--- a/src/browser/sat_browser/base_panel.py	Thu Nov 19 13:14:01 2015 +0100
+++ b/src/browser/sat_browser/base_panel.py	Thu Nov 19 16:42:39 2015 +0100
@@ -182,18 +182,23 @@
 
 class TitlePanel(ToggleStackPanel):
     """A toggle panel to set the message title"""
-    def __init__(self):
+    
+    TITLE = _("Title")
+
+    def __init__(self, text=None):
         ToggleStackPanel.__init__(self, Width="100%")
         self.text_area = TextArea()
-        self.add(self.text_area, _("Title"))
+        self.add(self.text_area, self.TITLE)
         self.addStackChangeListener(self)
+        if text:
+            self.setText(text)
 
     def onStackChanged(self, sender, index, visible=None):
         if visible is None:
             visible = sender.getWidget(index).getVisible()
-        text = self.text_area.getText()
+        text = self.getText()
         suffix = "" if (visible or not text) else (": %s" % text)
-        sender.setStackText(index, _("Title") + suffix)
+        sender.setStackText(index, self.TITLE + suffix)
 
     def getText(self):
         return self.text_area.getText()