diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/admin/client/ObjectEditorPanel.java b/src/java/com/threerings/admin/client/ObjectEditorPanel.java
index efea51a0b..d08f7d2c8 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/admin/client/ObjectEditorPanel.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/admin/client/ObjectEditorPanel.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ObjectEditorPanel.java,v 1.3 2004/03/04 02:43:48 eric Exp $
+// $Id: ObjectEditorPanel.java,v 1.4 2004/03/06 12:00:39 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.admin.client;
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.threerings.presents.dobj.Subscriber;
 import com.threerings.presents.util.PresentsContext;
 
 import com.threerings.admin.Log;
+import com.threerings.admin.data.ConfigObject;
 
 /**
  * Used to edit the distributed object fields of a particular
@@ -96,12 +97,7 @@ public class ObjectEditorPanel extends ScrollablePanel
                 // if the field is anything but a plain old public field,
                 // we don't want to edit it
                 if (fields[ii].getModifiers() == Modifier.PUBLIC) {
-                    JPanel panel = _object.getCustomEditor(_ctx,
-                                                           fields[ii].getName());
-                    if (panel == null) {
-                        panel = new FieldEditor(_ctx, fields[ii], _object);
-                    }
-                    add(panel);
+                    add(_object.getEditor(_ctx, fields[ii]));
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/admin/data/ConfigObject.dobj b/src/java/com/threerings/admin/data/ConfigObject.dobj
index ce3a52e97..29560705a 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/admin/data/ConfigObject.dobj
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/admin/data/ConfigObject.dobj
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 //
-// $Id: ConfigObject.dobj,v 1.1 2004/03/04 02:42:31 eric Exp $
+// $Id: ConfigObject.dobj,v 1.2 2004/03/06 12:00:39 mdb Exp $
 
-package com.threerings.admin.client;
+package com.threerings.admin.data;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.DObject;
 import com.threerings.presents.util.PresentsContext;
 
+import com.threerings.admin.client.FieldEditor;
+
 /**
  * Base class for runtime config distributed objects.  Used to allow
  * config objects to supply custom object editing UI.
@@ -15,10 +18,10 @@ import com.threerings.presents.util.PresentsContext;
 public class ConfigObject extends DObject
 {
     /**
-     * Returns a custom editor panel for the specified field.
+     * Returns the editor panel for the specified field.
      */
-    public JPanel getCustomEditor (PresentsContext ctx, String fieldName)
+    public JPanel getEditor (PresentsContext ctx, Field field)
     {
-        return null;
+        return new FieldEditor(ctx, field, this);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/admin/data/ConfigObject.java b/src/java/com/threerings/admin/data/ConfigObject.java
index 10406535d..271e77bd6 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/admin/data/ConfigObject.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/admin/data/ConfigObject.java
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 //
-// $Id: ConfigObject.java,v 1.1 2004/03/04 02:42:31 eric Exp $
+// $Id: ConfigObject.java,v 1.2 2004/03/06 12:00:39 mdb Exp $
 
-package com.threerings.admin.client;
+package com.threerings.admin.data;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.DObject;
 import com.threerings.presents.util.PresentsContext;
 
+import com.threerings.admin.client.FieldEditor;
+
 /**
  * Base class for runtime config distributed objects.  Used to allow
  * config objects to supply custom object editing UI.
@@ -15,10 +18,10 @@ import com.threerings.presents.util.PresentsContext;
 public class ConfigObject extends DObject
 {
     /**
-     * Returns a custom editor panel for the specified field.
+     * Returns the editor panel for the specified field.
      */
-    public JPanel getCustomEditor (PresentsContext ctx, String fieldName)
+    public JPanel getEditor (PresentsContext ctx, Field field)
     {
-        return null;
+        return new FieldEditor(ctx, field, this);
     }
 }