diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/ModelEditorNotAvailableBinding.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/ModelEditorNotAvailableBinding.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..72789c1027c696d624298b4a10f1a968b3619f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/ModelEditorNotAvailableBinding.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+$Id$
+|                                                                          |
+| Copyright 2017 fortiss GmbH                                              |
+|                                                                          |
+| Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          |
+| you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         |
+| You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  |
+|                                                                          |
+|    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                            |
+|                                                                          |
+| Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      |
+| distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,        |
+| WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
+| See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      |
+| limitations under the License.                                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension;
+
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.base.ModelEditorBindingBase;
+
+/**
+ * A special model editor binding that can be used to indicate that for some model element type no
+ * editor is available.
+ * 
+ * @author barner
+ * @author $Author$
+ * @version $Rev$
+ * @ConQAT.Rating YELLOW Hash: 7832967A672B8DA3E9DA3EC5F619AF2E
+ */
+public final class ModelEditorNotAvailableBinding extends ModelEditorBindingBase<EObject> {
+	// Nothing to do: The type ModelEditorNotAvailableBinding is used in ModelEditorBindingService
+	// to make a case distinction for model elements without dedicated editors.
+}
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/ModelEditorBindingService.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/ModelEditorBindingService.java
index 7822444f4bc53c5fbef376ed361066cda5935a2c..9b505788a433bcb73f3197a3e712351429ee56c7 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/ModelEditorBindingService.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/ModelEditorBindingService.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.service.base.EObjectAwareServiceBase;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.IModelEditor;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.IModelEditorBinding;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.IModelElementHandler;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.ModelEditorNotAvailableBinding;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.internal.editor.ExtendableMultiPageEditor;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.internal.editor.ModelElementEditorInput;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.internal.introspection.items.ModelEditorBindingServiceIntrospectionDetailsItem;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.KernelModelElementUtils;
  * @author hoelzl
  * @author $Author$
  * @version $Rev$
- * @ConQAT.Rating GREEN Hash: E0A5099E95B68D133185FE1231BD04D5
+ * @ConQAT.Rating YELLOW Hash: 4C9FA5C29DE00AF287B1AA1F131BB2A5
  */
 public class ModelEditorBindingService extends
 		EObjectAwareServiceBase<IModelEditorBinding<EObject>> implements
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ public class ModelEditorBindingService extends
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
 	public void openInEditor(EObject element) {
+		// TODO (SB,13): Where does the "2" come from? See #3048
 		openInEditor(element, 2);
 	}
 
@@ -145,7 +147,16 @@ public class ModelEditorBindingService extends
 			}
 			return;
 		}
-		if(getBindings(element).isEmpty()) {
+
+		List<IModelEditorBinding<EObject>> bindings = getBindings(element);
+		int numBindings = bindings.size();
+		// There is exactly one binding that indicates that no editor should be displayed.
+		if(numBindings == 1 && bindings.get(0) instanceof ModelEditorNotAvailableBinding) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Recurse if there is an editor for one the model element's ancestors.
+		if(numBindings == 0) {
 			if(depth > 0 && element.eContainer() != null) {
 				openInEditor(element.eContainer(), depth - 1);
 			}