3 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/createwidget.h b/src/gui/widgets/createwidget.h
index 3a2102676..61f85e4c0 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/createwidget.h
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/createwidget.h
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
     var->postInit()
 
 #define CREATEWIDGET2(type, ...) \
-    static_cast<type>(Widget::callPostInit(new type(__VA_ARGS__)))
+    static_cast<type*>(Widget::callPostInit(new type(__VA_ARGS__)))
 
 #endif  // GUI_WIDGETS_CREATEWIDGET_H
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/widget.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/widget.cpp
index 3be80c772..7fdab305e 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/widget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/widget.cpp
@@ -513,3 +513,9 @@ void Widget::windowResized()
 {
     mRedraw = true;
 }
+
+Widget *Widget::callPostInit(Widget *const widget)
+{
+    widget->postInit();
+    return widget;
+}
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/widget.h b/src/gui/widgets/widget.h
index 5868e20aa..416782dc2 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/widget.h
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/widget.h
@@ -1027,6 +1027,8 @@ class Widget notfinal : public Widget2
 
         void windowResized();
 
+        static Widget *callPostInit(Widget *const widget);
+
         virtual void postInit()
         { }