diff --git a/packages/app-accounts/src/Creator.tsx b/packages/app-accounts/src/Creator.tsx
index fdab594d3b..67618a6d7f 100644
--- a/packages/app-accounts/src/Creator.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-accounts/src/Creator.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import Button from '@polkadot/ui-app/Button';
 import Input from '@polkadot/ui-app/Input';
+import { InputAddress } from '@polkadot/ui-app/InputAddress';
 import Password from '@polkadot/ui-app/Password';
 import classes from '@polkadot/ui-app/util/classes';
 import keyring from '@polkadot/ui-keyring/index';
@@ -212,11 +213,12 @@ class Creator extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   onCommit = (): void => {
     const { onBack } = this.props;
     const { name, password, seed } = this.state;
-
-    keyring.createAccount(
+    const pair = keyring.createAccount(
       formatSeed(seed), password, { name }
     );
 
+    InputAddress.setLastValue('account', pair.address());
+
     onBack();
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/app-addresses/src/Creator.tsx b/packages/app-addresses/src/Creator.tsx
index ff48476f20..daddf8ae71 100644
--- a/packages/app-addresses/src/Creator.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-addresses/src/Creator.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import Button from '@polkadot/ui-app/Button';
 import Input from '@polkadot/ui-app/Input';
+import { InputAddress } from '@polkadot/ui-app/InputAddress';
 import classes from '@polkadot/ui-app/util/classes';
 import keyring from '@polkadot/ui-keyring/index';
 import addressDecode from '@polkadot/util-keyring/address/decode';
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ class Creator extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
     const { address, name } = this.state;
 
     keyring.saveAddress(address, { name });
+    InputAddress.setLastValue('address', address);
 
     onBack();
   }
diff --git a/packages/app-extrinsics/src/Account.tsx b/packages/app-extrinsics/src/Account.tsx
index fb56761d52..59bdd94349 100644
--- a/packages/app-extrinsics/src/Account.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-extrinsics/src/Account.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-import { KeyringOption$Type } from '@polkadot/ui-keyring/types';
+import { KeyringOption$Type } from '@polkadot/ui-keyring/options/types';
 import { I18nProps } from '@polkadot/ui-app/types';
 
 import React from 'react';
diff --git a/packages/app-extrinsics/src/Nonce.tsx b/packages/app-extrinsics/src/Nonce.tsx
index 66822a2bc8..e440dde029 100644
--- a/packages/app-extrinsics/src/Nonce.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-extrinsics/src/Nonce.tsx
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import RxNonce from '@polkadot/ui-react-rx/Nonce';
 
 type Props = BareProps & {
   label: string,
-  onChange: (value: BN) => void,
+  rxChange: (value: BN) => void,
   value?: Uint8Array
 };
 
 export default class Nonce extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   render () {
-    const { className, label, style, onChange, value } = this.props;
+    const { className, label, style, rxChange, value } = this.props;
 
     if (!value) {
       return null;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export default class Nonce extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
         >
           <RxNonce
             className='ui disabled dropdown selection'
-            onChange={onChange}
+            rxChange={rxChange}
             params={value}
           />
         </Labelled>
diff --git a/packages/app-extrinsics/src/Selection.tsx b/packages/app-extrinsics/src/Selection.tsx
index 974c3433b4..740ab12150 100644
--- a/packages/app-extrinsics/src/Selection.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-extrinsics/src/Selection.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Selection extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
           label={t('display.nonce', {
             defaultValue: 'with an index'
           })}
-          onChange={this.onChangeNonce}
+          rxChange={this.onChangeNonce}
           value={publicKey}
         />
         <Button.Group>
diff --git a/packages/app-rpc/src/Account.tsx b/packages/app-rpc/src/Account.tsx
index 93270e799c..54dbf008ab 100644
--- a/packages/app-rpc/src/Account.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-rpc/src/Account.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Account extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
       >
         <Nonce
           className='ui disabled dropdown selection'
-          onChange={this.onChangeNonce}
+          rxChange={this.onChangeNonce}
           params={publicKey}
         />
       </Labelled>
diff --git a/packages/app-storage/src/Selection.tsx b/packages/app-storage/src/Selection.tsx
index 094564f392..3cfebbfca0 100644
--- a/packages/app-storage/src/Selection.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-storage/src/Selection.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class Selection extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
           />
           <Params
             item={key}
+            key={`${key.section}.${key.name}`}
             onChange={this.onChangeParams}
           />
         </div>
@@ -107,7 +108,11 @@ class Selection extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   }
 
   onChangeKey = (key: SectionItem<Storages>): void => {
-    this.nextState({ key } as State);
+    this.nextState({
+      isValid: false,
+      key,
+      params: []
+    });
   }
 
   onChangeParams = (params: RawParams = []): void => {
diff --git a/packages/apps/src/NodeInfo.tsx b/packages/apps/src/NodeInfo.tsx
index 1fb3f01f39..9be681cec4 100644
--- a/packages/apps/src/NodeInfo.tsx
+++ b/packages/apps/src/NodeInfo.tsx
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ type Props = I18nProps & {};
 
 const pkgJson = require('../package.json');
 
-console.log('@polkadot/apps', pkgJson.version);
-
 function updateTestInfo (chain?: string) {
   keyring.setTestMode(isTestChain(chain));
 }
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ class NodeInfo extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
           label={t('info.chain', {
             defaultValue: 'chain: '
           })}
-          onChange={updateTestInfo}
+          rxChange={updateTestInfo}
         />
         <NodeName label={t('info.clientName', {
           defaultValue: 'client: '
diff --git a/packages/ui-app/src/Dropdown.tsx b/packages/ui-app/src/Dropdown.tsx
index b3c3568627..0f382c37db 100644
--- a/packages/ui-app/src/Dropdown.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-app/src/Dropdown.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { BareProps } from './types';
 
 import React from 'react';
 import SUIDropdown from 'semantic-ui-react/dist/commonjs/modules/Dropdown/Dropdown';
+import isUndefined from '@polkadot/util/is/undefined';
 
 import classes from './util/classes';
 import Labelled from './Labelled';
@@ -29,6 +30,17 @@ type SUIEvent = {
 };
 
 export default class Dropdown<Option> extends React.PureComponent<Props<Option>> {
+  componentDidMount () {
+    const { defaultValue, value } = this.props;
+    const startValue = isUndefined(value)
+      ? defaultValue
+      : value;
+
+    if (startValue) {
+      this.onChange(null, { value: startValue });
+    }
+  }
+
   render () {
     const { className, defaultValue, isDisabled, isError, label, onSearch, options, placeholder, style, withLabel, value } = this.props;
 
@@ -56,7 +68,7 @@ export default class Dropdown<Option> extends React.PureComponent<Props<Option>>
     );
   }
 
-  onChange = (event: React.SyntheticEvent<Element>, { value }: SUIEvent): void => {
+  onChange = (event: React.SyntheticEvent<Element> | null, { value }: SUIEvent): void => {
     const { onChange, transform } = this.props;
 
     onChange(
diff --git a/packages/ui-app/src/InputAddress/index.tsx b/packages/ui-app/src/InputAddress/index.tsx
index e70c719adb..a5a43efe1e 100644
--- a/packages/ui-app/src/InputAddress/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-app/src/InputAddress/index.tsx
@@ -2,18 +2,20 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-import { KeyringOptions, KeyringOption$Type } from '@polkadot/ui-keyring/types';
+import { KeyringOptions, KeyringOptionsSection, KeyringOption$Type } from '@polkadot/ui-keyring/options/types';
 import { BareProps } from '../types';
 
 import './InputAddress.css';
 
 import React from 'react';
-
+import store from 'store';
 import keyring from '@polkadot/ui-keyring/index';
 import createOptionHeader from '@polkadot/ui-keyring/options/header';
 import addressDecode from '@polkadot/util-keyring/address/decode';
 import addressEncode from '@polkadot/util-keyring/address/encode';
+import { optionsSubject } from '@polkadot/ui-keyring/options';
 import makeOption from '@polkadot/ui-keyring/options/item';
+import withObservableBase from '@polkadot/ui-react-rx/with/observableBase';
 import isHex from '@polkadot/util/is/hex';
 import hexToU8a from '@polkadot/util/hex/toU8a';
 
@@ -22,13 +24,14 @@ import classes from '../util/classes';
 import addressToAddress from '../util/toAddress';
 
 type Props = BareProps & {
-  defaultValue?: string | Uint8Array | null,
+  defaultValue?: string | null,
   hideAddress?: boolean;
   isDisabled?: boolean,
   isError?: boolean,
   isInput?: boolean,
   label?: string,
   onChange: (value: Uint8Array) => void,
+  optionsAll?: KeyringOptions,
   placeholder?: string,
   type?: KeyringOption$Type,
   value?: string | Uint8Array,
@@ -36,12 +39,12 @@ type Props = BareProps & {
 };
 
 type State = {
-  defaultValue: string | undefined,
-  options: KeyringOptions,
   value?: string
 };
 
 const RECENT_KEY = 'header-recent';
+const STORAGE_KEY = 'options:InputAddress';
+const DEFAULT_TYPE = 'all';
 
 const transform = (value: string): Uint8Array => {
   if (isHex(value)) {
@@ -55,14 +58,11 @@ const transform = (value: string): Uint8Array => {
   }
 };
 
-// NOTE: We are not extending Component here since the options may change in the keyring (which needs a re-render), however the input props will be the same (so, no PureComponent with shallow compare here)
-export default class InputAddress extends React.Component<Props, State> {
+class InputAddress extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   constructor (props: Props) {
     super(props);
 
-    this.state = {
-      defaultValue: addressToAddress(props.defaultValue as string)
-    } as State;
+    this.state = {};
   }
 
   static getDerivedStateFromProps ({ value }: Props): State | null {
@@ -75,13 +75,39 @@ export default class InputAddress extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     }
   }
 
+  static readOptions () {
+    return store.get(STORAGE_KEY) || { defaults: {} };
+  }
+
+  static getLastValue (type: KeyringOption$Type = DEFAULT_TYPE) {
+    const options = InputAddress.readOptions();
+
+    return options.defaults[type];
+  }
+
+  static setLastValue (type: KeyringOption$Type = DEFAULT_TYPE, value: string) {
+    const options = InputAddress.readOptions();
+
+    options.defaults[type] = value;
+    store.set(STORAGE_KEY, options);
+  }
+
   render () {
-    const { className, hideAddress = false, isDisabled = false, isError, label, onChange, type = 'all', style, withLabel } = this.props;
-    const { defaultValue, value } = this.state;
-    const options = keyring.getOptions(type);
-    const hasValue = !!options.find(({ key }) =>
-      key === defaultValue
-    );
+    const { className, defaultValue, hideAddress = false, isDisabled = false, isError, label, optionsAll, type = DEFAULT_TYPE, style, withLabel } = this.props;
+    const { value } = this.state;
+
+    if (!optionsAll) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const lastValue = InputAddress.getLastValue(type);
+    const actualValue = isDisabled || (defaultValue && this.hasValue(defaultValue))
+      ? defaultValue
+      : (
+        this.hasValue(lastValue)
+          ? lastValue
+          : undefined
+      );
 
     return (
       <Dropdown
@@ -89,42 +115,57 @@ export default class InputAddress extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         defaultValue={
           value !== undefined
             ? undefined
-            : defaultValue
+            : actualValue
         }
         isDisabled={isDisabled}
         isError={isError}
         label={label}
-        onChange={onChange}
+        onChange={this.onChange}
         onSearch={this.onSearch}
         options={
-          isDisabled && !hasValue && defaultValue
-            ? [makeOption(defaultValue)]
-            : options
+          isDisabled && actualValue
+            ? [makeOption(actualValue)]
+            : optionsAll[type]
         }
         style={style}
-        transform={transform}
         value={value}
         withLabel={withLabel}
       />
     );
   }
 
-  onSearch = (filteredOptions: KeyringOptions, query: string): KeyringOptions => {
+  private hasValue (value?: string): boolean {
+    const { optionsAll, type = DEFAULT_TYPE } = this.props;
+
+    if (!optionsAll) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return !!optionsAll[type].find(({ key }) =>
+      key === value
+    );
+  }
+
+  onChange = (address: string) => {
+    const { onChange, type } = this.props;
+
+    InputAddress.setLastValue(type, address);
+
+    onChange(transform(address));
+  }
+
+  onSearch = (filteredOptions: KeyringOptionsSection, query: string): KeyringOptionsSection => {
     const { isInput = true } = this.props;
     const queryLower = query.toLowerCase();
-    const matches = filteredOptions.filter((item) => {
-      if (item.value === null) {
-        return true;
-      }
+    const matches = filteredOptions.filter((item) =>
+      item.value === null ||
+      item.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(queryLower) !== -1 ||
+      item.value.toLowerCase().indexOf(queryLower) !== -1
+    );
 
-      const { name, value } = item;
-      const hasMatch = name.toLowerCase().indexOf(queryLower) !== -1 ||
-      value.toLowerCase().indexOf(queryLower) !== -1;
-
-      return hasMatch;
-    });
-
-    const valueMatches = matches.filter((item) => item.value !== null);
+    const valueMatches = matches.filter((item) =>
+      item.value !== null
+    );
 
     if (isInput && valueMatches.length === 0) {
       const publicKey = transform(query);
@@ -139,7 +180,7 @@ export default class InputAddress extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         matches.push(
           keyring.saveRecent(
             addressEncode(publicKey)
-          )
+          ).option
         );
       }
     }
@@ -149,11 +190,12 @@ export default class InputAddress extends React.Component<Props, State> {
       const nextItem = matches[index + 1];
       const hasNext = nextItem && nextItem.value;
 
-      if (item.value !== null || (!isLast && hasNext)) {
-        return true;
-      }
-
-      return false;
+      return item.value !== null || (!isLast && hasNext);
     });
   }
 }
+
+export { InputAddress };
+
+// @ts-ignore There are still some issues with props and types - this is valid
+export default withObservableBase(optionsSubject, { propName: 'optionsAll' })(InputAddress);
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/all.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/all.ts
index 348b415eff..49a82a7aa9 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/all.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/all.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ import { KeyringAddress, State } from '../types';
 import get from '../address/get';
 
 export default function all (state: State): Array<KeyringAddress> {
+  const available = state.accounts.subject.getValue();
+
   return Object
-    .keys(state.available.account)
+    .keys(available)
     .map((address) =>
       get(state, address, 'account')
     )
-    .filter((account) => !account.getMeta().isTesting);
+    .filter((account) =>
+      !account.getMeta().isTesting
+    );
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/forget.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/forget.ts
index ad0733cad0..89c1a7d86b 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/forget.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/forget.ts
@@ -4,17 +4,7 @@
 
 import { State } from '../types';
 
-import store from 'store';
-
-import { accountKey } from '../defaults';
-import createOptions from '../options';
-
 export default function forgetAccount (state: State, address: string): void {
   state.keyring.removePair(address);
-
-  store.remove(accountKey(address));
-
-  delete state.available.account[address];
-
-  createOptions(state);
+  state.accounts.remove(address);
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/meta.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/meta.ts
index 4a549071f1..dfca183bab 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/meta.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/meta.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { State } from '../types';
 import store from 'store';
 
 import { accountKey } from '../defaults';
-import createOptions from '../options';
 
 export default function saveAccountMeta (state: State, pair: KeyringPair, meta: KeyringPair$Meta): void {
   const address = pair.address();
@@ -17,7 +16,5 @@ export default function saveAccountMeta (state: State, pair: KeyringPair, meta:
   pair.setMeta(meta);
   json.meta = pair.getMeta();
 
-  store.set(accountKey(json.address), json);
-
-  createOptions(state);
+  state.accounts.add(json.address, json);
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/save.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/save.ts
index ecca7f0454..f9b036ea3e 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/save.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/account/save.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 import { KeyringPair } from '@polkadot/util-keyring/types';
 import { State } from '../types';
 
-import store from 'store';
-
-import { accountKey } from '../defaults';
-import createOptions from '../options';
-
 export default function saveAccount (state: State, pair: KeyringPair, password?: string): void {
   const json = pair.toJson(password);
 
@@ -17,7 +12,5 @@ export default function saveAccount (state: State, pair: KeyringPair, password?:
     json.meta.whenCreated = Date.now();
   }
 
-  store.set(accountKey(json.address), json);
-
-  createOptions(state);
+  state.accounts.add(json.address, json);
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/all.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/all.ts
index 3f1c7af31c..ba881b6a1c 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/all.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/all.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import { KeyringAddress, State } from '../types';
 import get from './get';
 
 export default function all (state: State): Array<KeyringAddress> {
+  const available = state.addresses.subject.getValue();
+
   return Object
-    .keys(state.available.address)
+    .keys(available)
     .map((address) =>
       get(state, address)
     );
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/forget.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/forget.ts
index ed2c33918c..3b61128aa5 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/forget.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/forget.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,6 @@
 
 import { State } from '../types';
 
-import store from 'store';
-
-import { addressKey } from '../defaults';
-import createOptions from '../options';
-
 export default function forgetAddress (state: State, address: string): void {
-  store.remove(addressKey(address));
-
-  delete state.available.address[address];
-
-  createOptions(state);
+  state.addresses.remove(address);
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/get.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/get.ts
index afa9b1be9d..5f9c915768 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/get.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/get.ts
@@ -13,15 +13,18 @@ export default function get (state: State, _address: string | Uint8Array, type:
     ? _address
     : addressEncode(_address);
   const publicKey = addressDecode(address);
+  const subject = type === 'account'
+    ? state.accounts.subject
+    : state.addresses.subject;
 
   return {
     address: (): string =>
       address,
     isValid: (): boolean =>
-      !!state.available[type][address],
+      !!subject.getValue()[address],
     publicKey: (): Uint8Array =>
       publicKey,
     getMeta: (): KeyringJson$Meta =>
-      state.available[type][address].meta
+      subject.getValue()[address].json.meta
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/meta.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/meta.ts
index 7d30439ee7..7c48a0986f 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/meta.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/meta.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@
 import { KeyringPair$Meta } from '@polkadot/util-keyring/types';
 import { State } from '../types';
 
-import store from 'store';
-
-import { addressKey } from '../defaults';
-import createOptions from '../options';
-
 export default function saveMeta (state: State, address: string, meta: KeyringPair$Meta): void {
-  const json = state.available.address[address] || {
+  const available = state.addresses.subject.getValue();
+
+  const json = (available[address] && available[address].json) || {
     address,
     meta: {
       isRecent: void 0,
@@ -25,8 +22,5 @@ export default function saveMeta (state: State, address: string, meta: KeyringPa
 
   delete json.meta.isRecent;
 
-  store.set(addressKey(address), json);
-  state.available.address[address] = json;
-
-  createOptions(state);
+  state.addresses.add(address, json);
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/metaRecent.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/metaRecent.ts
index dffd3a444f..6bfba47842 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/metaRecent.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/address/metaRecent.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-import { KeyringJson, KeyringOption, State } from '../types';
+import { SingleAddress } from '../observable/types';
+import { KeyringJson, State } from '../types';
 
-import store from 'store';
+export default function saveRecent (state: State, address: string): SingleAddress {
+  const available = state.addresses.subject.getValue();
 
-import { addressKey } from '../defaults';
-import createOptions from '../options';
-
-export default function saveRecent (state: State, address: string): KeyringOption {
-  if (!state.available.address[address]) {
+  if (!available[address]) {
     const json = {
       address,
       meta: {
@@ -19,12 +17,8 @@ export default function saveRecent (state: State, address: string): KeyringOptio
       }
     };
 
-    store.set(addressKey(json.address), json);
-    state.available.address[address] = (json as KeyringJson);
+    state.addresses.add(address, (json as KeyringJson));
   }
 
-  createOptions(state);
-
-  // @ts-ignore it should be there now...
-  return state.options.recent.find(({ value }) => value === address);
+  return state.addresses.subject.getValue()[address];
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/index.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/index.ts
index 74c6611635..093812df6e 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/index.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 // of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
 import { KeyringPair, KeyringPair$Meta } from '@polkadot/util-keyring/types';
-import { KeyringAddress, KeyringInstance, KeyringOption$Type, KeyringOption, KeyringOptions, State } from './types';
+import { SingleAddress } from './observable/types';
+import { KeyringAddress, KeyringInstance, State } from './types';
 
 import testKeyring from '@polkadot/util-keyring/testing';
 
+import accounts from './observable/accounts';
+import addresses from './observable/addresses';
 import loadAll from './loadAll';
 import createAccount from './account/create';
 import forgetAccount from './account/forget';
@@ -23,12 +26,9 @@ import setTestMode from './setTestMode';
 
 const state: State = {
   isTestMode: false,
-  available: {
-    account: {},
-    address: {}
-  },
-  keyring: testKeyring(),
-  options: {}
+  accounts,
+  addresses,
+  keyring: testKeyring()
 };
 
 loadAll(state);
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ export default ({
     getAddress(state, address),
   getAddresses: (): Array<KeyringAddress> =>
     getAddresses(state),
-  getOptions: (type: KeyringOption$Type): KeyringOptions =>
-    state.options[type],
   getPair: (address: string | Uint8Array): KeyringPair =>
     state.keyring.getPair(address),
   getPairs: (): Array<KeyringPair> =>
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ export default ({
     saveAccountMeta(state, pair, meta),
   saveAddress: (address: string, meta: KeyringPair$Meta): void =>
     saveAddress(state, address, meta),
-  saveRecent: (address: string): KeyringOption =>
+  saveRecent: (address: string): SingleAddress =>
     saveRecent(state, address),
   setTestMode: (isTest: boolean): void =>
     setTestMode(state, isTest)
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/isAvailable.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/isAvailable.ts
index a975625b44..c43cb3c16d 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/isAvailable.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/isAvailable.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ import isString from '@polkadot/util/is/string';
 import addressEncode from '@polkadot/util-keyring/address/encode';
 
 export default function isAvailable (state: State, _address: Uint8Array | string): boolean {
+  const accounts = state.accounts.subject.getValue();
+  const addresses = state.addresses.subject.getValue();
+
   const address = isString(_address)
     ? _address
     : addressEncode(_address);
 
-  return !state.available.account[address] && !state.available.address[address];
+  return !accounts[address] && !addresses[address];
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/loadAll.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/loadAll.ts
index a70b7e2596..8cf07ad506 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/loadAll.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/loadAll.ts
@@ -11,16 +11,31 @@ import isHex from '@polkadot/util/is/hex';
 import hexToU8a from '@polkadot/util/hex/toU8a';
 
 import saveAddress from './address/meta';
-import createOptions from './options';
+import initOptions from './options';
 import { accountRegex, addressRegex } from './defaults';
 
+function addPairs ({ accounts, keyring }: State): void {
+  keyring
+    .getPairs()
+    .forEach((pair) => {
+      const address = pair.address();
+
+      accounts.add(address, {
+        address,
+        meta: pair.getMeta()
+      });
+    });
+}
+
 export default function loadAll (state: State): void {
-  const { available, keyring } = state;
+  const { accounts, addresses, keyring } = state;
+
+  addPairs(state);
 
   store.each((json: KeyringJson, key: string) => {
     if (accountRegex.test(key)) {
       keyring.addFromJson(json as KeyringPair$Json);
-      available.account[json.address] = json;
+      accounts.add(json.address, json);
     } else if (addressRegex.test(key)) {
       const address = isHex(json.address)
         ? addressEncode(hexToU8a(json.address))
@@ -35,9 +50,9 @@ export default function loadAll (state: State): void {
         saveAddress(state, address, json.meta);
       }
 
-      available.address[json.address] = json;
+      addresses.add(json.address, json);
     }
   });
 
-  createOptions(state);
+  initOptions(state);
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/accounts.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/accounts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..707079ac2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/accounts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2018 @polkadot/ui-keyring authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+import { accountKey } from '../defaults';
+
+import genericSubject from './genericSubject';
+
+export default genericSubject(accountKey);
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/addresses.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/addresses.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e47911308c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/addresses.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2018 @polkadot/ui-keyring authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+import { addressKey } from '../defaults';
+
+import genericSubject from './genericSubject';
+
+export default genericSubject(addressKey);
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/genericSubject.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/genericSubject.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..205b2be9f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/genericSubject.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2018 @polkadot/ui-keyring authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+import { SubjectInfo, AddressSubject, SingleAddress } from './types';
+import { KeyringJson } from '../types';
+
+import store from 'store';
+
+import createOptionItem from '../options/item';
+
+export default function genericSubject (keyCreator: (address: string) => string): AddressSubject {
+  let current: SubjectInfo = {};
+  const subject = new BehaviorSubject({});
+
+  return {
+    add: (address: string, json: KeyringJson): SingleAddress => {
+      current = { ...current };
+
+      current[address] = {
+        json,
+        option: createOptionItem(address, json.meta.name)
+      };
+
+      store.set(keyCreator(address), json);
+      subject.next(current);
+
+      return current[address];
+    },
+    remove: (address: string) => {
+      current = { ...current };
+
+      delete current[address];
+
+      store.remove(keyCreator(address));
+      subject.next(current);
+    },
+    subject
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/index.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d950e3e407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2018 @polkadot/ui-keyring authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+import { combineLatest } from 'rxjs';
+import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+
+import accounts from './accounts';
+import addresses from './addresses';
+
+export default combineLatest(
+  accounts.subject,
+  addresses.subject
+).pipe(
+  map(([accounts, addresses]) => ({
+    accounts,
+    addresses
+  }))
+);
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/types.d.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/types.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d572a6e3c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/observable/types.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2018 @polkadot/ui-keyring authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+import { KeyringSectionOption } from '../options/types';
+import { KeyringJson } from '../types';
+
+export type SingleAddress = {
+  json: KeyringJson,
+  option: KeyringSectionOption
+}
+
+export type SubjectInfo = {
+  [index: string]: SingleAddress
+};
+
+export type AddressSubject = {
+  add: (address: string, json: KeyringJson) => SingleAddress,
+  remove: (address: string) => void,
+  subject: BehaviorSubject<SubjectInfo>
+};
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/header.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/header.ts
index 8a1bf35f7d..823b45ae41 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/header.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/header.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-import { KeyringOption } from '../types';
+import { KeyringSectionOption } from './types';
 
-export default function createHeader (name: string): KeyringOption {
+export default function createHeader (name: string): KeyringSectionOption {
   return {
     className: 'header disabled',
     name,
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/index.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/index.ts
index ca8cd19ac7..1e49516e65 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/index.ts
@@ -2,31 +2,24 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-import { State, KeyringJson, KeyringOptions } from '../types';
+import { State } from '../types';
+import { SingleAddress } from '../observable/types';
+import { KeyringOptions, KeyringOptionsSection } from './types';
 
-import createItem from './item';
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+
+import observableAll from '../observable';
 import createHeader from './header';
 
-function addPairs ({ available, keyring }: State): void {
-  keyring
-    .getPairs()
-    .forEach((pair) => {
-      const address = pair.address();
+function addAccounts ({ accounts, isTestMode }: State, options: KeyringOptions): void {
+  const available = accounts.subject.getValue();
 
-      available.account[address] = {
-        address,
-        meta: pair.getMeta()
-      };
-    });
-}
-
-function addAccounts ({ available, isTestMode, options }: State): void {
   Object
-    .keys(available.account)
-    .map((address) => available.account[address])
-    .forEach(({ address, meta: { name, isTesting = false } }: KeyringJson) => {
-      const option = createItem(address, name);
-
+    .keys(available)
+    .map((address) =>
+      available[address]
+    )
+    .forEach(({ json: { meta: { isTesting = false } }, option }: SingleAddress) => {
       if (!isTesting) {
         options.account.push(option);
       } else if (isTestMode) {
@@ -35,17 +28,15 @@ function addAccounts ({ available, isTestMode, options }: State): void {
     });
 }
 
-function addAddresses ({ available, options }: State): void {
+function addAddresses ({ addresses }: State, options: KeyringOptions): void {
+  const available = addresses.subject.getValue();
+
   Object
-    .keys(available.address)
-    .map((address) => available.address[address])
-    .forEach(({ address, meta: { name, isRecent = false } }: KeyringJson) => {
-      if (available.account[address]) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const option = createItem(address, name);
-
+    .keys(available)
+    .map((address) =>
+      available[address]
+    )
+    .forEach(({ json: { meta: { isRecent = false } }, option }: SingleAddress) => {
       if (isRecent) {
         options.recent.push(option);
       } else {
@@ -54,36 +45,48 @@ function addAddresses ({ available, options }: State): void {
     });
 }
 
-export default function createOptions (state: State): void {
-  state.options = {
+function emptyOptions (): KeyringOptions {
+  return {
     account: [],
     address: [],
     all: [],
     recent: [],
     testing: []
   };
-
-  addPairs(state);
-  addAccounts(state);
-  addAddresses(state);
-
-  const { options } = state;
-
-  options.address = ([] as KeyringOptions).concat(
-    options.address.length ? [ createHeader('Addresses') ] : [],
-    options.address,
-    options.recent.length ? [ createHeader('Recent') ] : [],
-    options.recent
-  );
-  options.account = ([] as KeyringOptions).concat(
-    options.account.length ? [ createHeader('Accounts') ] : [],
-    options.account,
-    options.testing.length ? [ createHeader('Testing') ] : [],
-    options.testing
-  );
-
-  options.all = ([] as KeyringOptions).concat(
-    options.account,
-    options.address
-  );
 }
+
+const optionsSubject: BehaviorSubject<KeyringOptions> = new BehaviorSubject(emptyOptions());
+
+// NOTE To be called _only_ once (should be addressed with https://github.com/polkadot-js/apps/issues/138)
+export default function initOptions (state: State): void {
+  observableAll.subscribe((value) => {
+    const options = emptyOptions();
+
+    addAccounts(state, options);
+    addAddresses(state, options);
+
+    options.address = ([] as KeyringOptionsSection).concat(
+      options.address.length ? [ createHeader('Addresses') ] : [],
+      options.address,
+      options.recent.length ? [ createHeader('Recent') ] : [],
+      options.recent
+    );
+    options.account = ([] as KeyringOptionsSection).concat(
+      options.account.length ? [ createHeader('Accounts') ] : [],
+      options.account,
+      options.testing.length ? [ createHeader('Testing') ] : [],
+      options.testing
+    );
+
+    options.all = ([] as KeyringOptionsSection).concat(
+      options.account,
+      options.address
+    );
+
+    optionsSubject.next(options);
+  });
+}
+
+export {
+  optionsSubject
+};
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/item.tsx b/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/item.tsx
index a5db51c5b6..bdf2a8b4bf 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/item.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/item.tsx
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-import { KeyringOption } from '../types';
+import { KeyringSectionOption } from './types';
 
 import React from 'react';
 
 import KeyPair from './KeyPair';
 
-export default function createItem (address: string, _name?: string): KeyringOption {
+export default function createItem (address: string, _name?: string): KeyringSectionOption {
   const name = _name === undefined
-    ? `${address.slice(0, 16)}…`
+    ? `${address.slice(0, 7)}…${address.slice(-7)}`
     : _name;
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/types.d.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/types.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e1a3d9147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/types.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2018 @polkadot/ui-keyring authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+export type KeyringSectionOption = {
+  className?: string,
+  disabled?: boolean,
+  content?: any | string, // node?
+  key: string | null,
+  name: string,
+  text: any | string, // node?
+  value: string | null
+};
+
+export type KeyringOptionsSection = Array<KeyringSectionOption>;
+
+export type KeyringOptions  = {
+  account: KeyringOptionsSection,
+  address: KeyringOptionsSection,
+  all: KeyringOptionsSection,
+  recent: KeyringOptionsSection,
+  testing: KeyringOptionsSection
+}
+
+export type KeyringOption$Type = keyof KeyringOptions;
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/setTestMode.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/setTestMode.ts
index e264654813..cb72e504b1 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/setTestMode.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/setTestMode.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 
 import { State } from './types';
 
-import createOptions from './options';
-
 export default function setTestMode (state: State, isTest: boolean): void {
   state.isTestMode = isTest;
-
-  createOptions(state);
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/types.d.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/types.d.ts
index 4ad6158534..e75736d57b 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/types.d.ts
@@ -3,20 +3,8 @@
 // of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
 import { KeyringInstance as BaseKeyringInstance, KeyringPair, KeyringPair$Meta } from '@polkadot/util-keyring/types';
-
-export type KeyringOption$Type = 'account' | 'address' | 'all' | 'recent' | 'testing';
-
-export type KeyringOption = {
-  className?: string,
-  disabled?: boolean,
-  content?: any | string, // node?
-  key: string | null,
-  name: string,
-  text: any | string, // node?
-  value: string | null
-};
-
-export type KeyringOptions = Array<KeyringOption>;
+import { AddressSubject, SingleAddress } from './observable/types';
+import { KeyringSectionOption } from './options/types';
 
 export type KeyringJson$Meta = {
   isRecent?: boolean,
@@ -42,18 +30,9 @@ export type KeyringAddress = {
 
 export type State = {
   isTestMode: boolean,
-  available: {
-    account: {
-      [index: string]: KeyringJson
-    },
-    address: {
-      [index: string]: KeyringJson
-    }
-  },
-  keyring: BaseKeyringInstance,
-  options: {
-    [index: string]: KeyringOptions // KeyringOption$Type
-  }
+  accounts: AddressSubject,
+  addresses: AddressSubject,
+  keyring: BaseKeyringInstance
 };
 
 export type KeyringInstance = {
@@ -63,7 +42,6 @@ export type KeyringInstance = {
   getAccounts: () => Array<KeyringAddress>,
   getAddress: (address: string | Uint8Array) => KeyringAddress,
   getAddresses: () => Array<KeyringAddress>,
-  getOptions: (type: KeyringOption$Type) => KeyringOptions,
   getPair: (address: string | Uint8Array) => KeyringPair,
   getPairs: () => Array<KeyringPair>,
   isAvailable: (address: string | Uint8Array) => boolean,
@@ -71,6 +49,6 @@ export type KeyringInstance = {
   saveAccount: (pair: KeyringPair, password?: string) => void,
   saveAccountMeta: (pair: KeyringPair, meta: KeyringPair$Meta) => void,
   saveAddress: (address: string, meta: KeyringPair$Meta) => void,
-  saveRecent: (address: string) => KeyringOption,
+  saveRecent: (address: string) => SingleAddress,
   setTestMode: (isTest: boolean) => void
 };
diff --git a/packages/ui-react-rx/src/types.d.ts b/packages/ui-react-rx/src/types.d.ts
index 12430ea869..f06cf5a667 100644
--- a/packages/ui-react-rx/src/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-react-rx/src/types.d.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type OnChangeCb$Fn<T> = (value?: T) => void;
 export type OnChangeCb<T> = OnChangeCb$Obs<T> | OnChangeCb$Fn<T> | undefined;
 
 export type ChangeProps<T> = {
-  onChange?: OnChangeCb<T>
+  rxChange?: OnChangeCb<T>
 };
 
 export type ParamProps = {
diff --git a/packages/ui-react-rx/src/util/isEqual.ts b/packages/ui-react-rx/src/util/isEqual.ts
index e234ae22f1..3216ee2d7e 100644
--- a/packages/ui-react-rx/src/util/isEqual.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-react-rx/src/util/isEqual.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-export default function isEqual <T> (a?: T, b?: T): boolean {
-  return JSON.stringify({ test: a }) === JSON.stringify({ test: b });
+function flatten (key: string | null, value: any): any {
+  if (!value) {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  if (value.$$typeof) {
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return value.map((item) =>
+      flatten(null, item)
+    );
+  }
+
+  return value;
+}
+
+export default function isEqual <T> (a?: T, b?: T): boolean {
+  return JSON.stringify({ test: a }, flatten) === JSON.stringify({ test: b }, flatten);
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-react-rx/src/util/triggerChange.ts b/packages/ui-react-rx/src/util/triggerChange.ts
index 6720a32a5c..e1d9a970e0 100644
--- a/packages/ui-react-rx/src/util/triggerChange.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-react-rx/src/util/triggerChange.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ import { OnChangeCb, OnChangeCb$Obs } from '../types';
 import isFunction from '@polkadot/util/is/function';
 import isObservable from '@polkadot/util/is/observable';
 
-export default function triggerChange<T> (value?: T, ...onChange: Array<OnChangeCb<T>>): void {
-  if (!onChange || !onChange.length) {
+export default function triggerChange<T> (value?: T, ...rxChange: Array<OnChangeCb<T>>): void {
+  if (!rxChange || !rxChange.length) {
     return;
   }
 
-  onChange.forEach((onChange) => {
-    if (isObservable(onChange)) {
-      (onChange as OnChangeCb$Obs<T>).next(value);
-    } else if (isFunction(onChange)) {
-      onChange(value);
+  rxChange.forEach((rxChange) => {
+    if (isObservable(rxChange)) {
+      (rxChange as OnChangeCb$Obs<T>).next(value);
+    } else if (isFunction(rxChange)) {
+      rxChange(value);
     }
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui-react-rx/src/with/observable.tsx b/packages/ui-react-rx/src/with/observable.tsx
index f9c0495e28..7b1d23b102 100644
--- a/packages/ui-react-rx/src/with/observable.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-react-rx/src/with/observable.tsx
@@ -9,22 +9,20 @@ import { RxProps } from '../types';
 import { HOC, Options, DefaultProps, RenderFn } from './types';
 
 import React from 'react';
-import { map } from 'rxjs/operators/map';
 import isUndefined from '@polkadot/util/is/undefined';
 
-import intervalSubscribe from '../util/intervalSubscribe';
 import isEqual from '../util/isEqual';
-import triggerChange from '../util/triggerChange';
 import echoTransform from './transform/echo';
 import withApi from './api';
+import withObservableBase from './observableBase';
 
 type State<T> = RxProps<T> & {
-  subscriptions: Array<any>; // FIXME subscriptions
+  Component?: React.ComponentType<any>
 };
 
 // FIXME proper types for attributes
 
-export default function withObservable<T> (observable: ObservableApiNames, { onChange, params = [], paramProp = 'params', propName = observable, transform = echoTransform }: Options<T> = {}): HOC<T> {
+export default function withObservable<T> (subscription: ObservableApiNames, { rxChange, params = [], paramProp = 'params', propName = subscription, transform = echoTransform }: Options<T> = {}): HOC<T> {
   return (Inner: React.ComponentType<any>, defaultProps: DefaultProps<T> = {}, render?: RenderFn): React.ComponentType<any> => {
     class WithObservable extends React.Component<any, State<T>> {
       state: State<T>;
@@ -32,12 +30,7 @@ export default function withObservable<T> (observable: ObservableApiNames, { onC
       constructor (props: any) {
         super(props);
 
-        this.state = {
-          rxUpdated: false,
-          rxUpdatedAt: 0,
-          subscriptions: [],
-          value: void 0
-        };
+        this.state = {};
       }
 
       private getParams (props: any): Array<any> {
@@ -64,63 +57,34 @@ export default function withObservable<T> (observable: ObservableApiNames, { onC
         this.subscribe(this.getParams(this.props));
       }
 
-      private subscribe (newParams: Array<any>) {
-        const { apiObservable } = this.props;
-
-        this.unsubscribe();
+      componentWillUnmount () {
         this.setState({
-          subscriptions: [
-            apiObservable[observable](...newParams)
-              .pipe(map(transform))
-              .subscribe((value: any) =>
-                this.triggerUpdate(this.props, value)
-              ),
-            intervalSubscribe(this)
-          ]
+          Component: undefined
         });
       }
 
-      private unsubscribe () {
-        this.state.subscriptions.forEach((subscription) =>
-          subscription.unsubscribe()
-        );
-      }
-
-      componentWillUnmount () {
-        this.unsubscribe();
-      }
-
-      triggerUpdate = (props: any, value?: T): void => {
-        if (isEqual(value, this.state.value)) {
-          return;
-        }
-
-        triggerChange(value, onChange, props.onChange || defaultProps.onChange);
+      private subscribe (newParams: Array<any>) {
+        const { apiObservable } = this.props;
+        const observable = apiObservable[subscription](...newParams);
 
         this.setState({
-          rxUpdated: true,
-          rxUpdatedAt: Date.now(),
-          value
+          Component: withObservableBase(observable, {
+            rxChange,
+            propName,
+            transform
+          })(Inner, defaultProps, render)
         });
       }
 
       render () {
-        const { children } = this.props;
-        const { rxUpdated, rxUpdatedAt, value } = this.state;
-        const _props = {
-          ...defaultProps,
-          ...this.props,
-          rxUpdated,
-          rxUpdatedAt,
-          [propName]: value
-        };
+        const { Component } = this.state;
 
-        delete _props.onChange;
+        if (!Component) {
+          return null;
+        }
 
         return (
-          <Inner {..._props}>
-            {render && render(value)}{children}
-          </Inner>
+          <Component {...this.props} />
         );
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/ui-react-rx/src/with/observableBase.tsx b/packages/ui-react-rx/src/with/observableBase.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2eb391ee20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui-react-rx/src/with/observableBase.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2018 @polkadot/ui-react-rx authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the ISC license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+// TODO: Lots of duplicated code between this and withObservable, surely there ois a better way of doing this?
+
+import { RxProps } from '../types';
+import { HOC, Options, DefaultProps, RenderFn } from './types';
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+
+import intervalSubscribe from '../util/intervalSubscribe';
+import isEqual from '../util/isEqual';
+import triggerChange from '../util/triggerChange';
+import echoTransform from './transform/echo';
+
+type State<T> = RxProps<T> & {
+  subscriptions: Array<any>; // FIXME subscriptions
+};
+
+// FIXME proper types for attributes
+
+export default function withObservableBase<T> (observable: Observable<any>, { rxChange, propName = 'value', transform = echoTransform }: Options<T> = {}): HOC<T> {
+  return (Inner: React.ComponentType<any>, defaultProps: DefaultProps<T> = {}, render?: RenderFn): React.ComponentType<any> => {
+    return class WithObservable extends React.Component<any, State<T>> {
+      state: State<T>;
+
+      constructor (props: any) {
+        super(props);
+
+        this.state = {
+          rxUpdated: false,
+          rxUpdatedAt: 0,
+          subscriptions: [],
+          value: void 0
+        };
+      }
+
+      componentDidMount () {
+        this.setState({
+          subscriptions: [
+            observable
+              .pipe(map(transform))
+              .subscribe((value: any) =>
+                this.triggerUpdate(this.props, value)
+              ),
+            intervalSubscribe(this)
+          ]
+        });
+      }
+
+      componentWillUnmount () {
+        this.state.subscriptions.forEach((subscription) =>
+          subscription.unsubscribe()
+        );
+      }
+
+      triggerUpdate = (props: any, value?: T): void => {
+        if (isEqual(value, this.state.value)) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        triggerChange(value, rxChange, props.rxChange || defaultProps.rxChange);
+
+        this.setState({
+          rxUpdated: true,
+          rxUpdatedAt: Date.now(),
+          value
+        });
+      }
+
+      render () {
+        const { children } = this.props;
+        const { rxUpdated, rxUpdatedAt, value } = this.state;
+        const _props = {
+          ...defaultProps,
+          ...this.props,
+          rxUpdated,
+          rxUpdatedAt,
+          [propName]: value
+        };
+
+        return (
+          <Inner {..._props}>
+            {render && render(value)}{children}
+          </Inner>
+        );
+      }
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/ui-react-rx/src/with/types.d.ts b/packages/ui-react-rx/src/with/types.d.ts
index b3ea2ae2d6..9021c40ea8 100644
--- a/packages/ui-react-rx/src/with/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-react-rx/src/with/types.d.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ import React from 'react';
 export type Transform = (value: any, index: number) => any;
 
 export type DefaultProps<T> = {
-  onChange?: OnChangeCb<T>,
+  rxChange?: OnChangeCb<T>,
   [index: string]: any
 };
 
 export type Options<T> = {
-  onChange?: OnChangeCb<T>,
+  rxChange?: OnChangeCb<T>,
   params?: Array<any>,
   paramProp?: string,
   propName?: string,