diff --git a/src/components/UiItemList.js b/src/components/UiItemList.js
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+// @flow
+import * as React from "react";
+import ListItem from "@material-ui/core/ListItem";
+
+import type { ControlUI } from "config/flowtypes";
+
+import UiItem from "components/UiItems";
+
+export type UiItemListProps = {
+  controls: Array<ControlUI>
+};
+
+export default function UiItemList(props: UiItemListProps): React.Node {
+  return props.controls.map((control, key) => {
+    if (control.type == null) {
+      throw new Error(
+        "A control is missing the \"type\" parameter"
+      );
+    }
+    if (control.type === "section") {
+      return (
+        <UiItem item={control} />
+      );
+    }
+    return (
+      <ListItem key={key}>
+        <UiItem item={control} />
+      </ListItem>
+    );
+  });
+}
+
diff --git a/src/components/UiItemList/UiItem.js b/src/components/UiItemList/UiItem.js
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--- a/src/components/UiItemList/UiItem.js
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@@ -1,271 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-import React from "react";
-import keys from "lodash/keys";
-import map from "lodash/map";
-import throttle from "lodash/throttle";
-import { renderRawIcon } from "config/icon";
-import ListItemSecondaryAction from "@material-ui/core/ListItemSecondaryAction";
-import ListItemText from "@material-ui/core/ListItemText";
-import ListSubheader from "@material-ui/core/ListSubheader";
-import Switch from "@material-ui/core/Switch";
-import Input from "@material-ui/core/Input";
-import InputLabel from "@material-ui/core/InputLabel";
-import FormControl from "@material-ui/core/FormControl";
-import Select from "@material-ui/core/Select";
-import MenuItem from "@material-ui/core/MenuItem";
-import Button from "@material-ui/core/Button";
-import LinearProgress from "@material-ui/core/LinearProgress";
-import SliderComponent from "@material-ui/lab/Slider";
-
-import type {
-  UIControl, UIToggle, UIDropDown, UILink,
-  UISection, UIText, UIProgress, UISlider
-} from "config/flowtypes";
-
-import keyOf from "utils/keyOf";
-
-type UiItemProps<I> = {
-  item: I,
-  state: State,
-  onChangeState: (topic: string, nextState: string) => void
-};
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line flowtype/no-weak-types
-export default class UiItem<I:Object>
-  extends React.Component<UiItemProps<I>> {
-  constructor(props: UiItemProps<I>) {
-    super(props);
-  }
-
-  runPrimaryAction() {
-
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  /*
-   * TODO: The type system can't really check if the enableCondition is of
-   * any function type or if it is a TopicDependentOption or a
-   * StateDependentOption. This should be fixed.
-   */
-  rawIsEnabled(props: UiItemProps<I>) {
-    if (Object.keys(props.item).includes("enableCondition") &&
-      typeof props.item.enableCondition == "function") {
-      const enableCondition = props.item.enableCondition;
-      const state = props.state;
-      return enableCondition(state);
-    } else {
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  isEnabled() {
-    return this.rawIsEnabled(this.props);
-  }
-}
-
-export class UiControl<I: UIControl> extends UiItem<I> {
-  constructor(props: UiItemProps<I>) {
-    super(props);
-  }
-
-  changeState(next: string) {
-    if (this.props.item.topic == null) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Missing topic in ${this.props.item.type} "${this.props.item.text}"`
-      );
-    }
-    this.debouncedChange(next);
-  }
-
-  debouncedChange = throttle((next: string) =>
-    this.props.onChangeState(this.props.item.topic, next), 50, {
-    leading: true,
-    trailing: true
-  });
-
-  // $FlowFixMe
-  shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps: UiItemProps<I>) { // TODO: Fix Flow
-    return nextProps.item.topic !== this.props.item.topic
-      || nextProps.state[nextProps.item.topic] !==
-        this.props.state[this.props.item.topic]
-      || this.isEnabled() !== this.rawIsEnabled(nextProps);
-  }
-
-  getValue() {
-    const control = this.props.item;
-    const topic: string = control.topic || "";
-    const value = this.props.state[topic];
-    if (value == null) {
-      if (topic === "") {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Missing topic in ${control.type} "${control.text}"`
-        );
-      }
-      throw new Error(
-        `Unknown topic "${topic}" in ${control.type} "${control.text}"`
-      );
-    }
-    return value;
-  }
-}
-
-export class Toggle extends UiControl<UIToggle> {
-  isToggled = () => {
-    const value = this.getValue();
-    const control = this.props.item;
-    const isChecked = control.toggled ||
-      ((i, _s) => i === (control.on || "on"));
-    const checked = isChecked(value, this.props.state);
-    return checked;
-  }
-
-  runPrimaryAction = () => {
-    if (this.isEnabled()) {
-      const control = this.props.item;
-      const toggled = this.isToggled();
-      const on = control.on == null ? "on" : control.on;
-      const off = control.off == null ? "off" : control.off;
-      const next = toggled ? off : on;
-      this.changeState(next);
-    }
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    return [
-      <ListItemText key="label" primary={this.props.item.text} />,
-      <ListItemSecondaryAction key="action">
-        <Switch label={this.props.item.text}
-          checked={this.isToggled()}
-          onChange={this.runPrimaryAction}
-          disabled={!this.isEnabled()}
-          color="primary" />
-      </ListItemSecondaryAction>
-    ];
-  }
-}
-
-export class DropDown extends UiControl<UIDropDown> {
-  runPrimaryAction = (next?: string) => {
-    if (this.isEnabled()) {
-      const control = this.props.item;
-      const optionKeys = keys(control.options);
-      const value = this.getValue();
-      const valueIndex = keyOf(optionKeys, value);
-      if (next == null) {
-        this.changeState(optionKeys[(valueIndex + 1) % optionKeys.length]);
-      } else {
-        this.changeState(next);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    const control = this.props.item;
-    const value = this.getValue();
-    const id = `${control.topic}-${control.text}`;
-    const options = control.options;
-    if (options == null) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Parameter "options" missing for ${control.type} "${control.text}"`
-      );
-    }
-    return (
-      <FormControl>
-        <InputLabel htmlFor={id}>{control.text}</InputLabel>
-        <Select value={value}
-          onChange={(event) => this.runPrimaryAction(event.target.value)}
-          disabled={!this.isEnabled()}
-          input={<Input id={id} />}
-        >
-          {map(options, (v, k) => <MenuItem value={k} key={k}>{v}</MenuItem>)}
-        </Select>
-      </FormControl>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-export class Slider extends UiControl<UISlider> {
-  runPrimaryAction = (e: ?Event, v: ?number) => {
-    if (v != null) {
-      this.changeState(v.toString());
-    }
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    return [
-      <ListItemText key="label" primary={this.props.item.text} />,
-      <SliderComponent key="slidercomponent"
-        value={parseFloat(this.getValue())}
-        min={this.props.item.min || 0} max={this.props.item.max || 0}
-        step={this.props.item.step || 1}
-        onChange={this.runPrimaryAction}
-        disabled={!this.isEnabled()}
-        style={{marginLeft: 40}} />
-    ];
-  }
-}
-
-export class Link extends UiItem<UILink> {
-  runPrimaryAction = () => {
-    const control = this.props.item;
-    if (control.link == null) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Parameter "link" missing for ${control.type} "${control.text}"`
-      );
-    }
-    if (this.isEnabled()) {
-      window.open(control.link, "_blank");
-    }
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <Button
-        variant="raised"
-        onClick={this.runPrimaryAction}
-        color="primary"
-        disabled={!this.isEnabled()}
-      >
-        {this.props.item.icon == null ? ""
-          : renderRawIcon(this.props.item.icon(this.props.state), "mdi-24px")}
-        {this.props.item.text}
-      </Button>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-export class Section extends UiItem<UISection> {
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <ListSubheader>{this.props.item.text}</ListSubheader>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-export class Text extends UiControl<UIText> {
-  render() {
-    return [
-      <ListItemText key="label" secondary={this.props.item.text} />,
-      <ListItemText key="vr" primary={this.getValue()} align="right" />
-    ];
-  }
-}
-
-export class Progress extends UiControl<UIProgress> {
-  render() {
-    const min = this.props.item.min || 0;
-    const max = this.props.item.max || 100;
-    const val = parseFloat(this.getValue());
-    const value = val * 100 / max - min;
-    return [
-      <ListItemText key="label" secondary={this.props.item.text} />,
-      <div style={{ flex: "10 1 auto" }} key="progressbar">
-        <LinearProgress variant="determinate" value={value} />
-      </div>
-    ];
-  }
-}
-
diff --git a/src/components/UiItemList/index.js b/src/components/UiItemList/index.js
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--- a/src/components/UiItemList/index.js
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@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-import React from "react";
-import ListItem from "@material-ui/core/ListItem";
-import ListItemIcon from "@material-ui/core/ListItemIcon";
-import { renderRawIcon } from "config/icon";
-
-import type { ControlUI } from "config/flowtypes";
-
-import { Toggle, DropDown, Link,
-  Section, Text, Progress, Slider } from "./UiItem";
-import MqttContext from "mqtt/context";
-import type { MqttContextValue } from "mqtt/context";
-
-export type UiItemListProps = {
-  controls: Array<ControlUI>
-};
-
-export default class UiItemList extends React.PureComponent<UiItemListProps> {
-  constructor(props: UiItemListProps) {
-    super(props);
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    return this.props.controls.map((control, key) => {
-      if (control.type == null) {
-        throw new Error(
-          "A control is missing the \"type\" parameter"
-        );
-      }
-      if (control.type === "section") {
-        return (
-          <MqttContext.Consumer>
-            {this.renderListItem(control, key)}
-          </MqttContext.Consumer>
-        );
-      }
-      return (
-        <ListItem key={key}>
-          <MqttContext.Consumer>
-            {this.renderListItem(control, key)}
-          </MqttContext.Consumer>
-        </ListItem>
-      );
-    });
-  }
-
-  renderListItem(control: ControlUI, key: number) {
-    return (mqtt: MqttContextValue) => {
-      const node = this.renderControl(control, key.toString(), mqtt);
-      if (control.icon == null || control.type === "link") {
-        return node;
-      } else {
-        const listIconNode = (
-          <ListItemIcon key={`${key.toString()}-liicon`}>
-            {renderRawIcon(control.icon(mqtt.state), "mdi-24px")}
-          </ListItemIcon>
-        );
-        return [listIconNode, node];
-      }
-    };
-  }
-
-  renderControl(control: ControlUI, key: string, mqtt: MqttContextValue) {
-    const props = {
-      state: Object.assign({}, mqtt.state),
-      onChangeState: mqtt.changeState,
-      key: `${key}-licontrol`
-    };
-    switch (control.type) {
-    case "toggle": {
-      return <Toggle item={control} {...props} />;
-    }
-    case "dropDown": {
-      return <DropDown item={control} {...props} />;
-    }
-    case "section": {
-      return <Section item={control} {...props} />;
-    }
-    case "link": {
-      return <Link item={control} {...props} />;
-    }
-    case "slider": {
-      return <Slider item={control} {...props} />;
-    }
-    case "text": {
-      return <Text item={control} {...props} />;
-    }
-    case "progress": {
-      return <Progress item={control} {...props} />;
-    }
-    default: {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Unknown UI type "${control.type}" for "${control.text}" component`
-      );
-    }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/components/UiItems/DropDown.js b/src/components/UiItems/DropDown.js
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+++ b/src/components/UiItems/DropDown.js
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+// @flow
+import React from "react";
+import map from "lodash/map";
+import createComponent from "./base";
+import { isDisabled, getValue } from "./utils";
+
+import type { UIDropDown } from "config/flowtypes";
+
+import Select from "@material-ui/core/Select";
+import FormControl from "@material-ui/core/FormControl";
+import InputLabel from "@material-ui/core/InputLabel";
+import MenuItem from "@material-ui/core/MenuItem";
+import Input from "@material-ui/core/Input";
+
+const componentId = (item: UIDropDown) => `dropdown-${item.topic}`;
+
+const DropDownOptions = ({options}) =>
+  map(options, (v, k) => <MenuItem value={k} key={k}>{v}</MenuItem>);
+
+const onChangeEvent = (item: UIDropDown, changeState) =>
+  (event) => changeState(item, event.target.value);
+
+const BaseComponent = ({Icon}, item, state, changeState) => (
+  <React.Fragment>
+    <Icon item={item} state={state} />
+    <FormControl>
+      <InputLabel htmlFor={componentId(item)}>{item.text}</InputLabel>
+      <Select value={getValue(item, state)}
+        onChange={onChangeEvent(item, changeState)}
+        disabled={isDisabled(item, state)}
+        input={<Input id={componentId(item)} />}
+      >
+        <DropDownOptions options={item.options} />
+      </Select>
+    </FormControl>
+  </React.Fragment>
+);
+
+export default createComponent({
+  id: "dropDown",
+  name: "Drop Down",
+  desc: `
+    The Drop Down can be used to select from a small range of different options.
+  `,
+  parameters: {
+    text: "A descriptive label for the drop down",
+    topic: "The topic id"
+  },
+  baseComponent: BaseComponent
+});
diff --git a/src/components/UiItems/Link.js b/src/components/UiItems/Link.js
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+// @flow
+import React from "react";
+import createComponent from "./base";
+import { isEnabled, isDisabled } from "./utils";
+import { renderRawIcon } from "config/icon";
+
+import type { UILink } from "config/flowtypes";
+
+import Button from "@material-ui/core/Button";
+
+const followLink = (item, state) => () => {
+  if (isEnabled(item, state)) {
+    return window.open(item.link, "_blank");
+  }
+  return false;
+};
+
+const Icon = ({item, state}) => {
+  if (item.icon == null) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return renderRawIcon(item.icon(state), "mdi-24px");
+};
+
+const BaseComponent = (_h, item: UILink, state, _changeState) => (
+  <Button
+    variant="raised"
+    onClick={followLink(item, state)}
+    color="primary"
+    disabled={isDisabled(item, state)}
+  >
+    <Icon item={item} state={state} />
+    {item.text}
+  </Button>
+);
+
+export default createComponent({
+  id: "link",
+  name: "Link",
+  desc: `
+    The link is a button that opens a web page in a new tab.
+  `,
+  parameters: {
+    text: "A descriptive label for the link"
+  },
+  baseComponent: BaseComponent
+});
diff --git a/src/components/UiItems/Progress.js b/src/components/UiItems/Progress.js
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+++ b/src/components/UiItems/Progress.js
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+// @flow
+import React from "react";
+import createComponent from "./base";
+import { getValue } from "./utils";
+
+import type { UIProgress } from "config/flowtypes";
+
+import LinearProgress from "@material-ui/core/LinearProgress";
+
+const progressVal = (item, state) => {
+  const min = item.min || 0;
+  const max = item.max || 100;
+  const val = parseFloat(getValue(item, state));
+  return val * 100 / max - min;
+};
+
+const BaseComponent = ({Icon, Label}, item: UIProgress, state, _c) => (
+  <React.Fragment>
+    <Icon item={item} state={state} />
+    <Label />
+    <div style={{ flex: "10 1 auto" }} key="progressbar">
+      <LinearProgress variant="determinate" value={progressVal(item, state)} />
+    </div>
+  </React.Fragment>
+);
+
+export default createComponent({
+  id: "progress",
+  name: "Progress Bar",
+  desc: `
+    The progress bar is used to display a progress value from MQTT
+  `,
+  parameters: {
+    text: "A descriptive label for the progress bar",
+    topic: "The topic id"
+  },
+  baseComponent: BaseComponent
+});
diff --git a/src/components/UiItems/Section.js b/src/components/UiItems/Section.js
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+++ b/src/components/UiItems/Section.js
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+// @flow
+import React from "react";
+import createComponent from "./base";
+
+import type { UISection } from "config/flowtypes";
+
+import ListSubheader from "@material-ui/core/ListSubheader";
+
+const BaseComponent = (_b, item: UISection, _state, _changeState) => (
+  <ListSubheader>{item.text}</ListSubheader>
+);
+
+export default createComponent({
+  id: "section",
+  name: "Section",
+  desc: `
+    The section is a divider that can visually group components.
+  `,
+  parameters: {
+    text: "The text that is being displayed"
+  },
+  baseComponent: BaseComponent
+});
diff --git a/src/components/UiItems/Slider.js b/src/components/UiItems/Slider.js
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index 0000000..e3fceac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/UiItems/Slider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// @flow
+import React from "react";
+import createComponent from "./base";
+import { isDisabled, getValue } from "./utils";
+
+import type { UISlider } from "config/flowtypes";
+
+import SliderComponent from "@material-ui/lab/Slider";
+
+const changeSliderValue = (item: UISlider, changeState) => (_e, v) =>
+  changeState(item, v.toString());
+
+const BaseComponent = ({Icon, Label}, item, state, changeState) => (
+  <React.Fragment>
+    <Icon item={item} state={state} />
+    <Label />
+    <SliderComponent
+      value={parseFloat(getValue(item, state))}
+      min={item.min || 0} max={item.max || 100}
+      step={item.step || 1}
+      onChange={changeSliderValue(item, changeState)}
+      disabled={isDisabled(item, state)}
+      style={{marginLeft: 40}} />
+  </React.Fragment>
+);
+
+export default createComponent({
+  id: "slider",
+  name: "Slider",
+  desc: `
+    The Slider can be used to choose a number between two a min and a max value.
+  `,
+  parameters: {
+    text: "A descriptive label for the slider",
+    topic: "The topic id"
+  },
+  baseComponent: BaseComponent
+});
+
+
diff --git a/src/components/UiItems/Text.js b/src/components/UiItems/Text.js
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+++ b/src/components/UiItems/Text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// @flow
+import React from "react";
+import createComponent from "./base";
+import { getValue } from "./utils";
+
+import type { UIText } from "config/flowtypes";
+
+import ListItemText from "@material-ui/core/ListItemText";
+
+const BaseComponent = ({Icon}, item: UIText, state, _changeState) => (
+  <React.Fragment>
+    <Icon item={item} state={state} />
+    <ListItemText key="label" secondary={item.text} />
+    <ListItemText key="vr" primary={getValue(item, state)} align="right" />
+  </React.Fragment>
+);
+
+export default createComponent({
+  id: "text",
+  name: "Text",
+  desc: `
+    The Text is used to display an MQTT value.
+  `,
+  parameters: {
+    text: "A descriptive label",
+    topic: "The topic id"
+  },
+  baseComponent: BaseComponent
+});
diff --git a/src/components/UiItems/Toggle.js b/src/components/UiItems/Toggle.js
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+++ b/src/components/UiItems/Toggle.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// @flow
+import React from "react";
+import createComponent from "./base";
+import { isDisabled, isEnabled, getValue } from "./utils";
+
+import type { UIToggle } from "config/flowtypes";
+
+import Switch from "@material-ui/core/Switch";
+
+const isToggled = (item: UIToggle, state: State) => {
+  const isChecked = item.toggled ||
+      ((i, _s) => i === (item.on || "on"));
+  const checked = isChecked(getValue(item, state), state);
+  return checked;
+};
+
+const doToggle = (item: UIToggle, state: State, changeState) => {
+  if (isEnabled(item, state)) {
+    const toggled = isToggled(item, state);
+    const on = item.on == null ? "on" : item.on;
+    const off = item.off == null ? "off" : item.off;
+    const next = toggled ? off : on;
+    return changeState(item, next);
+  }
+  return false;
+};
+
+const BaseComponent = ({Icon, Label, Action}, item, state, changeState) => (
+  <React.Fragment>
+    <Icon item={item} state={state} />
+    <Label />
+    <Action>
+      <Switch label={item.text}
+        checked={isToggled(item, state)}
+        onChange={doToggle(item, state, changeState)}
+        disabled={isDisabled(item, state)}
+        color="primary" />
+    </Action>
+  </React.Fragment>
+);
+
+export default createComponent({
+  id: "toggle",
+  name: "Toggle Button",
+  desc: `
+    The toggle button can be used to toggle between two values.
+  `,
+  parameters: {
+    text: "A descriptive label for the toggle button",
+    topic: "The topic id"
+  },
+  baseComponent: BaseComponent
+});
diff --git a/src/components/UiItems/base.js b/src/components/UiItems/base.js
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index 0000000..dd359a6
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+++ b/src/components/UiItems/base.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// @flow
+import * as React from "react";
+import MqttContext from "mqtt/context";
+
+import ListItemSecondaryAction from "@material-ui/core/ListItemSecondaryAction";
+import ListItemText from "@material-ui/core/ListItemText";
+import ListItemIcon from "@material-ui/core/ListItemIcon";
+
+import throttle from "lodash/throttle";
+import { renderRawIcon } from "config/icon";
+import type { Icon } from "config/icon";
+
+export type Helpers = {
+  Icon: (props: Object) => React.Node,
+  Label: (props: Object) => React.Node,
+  Action: (props: Object) => React.Node
+};
+
+export type BaseComponent<T> = (
+  helpers: Helpers,
+  item: T,
+  state: State,
+  nextValue: <T: { +topic: string }> (item: T, next: string) => void
+) => React.Node;
+
+export type Component<T> = {
+  id: string,
+  name: string,
+  desc: string,
+
+  /*
+   * TODO: Map<$Keys<T>, string> doesn't really work :(
+   * See https://github.com/facebook/flow/issues/5276
+   * If there is progress on the issue try to make it $Exact as well
+   */
+  parameters: Map<$Keys<T>, string>,
+  baseComponent: BaseComponent<T>
+};
+
+type SuperT = $ReadOnly<{ text: string }>;
+
+const IconHelper = ({item, state}: { item: { +icon?: Icon }, state: State }) =>
+  ( <ListItemIcon>
+    {item.icon == null || renderRawIcon(item.icon(state), "mdi-24px")}
+  </ListItemIcon>
+  );
+
+const createHelpers = <T: SuperT> (item: T) =>
+  ({
+    Icon: IconHelper,
+    Label: (props) => (
+      <ListItemText primary={item.text} {...props} />
+    ),
+    Action: (props) => (
+      <ListItemSecondaryAction {...props} />
+    )
+  });
+
+const debouncedChangeState = (chState: (tpc: string, nxt: string) => void) => (
+  throttle(<T: { +topic: string }> (item: T, next: string) =>
+    chState(item.topic, next), 50, {
+    leading: true,
+    trailing: true
+  })
+);
+
+const createComponent = <T: SuperT> (component: Component<T>) => ({
+  component: (item: T) => (
+    <MqttContext.Consumer>
+      {({state, changeState}) => component.baseComponent(
+        createHelpers(item), item, state, debouncedChangeState(changeState)
+      )}
+    </MqttContext.Consumer>
+  )
+});
+
+export default createComponent;
diff --git a/src/components/UiItems/index.js b/src/components/UiItems/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c8e44f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/UiItems/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// @flow
+import Toggle from "./Toggle";
+import DropDown from "./DropDown";
+import Section from "./Section";
+import Link from "./Link";
+import Slider from "./Slider";
+import Text from "./Text";
+import Progress from "./Progress";
+
+import type { ControlUI } from "config/flowtypes";
+
+const Control = ({item}: {item: ControlUI}) => {
+  switch (item.type) {
+  case "toggle": {
+    return Toggle.component(item);
+  }
+  case "dropDown": {
+    return DropDown.component(item);
+  }
+  case "section": {
+    return Section.component(item);
+  }
+  case "link": {
+    return Link.component(item);
+  }
+  case "slider": {
+    return Slider.component(item);
+  }
+  case "text": {
+    return Text.component(item);
+  }
+  case "progress": {
+    return Progress.component(item);
+  }
+  default: {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Unknown UI type "${item.type}" for "${item.text}" component`
+    );
+  }
+  }
+};
+
+export default Control;
diff --git a/src/components/UiItems/utils.js b/src/components/UiItems/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b51a591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/UiItems/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// @flow
+import type { Enableable, UIControl } from "config/flowtypes";
+
+export const getValue = <T: UIControl> (item: T, state: State) => {
+  const value = state[item.topic];
+  if (value == null) {
+    if (item.topic === "") {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Missing topic in ${item.type} "${item.text}"`
+      );
+    }
+    throw new Error(
+      `Unknown topic "${item.topic}" in ${item.type} "${item.text}"`
+    );
+  }
+  return value;
+};
+
+export const isEnabled = <T: Enableable> (item: T, state: State) => {
+  if (item.enableCondition != null) {
+    return item.enableCondition(state);
+  }
+  return true;
+};
+
+export const isDisabled = <T: Enableable> (item: T, state: State) =>
+  !isEnabled(item, state);
diff --git a/src/config/flowtypes.js b/src/config/flowtypes.js
index 643af1a..f3fe9d3 100644
--- a/src/config/flowtypes.js
+++ b/src/config/flowtypes.js
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ export interface UIControl {
   +topic: string
 }
 
-export interface Enableable {
+export type Enableable = $ReadOnly<{
   enableCondition?: (s: State) => boolean
-}
+}>;
 
 export type UIToggle = $ReadOnly<{|
   type: "toggle",