diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ButtonWidget.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ButtonWidget.cs
index 96e41eea7b..32a9672f74 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ButtonWidget.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ButtonWidget.cs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 		public string Key = null;
 		public string Text = "";
 		public bool Depressed = false;
-		public int VisualHeight = ChromeMetrics.GetInt("ButtonDepth");
-		public string Font = ChromeMetrics.GetString("ButtonFont");
+		public int VisualHeight = ChromeMetrics.Get<int>("ButtonDepth");
+		public string Font = ChromeMetrics.Get<string>("ButtonFont");
 		public Func<string> GetText;
 		public Func<bool> IsDisabled = () => false;
 		public Action OnClick = () => {};
@@ -128,4 +128,4 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 			WidgetUtils.DrawPanel(baseName + state, rect);
 		}
 	}
-}
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+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/CheckboxWidget.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/CheckboxWidget.cs
index e68d733705..2968c63e4d 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/CheckboxWidget.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/CheckboxWidget.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 	{
 		public Func<bool> IsChecked = () => false;
 		public int BaseLine = 1;
-		public bool HasPressedState = ChromeMetrics.GetBool("CheckboxPressedState");
+		public bool HasPressedState = ChromeMetrics.Get<bool>("CheckboxPressedState");
 
 		public CheckboxWidget()
 			: base()
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 
 		public override Widget Clone() { return new CheckboxWidget(this); }
 	}
-}
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+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ChromeMetrics.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ChromeMetrics.cs
index c0b9df3ab5..d39ea07457 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ChromeMetrics.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ChromeMetrics.cs
@@ -30,19 +30,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 					data[n.Key] = n.Value.Value;
 		}
 
-		public static string GetString(string key)
+		public static T Get<T>(string key)
 		{
-			return data[key];
-		}
-
-		public static int GetInt(string key)
-		{
-			return int.Parse(data[key]);
-		}
-
-		public static bool GetBool(string key)
-		{
-			return bool.Parse(data[key]);
+			return (T)FieldLoader.GetValue( key, typeof(T), data[key] );
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ScrollPanelWidget.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ScrollPanelWidget.cs
index 0db97d52bf..e4a1f05391 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ScrollPanelWidget.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ScrollPanelWidget.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 		public int ScrollbarWidth = 24;
 		public float ScrollVelocity = 4f;		
 		public int ItemSpacing = 2;
-		public int ButtonDepth = ChromeMetrics.GetInt("ButtonDepth");
+		public int ButtonDepth = ChromeMetrics.Get<int>("ButtonDepth");
 		public string Background = "scrollpanel-bg";
 		public int ContentHeight = 0;
 		protected float ListOffset = 0;
@@ -189,4 +189,4 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 
 		public override Widget Clone() { return new ScrollPanelWidget(this); }
 	}
-}
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+}