diff --git a/scripts/gui/gm-Items.lua b/scripts/gui/gm-Items.lua
index 82a1da154..839d3158a 100644
--- a/scripts/gui/gm-Items.lua
+++ b/scripts/gui/gm-Items.lua
@@ -2,8 +2,27 @@
 -- TODO use this:  MechanismList = defclass(MechanismList, guidm.MenuOverlay)
 local gui = require 'gui'
 
-if dfhack.gui.getCurFocus() ~= 'item' then
-    qerror("This script requires the item view.")
+local my_trg
+if dfhack.gui.getCurFocus() == 'item' then
+	my_trg=dfhack.gui.getCurViewscreen().item
+elseif dfhack.gui.getCurFocus() == 'joblist' then
+	local t_screen=dfhack.gui.getCurViewscreen()
+	my_trg=t_screen.jobs[t_screen.cursor_pos]
+elseif dfhack.gui.getCurFocus() == 'createquota' then
+	local t_screen=dfhack.gui.getCurViewscreen()
+	my_trg=t_screen.orders[t_screen.sel_idx]
+elseif dfhack.gui.getCurFocus() == 'dwarfmode/LookAround/Flow' then
+	local t_look=df.global.ui_look_list.items[df.global.ui_look_cursor]
+	my_trg=t_look.flow
+
+elseif dfhack.gui.getSelectedUnit(true) then
+	my_trg=dfhack.gui.getSelectedUnit(true)
+elseif dfhack.gui.getSelectedItem(true) then
+	my_trg=dfhack.gui.getSelectedItem(true)
+elseif dfhack.gui.getSelectedJob(true) then
+	my_trg=dfhack.gui.getSelectedJob(true)
+else
+	qerror("No valid target found")
 end
 
 TextInputDialog = defclass(TextInputDialog, gui.FramedScreen)
@@ -177,5 +196,5 @@ local item_screen={
 
 
 
-local screen = mkinstance(gui.FramedScreen,item_screen):init(dfhack.gui.getCurViewscreen().item)
+local screen = mkinstance(gui.FramedScreen,item_screen):init(my_trg)
 screen:show()
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