--- a/api.visual/apichanges.xml	
+++ a/api.visual/apichanges.xml	
@@ -757,6 +757,21 @@ 
             <class package="org.netbeans.api.visual.graph.layout" name="GraphLayoutSupport" link="yes"/>
             <issue number="178705"/>
         </change>
+        <change>
+            <api name="general"/>
+            <summary>Widget Implements Lookup.Provider</summary>
+            <version major="2" minor="34"/>
+            <date day="30" month="8" year="2012"/>
+            <author login="jhavlin"/>
+            <compatibility addition="yes"/>
+            <description>
+                Class <code>Widget</code> implements interface
+                <code>Lookup.Provider</code>. It already contains method
+                <code>getLookup()</code>.
+            </description>
+            <class package="org.netbeans.api.visual.widget" name="Widget"/>
+            <issue number="216581"/>
+        </change>
     </changes>
 
     <htmlcontents>
--- a/api.visual/manifest.mf	
+++ a/api.visual/manifest.mf	
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ 
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 OpenIDE-Module: org.netbeans.api.visual
 OpenIDE-Module-Localizing-Bundle: org/netbeans/modules/visual/resources/Bundle.properties
-OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 2.33
+OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 2.34
 AutoUpdate-Essential-Module: true
 
--- a/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/widget/Widget.java	
+++ a/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/widget/Widget.java	
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ 
  * @author David Kaspar
  */
 // TODO - Should Widget be an abstract class?
-public class Widget implements Accessible {
+public class Widget implements Accessible, Lookup.Provider {
 
     static final String MESSAGE_NULL_BOUNDS = "Scene.validate was not called after last change. Widget is not validated. See first Q/A at http://graph.netbeans.org/faq.html page.";
 
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ 
      * Returns a lookup of the widget.
      * @return the lookup
      */
+    @Override
     public Lookup getLookup () {
         return Lookup.EMPTY;
     }