diff --git a/src/renku/app/main.cpp b/src/renku/app/main.cpp
--- a/src/renku/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/renku/app/main.cpp
@@ -75,11 +75,7 @@
     window->addDockWidget(Qt::LeftDockWidgetArea, pagesDock);
     window->addDockWidget(Qt::LeftDockWidgetArea, sourcesDock);
 
-    auto actions = QHash<QString, QAction*>();
-    actions.unite(components->availableSourcesView()->globalActions());
-    actions.unite(components->availablePagesView()->globalActions());
-    actions.unite(components->pageView()->globalActions());
-
+    auto actions = components->globalActions();
     auto ac = window->actionCollection();
     ac->addAction(KStandardAction::Quit, window, SLOT(close()));
     for (auto it = actions.constBegin(); it != actions.constEnd(); ++it) {
diff --git a/src/widgets/applicationcomponents.h b/src/widgets/applicationcomponents.h
--- a/src/widgets/applicationcomponents.h
+++ b/src/widgets/applicationcomponents.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef WIDGETS_APPLICATIONCOMPONENTS_H
 #define WIDGETS_APPLICATIONCOMPONENTS_H
 
+#include <QHash>
 #include <QObject>
 
 #include "domain/artifact.h"
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@
 public:
     explicit ApplicationComponents(QWidget *parent = Q_NULLPTR);
 
+    QHash<QString, QAction*> globalActions() const;
+
     QObjectPtr model() const;
 
     AvailableSourcesView *availableSourcesView() const;
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@
     void onCurrentArtifactChanged(const Domain::Artifact::Ptr &artifact);
 
 private:
+    QHash<QString, QAction*> m_actions;
     QObjectPtr m_model;
 
     QWidget *m_parent;
diff --git a/src/widgets/applicationcomponents.cpp b/src/widgets/applicationcomponents.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/applicationcomponents.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/applicationcomponents.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@
 {
 }
 
+QHash<QString, QAction *> ApplicationComponents::globalActions() const
+{
+    auto actions = QHash<QString, QAction*>();
+    actions.unite(availableSourcesView()->globalActions());
+    actions.unite(availablePagesView()->globalActions());
+    actions.unite(pageView()->globalActions());
+    actions.unite(m_actions);
+
+    return actions;
+}
+
 QObjectPtr ApplicationComponents::model() const
 {
     return m_model;
diff --git a/src/zanshin/app/main.cpp b/src/zanshin/app/main.cpp
--- a/src/zanshin/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/zanshin/app/main.cpp
@@ -92,11 +92,7 @@
     window->addDockWidget(Qt::LeftDockWidgetArea, pagesDock);
     window->addDockWidget(Qt::LeftDockWidgetArea, sourcesDock);
 
-    auto actions = QHash<QString, QAction*>();
-    actions.unite(components->availableSourcesView()->globalActions());
-    actions.unite(components->availablePagesView()->globalActions());
-    actions.unite(components->pageView()->globalActions());
-
+    auto actions = components->globalActions();
     auto ac = window->actionCollection();
     ac->addAction(KStandardAction::Quit, window, SLOT(close()));
     for (auto it = actions.constBegin(); it != actions.constEnd(); ++it) {
diff --git a/src/zanshin/kontact/part.cpp b/src/zanshin/kontact/part.cpp
--- a/src/zanshin/kontact/part.cpp
+++ b/src/zanshin/kontact/part.cpp
@@ -68,11 +68,7 @@
     splitter->addWidget(components->editorView());
     setWidget(splitter);
 
-    auto actions = QHash<QString, QAction*>();
-    actions.unite(components->availableSourcesView()->globalActions());
-    actions.unite(components->availablePagesView()->globalActions());
-    actions.unite(components->pageView()->globalActions());
-
+    auto actions = components->globalActions();
     auto ac = actionCollection();
     for (auto it = actions.constBegin(); it != actions.constEnd(); ++it) {
         ac->addAction(it.key(), it.value());
diff --git a/tests/units/widgets/applicationcomponentstest.cpp b/tests/units/widgets/applicationcomponentstest.cpp
--- a/tests/units/widgets/applicationcomponentstest.cpp
+++ b/tests/units/widgets/applicationcomponentstest.cpp
@@ -424,6 +424,71 @@
         QCOMPARE(editorModel.property("artifact").value<Domain::Artifact::Ptr>(),
                  pageModel.itemAtRow(index.row()));
     }
+
+    void shouldHaveDefaultActionsList()
+    {
+        // GIVEN
+        Widgets::ApplicationComponents components;
+
+        // WHEN
+        auto actions = components.globalActions();
+
+        // THEN
+        QCOMPARE(actions.size(), 12);
+
+        // availablePage view
+        auto available = components.availablePagesView();
+
+        auto addProjectAction = available->findChild<QAction*>("addProjectAction");
+        QVERIFY(addProjectAction);
+        auto addContextAction = available->findChild<QAction*>("addContextAction");
+        QVERIFY(addContextAction);
+        auto addTagAction = available->findChild<QAction*>("addTagAction");
+        QVERIFY(addTagAction);
+        auto removeAction = available->findChild<QAction*>("removeAction");
+        QVERIFY(removeAction);
+        auto goPreviousAction = available->findChild<QAction*>("goPreviousAction");
+        QVERIFY(goPreviousAction);
+        auto goNextAction = available->findChild<QAction*>("goNextAction");
+        QVERIFY(goNextAction);
+        auto goToAction = available->findChild<QAction*>("goToAction");
+        QVERIFY(goToAction);
+
+        QCOMPARE(actions.value("pages_project_add"), addProjectAction);
+        QCOMPARE(actions.value("pages_context_add"), addContextAction);
+        QCOMPARE(actions.value("pages_tag_add"), addTagAction);
+        QCOMPARE(actions.value("pages_remove"), removeAction);
+        QCOMPARE(actions.value("pages_go_previous"), goPreviousAction);
+        QCOMPARE(actions.value("pages_go_next"), goNextAction);
+        QCOMPARE(actions.value("pages_go_to"), goToAction);
+
+        // availableSource view
+        auto availableSource = components.availableSourcesView();
+
+        auto settingsAction = availableSource->findChild<QAction*>("settingsAction");
+        QVERIFY(settingsAction);
+
+        QCOMPARE(actions.value("options_configure"), settingsAction);
+
+        // page view
+        auto page = components.pageView();
+
+        auto addAction = page->findChild<QAction*>("addItemAction");
+        QVERIFY(addAction);
+        auto cancelAddAction = page->findChild<QAction*>("cancelAddItemAction");
+        QVERIFY(cancelAddAction);
+        auto removeItemAction = page->findChild<QAction*>("removeItemAction");
+        QVERIFY(removeItemAction);
+        auto promoteAction = page->findChild<QAction*>("promoteItemAction");
+        QVERIFY(promoteAction);
+        auto filterAction = page->findChild<QAction*>("filterViewAction");
+        QVERIFY(filterAction);
+
+        QCOMPARE(actions.value("page_view_add"), addAction);
+        QCOMPARE(actions.value("page_view_remove"), removeItemAction);
+        QCOMPARE(actions.value("page_view_promote"), promoteAction);
+        QCOMPARE(actions.value("page_view_filter"), filterAction);
+    }
 };
 
 QTEST_MAIN(ApplicationComponentsTest)