diff --git a/web/client/components/widgets/builder/wizard/map/Toolbar.jsx b/web/client/components/widgets/builder/wizard/map/Toolbar.jsx
index b0495728bb..d62705470e 100644
--- a/web/client/components/widgets/builder/wizard/map/Toolbar.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/widgets/builder/wizard/map/Toolbar.jsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const getSaveTooltipId = (step, { id } = {}) => {
     return "widgets.builder.wizard.addToTheMap";
 };
 
-module.exports = ({ step = 0, buttons, tocButtons = [], editorData = {}, setPage = () => { }, onFinish = () => { }, toggleLayerSelector = () => { } } = {}) => (<Toolbar btnDefaultProps={{
+module.exports = ({ step = 0, buttons, tocButtons = [], stepButtons = [], editorData = {}, setPage = () => { }, onFinish = () => { }, toggleLayerSelector = () => { } } = {}) => (<Toolbar btnDefaultProps={{
     bsStyle: "primary",
     bsSize: "sm"
 }}
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module.exports = ({ step = 0, buttons, tocButtons = [], editorData = {}, setPage
         visible: step === 1,
         glyph: "arrow-left",
         tooltipId: "widgets.builder.wizard.configureMapOptions"
-    }, {
+        }, ...stepButtons, {
         onClick: () => setPage(Math.min(step + 1, 2)),
         visible: step === 0,
         glyph: "arrow-right",
diff --git a/web/client/components/widgets/enhancers/__tests__/dependenciesToMapProp-test.jsx b/web/client/components/widgets/enhancers/__tests__/dependenciesToMapProp-test.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74a083c2b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/client/components/widgets/enhancers/__tests__/dependenciesToMapProp-test.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018, GeoSolutions Sas.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+const React = require('react');
+const ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
+const {createSink} = require('recompose');
+const expect = require('expect');
+const dependenciesToMapProp = require('../dependenciesToMapProp');
+
+describe('dependenciesToMapProp enhancer', () => {
+    beforeEach((done) => {
+        document.body.innerHTML = '<div id="container"></div>';
+        setTimeout(done);
+    });
+    afterEach((done) => {
+        ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(document.getElementById("container"));
+        document.body.innerHTML = '';
+        setTimeout(done);
+    });
+    it('dependenciesToMapProp rendering with defaults', (done) => {
+        const Sink = dependenciesToMapProp('center')(createSink( props => {
+            expect(props.map.center.x).toBe(1);
+            expect(props.map.center.y).toBe(1);
+            done();
+        }));
+        ReactDOM.render(<Sink map={{center: {x: 1, y: 1}}} dependencies={{center: {x: 2, y: 2}}}/>, document.getElementById("container"));
+    });
+    it('dependenciesToMapProp rendering with mapSync', (done) => {
+        const Sink = dependenciesToMapProp('center')(createSink(props => {
+            expect(props.map.center.x).toBe(2);
+            expect(props.map.center.y).toBe(2);
+            done();
+        }));
+        ReactDOM.render(<Sink mapSync map={{ center: { x: 1, y: 1 } }} dependencies={{ center: { x: 2, y: 2 } }} />, document.getElementById("container"));
+    });
+});
diff --git a/web/client/components/widgets/enhancers/dependenciesToMapProp.js b/web/client/components/widgets/enhancers/dependenciesToMapProp.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce4636a6b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/client/components/widgets/enhancers/dependenciesToMapProp.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018, GeoSolutions Sas.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+const {set} = require('../../../utils/ImmutableUtils');
+const {shallowEqual, branch, withPropsOnChange} = require('recompose');
+/**
+ * Syncs map center
+ */
+module.exports = (prop) => branch(
+    (({mapSync} = {}) => mapSync),
+    withPropsOnChange(
+        ({ mapSync, dependencies = {} } = {}, { mapSync: newMapSync, dependencies: newDependencies }) =>
+            newDependencies && shallowEqual(dependencies[prop], newDependencies[prop])
+            || mapSync === newMapSync,
+        ({ map, mapSync, dependencies = {} }) => ({
+            mapStateSource: "__dependency_system__",
+            map: dependencies[prop] && mapSync ? set(prop, dependencies[prop], map) : map
+        })
+    )
+);
diff --git a/web/client/components/widgets/widget/DefaultWidget.jsx b/web/client/components/widgets/widget/DefaultWidget.jsx
index eee562fd12..d0d6dae16e 100644
--- a/web/client/components/widgets/widget/DefaultWidget.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/widgets/widget/DefaultWidget.jsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const wpsChart = require('../enhancers/wpsChart');
 const {compose} = require('recompose');
 const dependenciesToFilter = require('../enhancers/dependenciesToFilter');
 const dependenciesToWidget = require('../enhancers/dependenciesToWidget');
+const dependenciesToMapProp = require('../enhancers/dependenciesToMapProp');
 const ChartWidget = compose(
     dependenciesToWidget,
     dependenciesToFilter,
@@ -20,7 +21,12 @@ const ChartWidget = compose(
     enhanceChartWidget
 )(require('./ChartWidget'));
 const TextWidget = deleteWidget(require('./TextWidget'));
-const MapWidget = deleteWidget(require('./MapWidget'));
+const MapWidget = compose(
+    dependenciesToWidget,
+    dependenciesToMapProp('center'),
+    dependenciesToMapProp('zoom'),
+    deleteWidget
+)(require('./MapWidget'));
 const TableWidget = compose(
     dependenciesToWidget,
     dependenciesToFilter,
diff --git a/web/client/components/widgets/widget/MapWidget.jsx b/web/client/components/widgets/widget/MapWidget.jsx
index 0c64a86c2b..9d60cc01cb 100644
--- a/web/client/components/widgets/widget/MapWidget.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/widgets/widget/MapWidget.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 const React = require('react');
 const WidgetContainer = require('./WidgetContainer');
 const InfoPopover = require('./InfoPopover');
-
+const { omit } = require('lodash');
 const Message = require('../../I18N/Message');
 const {withHandlers} = require('recompose');
 const MapView = withHandlers({
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ module.exports = ({
     toggleDeleteConfirm = () => { },
     id, title, loading, description,
     map,
+    mapStateSource,
     confirmDelete = false,
     onDelete = () => {}
 } = {}) =>
@@ -45,5 +46,5 @@ module.exports = ({
             </DropdownButton>
         </ButtonToolbar>}
     >
-        <MapView updateProperty={updateProperty} id={id} map={map} layers={map && map.layers} options={{ style: { margin: 10, height: 'calc(100% - 20px)' }}}/>
+        <MapView updateProperty={updateProperty} id={id} map={omit(map, 'mapStateSource')} mapStateSource={mapStateSource} layers={map && map.layers} options={{ style: { margin: 10, height: 'calc(100% - 20px)' }}}/>
     </WidgetContainer>);
diff --git a/web/client/epics/__tests__/widgets-test.js b/web/client/epics/__tests__/widgets-test.js
index 00cdb9d81d..219b6e10c7 100644
--- a/web/client/epics/__tests__/widgets-test.js
+++ b/web/client/epics/__tests__/widgets-test.js
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ var expect = require('expect');
 const { testEpic, addTimeoutEpic, TEST_TIMEOUT } = require('./epicTestUtils');
 
 const {
-    clearWidgetsOnLocationChange
+    clearWidgetsOnLocationChange,
+    alignDependenciesToWidgets
 } = require('../widgets');
 const {
-    CLEAR_WIDGETS
+    CLEAR_WIDGETS,
+    insertWidget,
+    LOAD_DEPENDENCIES
 } = require('../../actions/widgets');
 const {
     savingMap,
@@ -126,4 +129,22 @@ describe('widgets Epics', () => {
                     };
             });
     });
+    it('alignDependenciesToWidgets triggered on insertWidget', (done) => {
+        const checkActions = actions => {
+            expect(actions.length).toBe(1);
+            const action = actions[0];
+            expect(action.type).toBe(LOAD_DEPENDENCIES);
+            expect(action.dependencies).toExist();
+            expect(action.dependencies.center).toBe("map.center");
+            expect(action.dependencies.viewport).toBe("map.bbox");
+            expect(action.dependencies.zoom).toBe("map.zoom");
+            done();
+        };
+        testEpic(alignDependenciesToWidgets,
+            1,
+            [insertWidget({id: 'test'})],
+            checkActions,
+            {});
+    });
+
 });
diff --git a/web/client/epics/widgets.js b/web/client/epics/widgets.js
index 0e53eb2f2d..de0f6e6e74 100644
--- a/web/client/epics/widgets.js
+++ b/web/client/epics/widgets.js
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ module.exports = {
         .map((maps=[]) => loadDependencies(maps.reduce( (deps, m) => ({
             ...deps,
             [m === "map" ? "viewport" : `${m}.viewport`]: `${m}.bbox`, // {viewport: "map.bbox"} or {"widgets[ID_W].viewport": "widgets[ID_W].bbox"}
-            [m === "map" ? "center" : `${m}.center`]: `${m}.center` // {center: "map.center"} or {"widgets[ID_W].center": "widgets[ID_W].center"}
+            [m === "map" ? "center" : `${m}.center`]: `${m}.center`, // {center: "map.center"} or {"widgets[ID_W].center": "widgets[ID_W].center"}
+            [m === "map" ? "zoom" : `${m}.zoom`]: `${m}.zoom`
         }), {}))
     ),
     clearWidgetsOnLocationChange: (action$, {getState = () => {}} = {}) =>
diff --git a/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/ChartBuilder.jsx b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/ChartBuilder.jsx
index 1242a88cd0..ebbc5a6365 100644
--- a/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/ChartBuilder.jsx
+++ b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/ChartBuilder.jsx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const chooseLayerEnhancer = compose(
     )
 );
 
-module.exports = chooseLayerEnhancer(({ enabled, onClose = () => { }, availableDependencies = {}, dependencies, ...props} = {}) =>
+module.exports = chooseLayerEnhancer(({ enabled, onClose = () => { }, availableDependencies = [], dependencies, ...props} = {}) =>
 
     (<BorderLayout
         header={<BuilderHeader onClose={onClose}><Toolbar availableDependencies={availableDependencies} onClose={onClose}/></BuilderHeader>}
diff --git a/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/CounterBuilder.jsx b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/CounterBuilder.jsx
index 84a0ae3d7e..6c3f8e58d1 100644
--- a/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/CounterBuilder.jsx
+++ b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/CounterBuilder.jsx
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const chooseLayerEnhancer = compose(
     )
 );
 
-module.exports = chooseLayerEnhancer(({ enabled, onClose = () => { }, availableDependencies={}, dependencies, ...props } = {}) =>
+module.exports = chooseLayerEnhancer(({ enabled, onClose = () => { }, availableDependencies=[], dependencies, ...props } = {}) =>
 
     (<BorderLayout
         header={<BuilderHeader onClose={onClose}><Toolbar availableDependencies={availableDependencies} onClose={onClose} /></BuilderHeader>}
diff --git a/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/MapBuilder.jsx b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/MapBuilder.jsx
index 28d31e8e01..8ffdcbd52e 100644
--- a/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/MapBuilder.jsx
+++ b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/MapBuilder.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 const React = require('react');
 const {connect} = require('react-redux');
 const {onEditorChange} = require('../../actions/widgets');
-const { wizardSelector, wizardStateToProps, availableDependenciesSelector} = require('./commons');
+const { wizardSelector, wizardStateToProps} = require('./commons');
 const layerSelector = require('./enhancers/layerSelector');
 const manageLayers = require('./enhancers/manageLayers');
 const mapToolbar = require('./enhancers/mapToolbar');
@@ -63,17 +63,16 @@ const mapBuilder = compose(
         map: editorData.map
     })),
     handleNodeSelection,
-    handleNodeEditing,
-    connect(availableDependenciesSelector)
+    handleNodeEditing
 );
 
 
 module.exports = mapBuilder(({
-    enabled, onClose = () => {},
-    toggleLayerSelector = () => {},
-    editNode, setEditNode, closeNodeEditor, selectedGroups=[], selectedLayers=[], selectedNodes, onNodeSelect = () => {} } = {},
-    availableDependencies = []
-    ) =>
+        enabled, onClose = () => {},
+        toggleLayerSelector = () => {},
+        editNode, setEditNode, closeNodeEditor, selectedGroups=[], selectedLayers=[], selectedNodes, onNodeSelect = () => {},
+        availableDependencies =[]
+    } = {}) =>
     (<BorderLayout
         className = "map-selector"
         header={(<BuilderHeader onClose={onClose}>
diff --git a/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/TableBuilder.jsx b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/TableBuilder.jsx
index c93da143e5..0543586f4d 100644
--- a/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/TableBuilder.jsx
+++ b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/TableBuilder.jsx
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const chooseLayerEnhancer = compose(
     )
 );
 
-module.exports = chooseLayerEnhancer(({ enabled, onClose = () => { }, editorData = {}, availableDependencies = {}, dependencies, ...props } = {}) =>
+module.exports = chooseLayerEnhancer(({ enabled, onClose = () => { }, editorData = {}, availableDependencies = [], dependencies, ...props } = {}) =>
 
     (<BorderLayout
         header={
diff --git a/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/enhancers/connection/mapPositionConnect.js b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/enhancers/connection/mapPositionConnect.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b8d26e126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/enhancers/connection/mapPositionConnect.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018, GeoSolutions Sas.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+const { withHandlers, withProps, compose } = require('recompose');
+const { omit } = require('lodash');
+
+/**
+ * Provides proper handlers and variables to connect a widget to a map viewport in the toolbar or other builders
+ * requires:
+ *  - editorData object
+ *  - onChange: function to change widget properties
+ *  - toggleDependencySelector function in case of multiple maps
+ *
+ */
+module.exports = compose(
+    withProps(({ availableDependencies = [], editorData = {}} = {}) => ({
+        availableDependencies: availableDependencies.filter(d => !(editorData.id && d.indexOf(editorData.id) >= 0))
+    })),
+    withProps(({ editorData = {} }) => ({
+        canConnect: true,
+        connected: editorData.mapSync
+    })),
+    withHandlers({
+        toggleConnection: ({ onChange = () => { }, editorData = {} }) => (widget, id) => {
+            onChange('mapSync', !editorData.mapSync);
+            const center =
+                !editorData.mapSync
+                    ? id === 'map'
+                        ? 'center'
+                        : `${id}.center`
+                    : undefined;
+            const zoom =
+                !editorData.mapSync
+                    ? id === 'map'
+                        ? 'zoom'
+                        : `${id}.zoom`
+                    : undefined;
+            const { dependenciesMap = {} } = editorData;
+            onChange('dependenciesMap', !editorData.mapSync && center && zoom !== undefined
+                ? { ...dependenciesMap, center, zoom } :
+                omit(dependenciesMap, ['center', 'zoom']));
+
+
+        }
+    }),
+    withHandlers({
+        toggleConnection: ({ toggleConnection = () => { }, toggleDependencySelector = () => { }, widget, editorData = {} }) =>
+            (available = []) => available.length === 1 || editorData.mapSync
+                ? toggleConnection(widget, available[0])
+                : toggleDependencySelector()
+    })
+);
diff --git a/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/enhancers/connection/withConnectButton.js b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/enhancers/connection/withConnectButton.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df946e00d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/enhancers/connection/withConnectButton.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018, GeoSolutions Sas.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+const { withProps, compose } = require('recompose');
+/**
+ * Returns an enhancer that add `stepButtons` for viewport connection to a wizard toolbar
+ * @param {function} showCondition parses props to allow visualization of the buttons (if other connect condition are satisfied)
+ */
+module.exports = (showCondition = () => true) => compose(
+    withProps(({
+        stepButtons = [],
+        toggleConnection = () => { },
+        availableDependencies = [],
+        canConnect,
+        connected,
+        ...props
+    }) => ({
+        stepButtons: [{
+            onClick: () => toggleConnection(availableDependencies),
+            disabled: availableDependencies.length > 1, // TODO: remove when support multi map
+            visible: showCondition(props) && canConnect && availableDependencies.length > 0,
+            bsStyle: connected ? "success" : "primary",
+            glyph: connected ? "plug" : "unplug",
+            tooltipId: connected
+                ? "widgets.builder.wizard.clearConnection"
+                : availableDependencies.length === 1
+                    ? "widgets.builder.wizard.connectToTheMap"
+                    : "connection to multiple maps not supported yet" // TODO: "widgets.builder.wizard.connectToAMap"
+        }, ...stepButtons
+        ]
+    }))
+);
diff --git a/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/enhancers/mapToolbar.js b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/enhancers/mapToolbar.js
index f61555d8af..0dec88677f 100644
--- a/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/enhancers/mapToolbar.js
+++ b/web/client/plugins/widgetbuilder/enhancers/mapToolbar.js
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@
  */
 const { compose, branch, withProps, withHandlers} = require('recompose');
 const {connect} = require('react-redux');
-const { insertWidget, setPage} = require('../../../actions/widgets');
+const { insertWidget, setPage, onEditorChange} = require('../../../actions/widgets');
 const manageLayers = require('./manageLayers');
 const handleNodeEditing = require('./handleNodeEditing');
 const { wizardSelector, wizardStateToProps } = require('../commons');
-
+const withConnectButton = require('./connection/withConnectButton');
+const mapPositionConnect = require('./connection/mapPositionConnect');
 module.exports = compose(
     connect(wizardSelector, {
         setPage,
+        onChange: onEditorChange,
         insertWidget
     },
         wizardStateToProps
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ module.exports = compose(
                 tooltipId: "toc.toolTrashLayerTooltip"
             }]
         }))
-    )
+    ),
+    mapPositionConnect,
+    withConnectButton(({step}) => step === 0)
 
 );
diff --git a/web/client/reducers/__tests__/widgets-test.js b/web/client/reducers/__tests__/widgets-test.js
index 739c70073f..c1497a3981 100644
--- a/web/client/reducers/__tests__/widgets-test.js
+++ b/web/client/reducers/__tests__/widgets-test.js
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ describe('Test the widgets reducer', () => {
     it('initial state', () => {
         const state = widgets(undefined, {type: "START"});
         expect(state.containers).toExist();
+        expect(state.dependencies.key).toBeFalsy();
+        expect(state.dependencies.viewport).toBe("map.bbox");
+        expect(state.dependencies.center).toBe("map.center");
+        expect(state.dependencies.zoom).toBe("map.zoom");
     });
     it('editNewWidget', () => {
         const state = widgets(undefined, editNewWidget({a: "A"}, {step: 0}));
@@ -121,5 +125,7 @@ describe('Test the widgets reducer', () => {
         expect(state).toExist();
         expect(state.dependencies.key).toBeFalsy();
         expect(state.dependencies.viewport).toBe("map.bbox");
+        expect(state.dependencies.center).toBe("map.center");
+        expect(state.dependencies.zoom).toBe("map.zoom");
     });
 });
diff --git a/web/client/reducers/widgets.js b/web/client/reducers/widgets.js
index 9cf9283f5f..076b28fd1e 100644
--- a/web/client/reducers/widgets.js
+++ b/web/client/reducers/widgets.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ const {arrayUpsert, arrayDelete} = require('../utils/ImmutableUtils');
 const emptyState = {
     dependencies: {
         viewport: "map.bbox",
-        center: "map.center"
+        center: "map.center",
+        zoom: "map.zoom"
     },
     containers: {
         floating: {