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/views/visualization/ComponentVisManager.java b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/views/visualization/ComponentVisManager.java
index 382731f790ce4f6a87614eb41b851c063ab3d865..aa2a113480c6fa2861ff2de8b52ce2267de991ed 100644
--- a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/views/visualization/ComponentVisManager.java
+++ b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/views/visualization/ComponentVisManager.java
@@ -246,12 +246,15 @@ public class ComponentVisManager {
 	 * @version 1.0, 12.07.2012
 	 */
 	public static class VisInfo {
+
 		private String name;
 
 		private int priority;
 
 		private boolean activeByDefault = true;
 
+		private boolean showInList = true;
+
 		private List<JComponent> components = Lists.newArrayList();
 
 		public VisInfo(String name, int priority, JComponent... component) {
@@ -299,6 +302,14 @@ public class ComponentVisManager {
 		public void setActiveByDefault(boolean activeByDefault) {
 			this.activeByDefault = activeByDefault;
 		}
+
+		public boolean isShowInList() {
+			return showInList;
+		}
+
+		public void setShowInList(boolean showInList) {
+			this.showInList = showInList;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/views/visualization/ui/ComponentToggler.java b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/views/visualization/ui/ComponentToggler.java
index d705df4caf9c4930db3c812f480f7103ae103ad3..613ca4e3c13de10730ead0af02abb3b85dc52e3a 100644
--- a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/views/visualization/ui/ComponentToggler.java
+++ b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/impl/topology/views/visualization/ui/ComponentToggler.java
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ public class ComponentToggler extends JPanel {
 		constraints.weighty = 0;
 		constraints.ipady = 0;
 
-		add(checkBox, constraints);
+		if (visInfo.isShowInList())
+			add(checkBox, constraints);
+
 		componentNameToCheckBoxMap.put(visInfo.getName(), checkBox);
 
 		for (JComponent comp : visInfo.getComponents()) {