diff --git a/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Drawing/PositionedGraphNodeControl.xaml b/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Drawing/PositionedGraphNodeControl.xaml
index 3295f4896c..a74944e576 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Drawing/PositionedGraphNodeControl.xaml
+++ b/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Drawing/PositionedGraphNodeControl.xaml
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
 	
     <aero:SystemDropShadowChrome>
     <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
-    	<!-- 
-    	<Border Background="#ddeeff" BorderThickness="1,1,1,0" BorderBrush="DarkGray" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Padding="1">
-    		<TextBlock>Hello</TextBlock>
-    	</Border>  -->
+    	
+    	<Border x:Name="typeNameHeaderBorder" Background="#ddeeff" Height="20" Margin="1,0" BorderThickness="1,1,1,0" BorderBrush="DarkGray" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Padding="1">
+    		<TextBlock Text="{Binding TypeName}"></TextBlock>
+    	</Border>
+    	
         <ListView Name="listView" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" Width="200" Height="300">
             <ListView.Background>
                 <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,1">
@@ -33,14 +34,6 @@
                     <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1" />
                     <Setter Property="Focusable" Value="false" />
                     <Style.Triggers>
-                    	<!-- 
-                        <Trigger Property="ItemsControl.AlternationIndex" Value="0">
-                            <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"></Setter>
-                        </Trigger>
-                        <Trigger Property="ItemsControl.AlternationIndex" Value="1">
-                            <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"></Setter>
-                        </Trigger>
-						 -->
                         <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsNested}" Value="True">
                             <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#666666"></Setter>
                             <Setter Property="FontStyle" Value="Italic"></Setter>
diff --git a/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Drawing/PositionedGraphNodeControl.xaml.cs b/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Drawing/PositionedGraphNodeControl.xaml.cs
index d0dd8a1f7d..7d6db2b99c 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Drawing/PositionedGraphNodeControl.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Drawing/PositionedGraphNodeControl.xaml.cs
@@ -48,19 +48,22 @@ namespace Debugger.AddIn.Visualizers.Graph.Drawing
 		// shown in the ListView
 		private ObservableCollection<ContentNode> items = new ObservableCollection<ContentNode>();
 		
-		private ContentNode root;
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The tree to be displayed in this Control.
 		/// </summary>
-		public ContentNode Root
+		public ContentNode Root { get; set; }
+		
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Sets the node to be displayed by this control.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="node"></param>
+		public void SetDataContext(PositionedNode node)
 		{
-			get { return this.root; }
-			set	{
-				this.root = value;
-				this.items = GetInitialItems(this.root);
-				// data virtualization, ContentPropertyNode implements IEvaluate
-				this.listView.ItemsSource = new VirtualizingObservableCollection<ContentNode>(this.items);
-			}
+			this.DataContext = node;
+			this.Root = node.Content;
+			this.items = GetInitialItems(this.Root);
+			// data virtualization, ContentPropertyNode implements IEvaluate
+			this.listView.ItemsSource = new VirtualizingObservableCollection<ContentNode>(this.items);
 		}
 		
 		public void CalculateWidthHeight()
@@ -72,13 +75,13 @@ namespace Debugger.AddIn.Visualizers.Graph.Drawing
 			listView.Width = gv.Columns[0].Width + gv.Columns[1].Width + gv.Columns[2].Width + 10;
 			
 			int maxItems = 10;
-			listView.Height = Math.Min(this.items.Count, maxItems) * 20;
+			listView.Height = 4 + Math.Min(this.items.Count, maxItems) * 20;
 			if (this.items.Count > maxItems) {
 				listView.Width += 30;	// for scrollbar
 			}
 			
 			this.Width = listView.Width + 2;
-			this.Height = listView.Height + 2;
+			this.Height = listView.Height + this.typeNameHeaderBorder.Height + 2;
 		}
 		
 		public PositionedGraphNodeControl()
diff --git a/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Layout/PositionedNode.cs b/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Layout/PositionedNode.cs
index d167dd507a..8917cfaba6 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Layout/PositionedNode.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Layout/PositionedNode.cs
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ namespace Debugger.AddIn.Visualizers.Graph.Layout
 		/// Creates new PositionedNode.
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="objectNode">Underlying ObjectNode.</param>
-		public PositionedNode(ObjectGraphNode objectNode)
+		public PositionedNode(ObjectGraphNode objectNode, Expanded expanded)
 		{
-			this.objectNode = objectNode;
+			this.ObjectNode = objectNode;
 			InitVisualControl();
+			InitContentFromObjectNode(expanded);
 		}
 		
 		public event EventHandler<PositionedPropertyEventArgs> PropertyExpanded;
@@ -30,20 +31,21 @@ namespace Debugger.AddIn.Visualizers.Graph.Layout
 		public event EventHandler<ContentNodeEventArgs> ContentNodeExpanded;
 		public event EventHandler<ContentNodeEventArgs> ContentNodeCollapsed;
 		
-		private ObjectGraphNode objectNode;
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Underlying ObjectNode.
 		/// </summary>
-		public ObjectGraphNode ObjectNode
-		{
-			get { return objectNode; }
-		}
+		public ObjectGraphNode ObjectNode { get; private set; }
 		
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Tree-of-properties content of this node.
 		/// </summary>
 		public ContentNode Content { get; set; }
 		
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Name of the Type in the debuggee.
+		/// </summary>
+		public string TypeName { get { return this.ObjectNode.TypeName; } }
+		
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The size of the subtree of this node in the layout.
 		/// </summary>
@@ -54,14 +56,14 @@ namespace Debugger.AddIn.Visualizers.Graph.Layout
 		/// </summary>
 		public PositionedGraphNodeControl NodeVisualControl { get; private set; }
 		
-		public void InitContentFromObjectNode(Expanded expanded)
+		void InitContentFromObjectNode(Expanded expanded)
 		{
 			this.Content = new ContentNode(this, null);
 			this.Content.InitOverride(this.ObjectNode.Content, expanded);
-			this.NodeVisualControl.Root = this.Content;
+			this.NodeVisualControl.SetDataContext(this);
 		}
 		
-		private void InitVisualControl()
+		void InitVisualControl()
 		{
 			this.NodeVisualControl = NodeControlCache.Instance.GetNodeControl();
 			// propagate events from nodeVisualControl
diff --git a/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Layout/Tree/TreeLayout.cs b/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Layout/Tree/TreeLayout.cs
index baa503c06f..e6eeda03b0 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Layout/Tree/TreeLayout.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/Layout/Tree/TreeLayout.cs
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ namespace Debugger.AddIn.Visualizers.Graph.Layout
 			
 			// create empty PositionedNodes
 			foreach (ObjectGraphNode objectNode in objectGraph.ReachableNodes) {
-				var posNode = new PositionedNode(objectNode);
-				posNode.InitContentFromObjectNode(expanded);
+				var posNode = new PositionedNode(objectNode, expanded);
 				posNode.MeasureVisualControl();
 				positionedGraph.AddNode(posNode);
 				positionedNodeFor[objectNode] = posNode;
diff --git a/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/ObjectGraph/ObjectGraphBuilder.cs b/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/ObjectGraph/ObjectGraphBuilder.cs
index 36f84e00d4..edf0a95862 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/ObjectGraph/ObjectGraphBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/ObjectGraph/ObjectGraphBuilder.cs
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ namespace Debugger.AddIn.Visualizers.Graph
 		private ObjectGraphNode createNewNode(Value permanentReference, Expression expression)
 		{
 			ObjectGraphNode newNode = new ObjectGraphNode();
+			newNode.TypeName = permanentReference.Type.Name;
 			newNode.HashCode = permanentReference.InvokeDefaultGetHashCode();
 			
 			resultGraph.AddNode(newNode);
diff --git a/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/ObjectGraph/ObjectGraphNode.cs b/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/ObjectGraph/ObjectGraphNode.cs
index 62fd5bed2d..d2dc8c064c 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/ObjectGraph/ObjectGraphNode.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Debugger/Debugger.AddIn/Visualizers/Graph/ObjectGraph/ObjectGraphNode.cs
@@ -32,17 +32,16 @@ namespace Debugger.AddIn.Visualizers.Graph
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Property tree of this node.
 		/// </summary>
-		public ThisNode Content
-		{
-			get; set;
-		}
+		public ThisNode Content { get; set; }
+		
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Name of the Type in the debuggee.
+		/// </summary>
+		public string TypeName { get; set; }
 		
 		public IEnumerable<ObjectGraphProperty> Properties
 		{
-			get
-			{
-				return this.Content.FlattenPropertyNodes().Select(node => {return node.Property; });
-			}
+			get	{ return this.Content.FlattenPropertyNodes().Select(node => {return node.Property; });	}
 		}
 	}
 }