diff --git a/modules/system/assets/ui/js/inspector.editor.autocomplete.js b/modules/system/assets/ui/js/inspector.editor.autocomplete.js
index 6e6215c09..64c835f3e 100644
--- a/modules/system/assets/ui/js/inspector.editor.autocomplete.js
+++ b/modules/system/assets/ui/js/inspector.editor.autocomplete.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
         return result
     }
 
-    AutocompleteEditor.prototype.onInspectorPropertyChanged = function(property, value) {
+    AutocompleteEditor.prototype.onInspectorPropertyChanged = function(property) {
         if (!this.propertyDefinition.depends || this.propertyDefinition.depends.indexOf(property) === -1) {
             return
         }
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
         var itemsEvent = $.Event('autocompleteitems.oc.inspector')
 
         $inspectable.trigger(itemsEvent, [{
-            values: values, 
+            values: values,
             callback: this.proxy(this.itemsRequestDone),
             property: this.inspector.getPropertyPath(this.propertyDefinition.property),
             propertyDefinition: this.propertyDefinition
@@ -253,4 +253,4 @@
     }
 
     $.oc.inspector.propertyEditors.autocomplete = AutocompleteEditor
-}(window.jQuery);
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+}(window.jQuery);
diff --git a/modules/system/assets/ui/js/inspector.editor.dropdown.js b/modules/system/assets/ui/js/inspector.editor.dropdown.js
index 124c402e5..b5d2e25fe 100644
--- a/modules/system/assets/ui/js/inspector.editor.dropdown.js
+++ b/modules/system/assets/ui/js/inspector.editor.dropdown.js
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
             dropdownCssClass: 'ocInspectorDropdown'
         }
 
+        if (this.propertyDefinition.emptyOption !== undefined) {
+            options.placeholder = this.propertyDefinition.emptyOption
+        }
         if (this.propertyDefinition.placeholder !== undefined) {
             options.placeholder = this.propertyDefinition.placeholder
         }
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@
     }
 
     DropdownEditor.prototype.createPlaceholder = function(select) {
-        var placeholder = this.propertyDefinition.placeholder
+        var placeholder = this.propertyDefinition.placeholder || this.propertyDefinition.emptyOption
 
         if (placeholder !== undefined && !Modernizr.touchevents) {
             this.createOption(select, null, null)
@@ -202,7 +205,7 @@
         this.inspector.setPropertyValue(this.propertyDefinition.property, this.normalizeValue(select.value), this.initialization)
     }
 
-    DropdownEditor.prototype.onInspectorPropertyChanged = function(property, value) {
+    DropdownEditor.prototype.onInspectorPropertyChanged = function(property) {
         if (!this.propertyDefinition.depends || this.propertyDefinition.depends.indexOf(property) === -1) {
             return
         }
@@ -260,7 +263,7 @@
             return false
         }
 
-        return BaseProto.isEmptyValue.call(this, value) 
+        return BaseProto.isEmptyValue.call(this, value)
     }
 
     //
@@ -307,7 +310,8 @@
         var currentValue = this.inspector.getPropertyValue(this.propertyDefinition.property),
             data = this.getRootSurface().getValues(),
             self = this,
-            $form = $(this.getSelect()).closest('form')
+            $form = $(this.getSelect()).closest('form'),
+            dependents = this.inspector.findDependentProperties(this.propertyDefinition.property)
 
         if (currentValue === undefined) {
             currentValue = this.propertyDefinition.default
@@ -316,6 +320,15 @@
         var callback = function dropdownOptionsRequestDoneClosure(data) {
             self.hideLoadingIndicator()
             self.optionsRequestDone(data, currentValue, true)
+
+            if (dependents.length > 0) {
+                for (var i in dependents) {
+                    var editor = self.inspector.findPropertyEditor(dependents[i])
+                    if (editor && typeof editor.onInspectorPropertyChanged === 'function') {
+                        editor.onInspectorPropertyChanged(self.propertyDefinition.property)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         if (this.propertyDefinition.depends) {
@@ -347,7 +360,7 @@
         var optionsEvent = $.Event('dropdownoptions.oc.inspector')
 
         $inspectable.trigger(optionsEvent, [{
-            values: values, 
+            values: values,
             callback: callback,
             property: this.inspector.getPropertyPath(this.propertyDefinition.property),
             propertyDefinition: this.propertyDefinition
@@ -434,4 +447,4 @@
     }
 
     $.oc.inspector.propertyEditors.dropdown = DropdownEditor
-}(window.jQuery);
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+}(window.jQuery);
diff --git a/modules/system/assets/ui/js/inspector.surface.js b/modules/system/assets/ui/js/inspector.surface.js
index e536d1cde..a9b3e1375 100644
--- a/modules/system/assets/ui/js/inspector.surface.js
+++ b/modules/system/assets/ui/js/inspector.surface.js
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
      * - containerElement container DOM element
      * - properties array (array of objects)
      * - values - property values, an object
-     * - inspectorUniqueId - a string containing the unique inspector identifier. 
-     *   The identifier should be a constant for an inspectable element. Use 
-     *   $.oc.inspector.helpers.generateElementUniqueId(element) to generate a persistent ID 
+     * - inspectorUniqueId - a string containing the unique inspector identifier.
+     *   The identifier should be a constant for an inspectable element. Use
+     *   $.oc.inspector.helpers.generateElementUniqueId(element) to generate a persistent ID
      *   for an element. Use $.oc.inspector.helpers.generateUniqueId() to generate an ID
      *   not associated with an element. Inspector uses the ID for storing configuration
      *   related to an element in the document DOM.
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     //
 
     /**
-     * Builds the Inspector table. The markup generated by this method looks 
+     * Builds the Inspector table. The markup generated by this method looks
      * like this:
      *
      * <div>
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
             }
         }
     }
-    
+
     Surface.prototype.applyGroupLevelToRow = function(row, group) {
         if (row.hasAttribute('data-group-level')) {
             return
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
                 row.removeChild(cell)
             }
         }
-        
+
         this.editors.push(editor)
     }
 
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
         if (!supressChangeEvents) {
             if (this.originalValues[property] === undefined || !this.comparePropertyValues(this.originalValues[property], value)) {
                 this.markPropertyChanged(property, true)
-            } 
+            }
             else {
                 this.markPropertyChanged(property, false)
             }
@@ -563,10 +563,10 @@
 
     Surface.prototype.notifyEditorsPropertyChanged = function(propertyPath, value) {
         // Editors use this event to watch changes in properties
-        // they depend on. All editors should be notified, including 
+        // they depend on. All editors should be notified, including
         // editors in nested surfaces. The property name is passed as a
-        // path object.property (if the property is nested), so that 
-        // property depenencies could be defined as 
+        // path object.property (if the property is nested), so that
+        // property depenencies could be defined as
         // ['property', 'object.property']
 
         for (var i = 0, len = this.editors.length; i < len; i++) {
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
         }
 
         if ($.oc.inspector.propertyEditors[type] === undefined) {
-            throw new Error('The Inspector editor class "' + type + 
+            throw new Error('The Inspector editor class "' + type +
                 '" is not defined in the $.oc.inspector.propertyEditors namespace.')
         }
     }
@@ -688,6 +688,24 @@
         return result.join('.')
     }
 
+    Surface.prototype.findDependentProperties = function(propertyName) {
+        var dependents = []
+
+        for (var i in this.rawProperties) {
+            var property = this.rawProperties[i]
+
+            if (!property.depends) {
+                continue
+            }
+
+            if (property.depends.indexOf(propertyName) !== -1) {
+                dependents.push(property.property)
+            }
+        }
+
+        return dependents
+    }
+
     //
     // Nested surfaces support
     //
@@ -847,7 +865,7 @@
                         continue
                     }
                 }
-            } 
+            }
             else {
                 value = externalParameterEditor.getValue()
                 value = '{{ ' + value + ' }}'
@@ -952,4 +970,4 @@
     $.oc.inspector.surface = Surface
     $.oc.inspector.removedProperty = {removed: true}
     $.oc.inspector.invalidProperty = {invalid: true}
-}(window.jQuery);
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+}(window.jQuery);