diff --git a/frontend/src/app/modules/grids/widgets/project-details/project-details.component.html b/frontend/src/app/modules/grids/widgets/project-details/project-details.component.html
index 6ba8a201c2..4f36fa126e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/modules/grids/widgets/project-details/project-details.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/modules/grids/widgets/project-details/project-details.component.html
@@ -9,10 +9,19 @@
 </widget-header>
 
 <div class="grid--widget-content">
-  <div class="attributes-map"
-       #contentContainer>
-  </div>
-  <no-results *ngIf="noFields"
-              [title]="text.noResults">
-  </no-results>
+  <edit-form *ngIf="(project$ | async) as project"
+             [resource]="project">
+    <div class="attributes-map">
+      <ng-container *ngFor="let cf of customFields">
+        <div class="attributes-map--key">
+          {{ cf.label }}
+        </div>
+        <div class="attributes-map--value">
+          <editable-attribute-field [resource]="project"
+                                    [fieldName]="cf.key">
+          </editable-attribute-field>
+        </div>
+      </ng-container>
+    </div>
+  </edit-form>
 </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/modules/grids/widgets/project-details/project-details.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/modules/grids/widgets/project-details/project-details.component.ts
index bc481cd4a9..a1650bb3d3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/modules/grids/widgets/project-details/project-details.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/modules/grids/widgets/project-details/project-details.component.ts
@@ -26,53 +26,50 @@
 // See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
 // ++
 
-import {Component, OnInit, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, Injector, ViewChild, ElementRef} from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  ChangeDetectionStrategy,
+  ChangeDetectorRef,
+  Component,
+  ElementRef,
+  Injector,
+  OnInit,
+  ViewChild
+} from '@angular/core';
 import {AbstractWidgetComponent} from "app/modules/grids/widgets/abstract-widget.component";
 import {I18nService} from "core-app/modules/common/i18n/i18n.service";
 import {ProjectDmService} from "core-app/modules/hal/dm-services/project-dm.service";
 import {CurrentProjectService} from "core-components/projects/current-project.service";
 import {SchemaResource} from "core-app/modules/hal/resources/schema-resource";
-import {DisplayFieldContext, DisplayFieldService} from "core-app/modules/fields/display/display-field.service";
-import {ProjectResource} from "core-app/modules/hal/resources/project-resource";
-import {PortalCleanupService} from 'core-app/modules/fields/display/display-portal/portal-cleanup.service';
-import {DisplayField} from "core-app/modules/fields/display/display-field.module";
-import {WorkPackageViewHighlightingService} from "core-app/modules/work_packages/routing/wp-view-base/view-services/wp-view-highlighting.service";
-import {IsolatedQuerySpace} from "core-app/modules/work_packages/query-space/isolated-query-space";
 import {ProjectCacheService} from "core-components/projects/project-cache.service";
-
-export const emptyPlaceholder = '-';
+import {Observable} from "rxjs";
+import {ProjectResource} from "core-app/modules/hal/resources/project-resource";
+import {HalResourceEditingService} from "core-app/modules/fields/edit/services/hal-resource-editing.service";
 
 @Component({
   templateUrl: './project-details.component.html',
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
   providers: [
-    // required by the displayField service to render the fields
-    PortalCleanupService,
-    WorkPackageViewHighlightingService,
-    IsolatedQuerySpace
+    HalResourceEditingService
   ]
 })
 export class WidgetProjectDetailsComponent extends AbstractWidgetComponent implements OnInit {
   @ViewChild('contentContainer', { static: true }) readonly contentContainer:ElementRef;
 
-  public noFields = false;
-
-  public text = {
-    noResults: this.i18n.t('js.grid.widgets.project_details.no_results'),
-  };
+  public customFields:{key:string, label:string}[] = [];
+  public project$:Observable<ProjectResource>;
 
   constructor(protected readonly i18n:I18nService,
               protected readonly injector:Injector,
               protected readonly projectDm:ProjectDmService,
               protected readonly projectCache:ProjectCacheService,
               protected readonly currentProject:CurrentProjectService,
-              protected readonly displayField:DisplayFieldService,
-              protected readonly cdr:ChangeDetectorRef) {
+              protected readonly cdRef:ChangeDetectorRef) {
     super(i18n, injector);
   }
 
   ngOnInit() {
     this.loadAndRender();
+    this.project$ = this.projectCache.requireAndStream(this.currentProject.id!);
   }
 
   public get isEditable() {
@@ -80,96 +77,25 @@ export class WidgetProjectDetailsComponent extends AbstractWidgetComponent imple
   }
 
   private loadAndRender() {
-    Promise.all(
-        [this.loadCurrentProject(),
-        this.loadProjectSchema()]
-      )
-      .then(([project, schema]) => {
-        this.renderCFs(project, schema as SchemaResource);
-
-        this.redraw();
+    Promise.all([
+        this.loadProjectSchema()
+      ])
+      .then(([schema]) => {
+        this.setCustomFields(schema);
       });
   }
 
-  private loadCurrentProject() {
-    return this.projectCache.require(this.currentProject.id as string);
-  }
-
-  public get isLoaded() {
-    return this.projectCache.state(this.currentProject.id as string).value;
-  }
-
   private loadProjectSchema() {
     return this.projectDm.schema();
   }
 
-  private renderCFs(project:ProjectResource, schema:SchemaResource) {
-    const cfFields = this.collectFieldsForCfs(project, schema);
-
-    this.noFields = cfFields.length === 0;
-
-    this.sortFieldsLexicographically(cfFields);
-    this.renderFields(cfFields);
-  }
-
-  private collectFieldsForCfs(project:ProjectResource, schema:SchemaResource) {
-    let displayFields:Array<DisplayField> = [];
-    // passing an arbitrary context to displayField.getField only to satisfy the interface
-    let context:DisplayFieldContext = {injector: this.injector, container: 'table', options: []};
-
+  private setCustomFields(schema:SchemaResource) {
     Object.entries(schema).forEach(([key, keySchema]) => {
       if (key.match(/customField\d+/)) {
-        let field = this.displayField.getField(project, key, keySchema, context);
-
-        displayFields.push(field);
+        this.customFields.push({key: key, label: keySchema.name });
       }
     });
 
-    return displayFields;
-  }
-
-  private sortFieldsLexicographically(fields:Array<DisplayField>) {
-    fields.sort((a, b) => { return a.label.localeCompare(b.label); });
-  }
-
-  private renderFields(fields:Array<DisplayField>) {
-    this.contentContainer.nativeElement.innerHTML = '';
-
-    fields.forEach(field => {
-      this.renderKeyValue(field);
-    });
-  }
-
-  private renderKeyValue(field:DisplayField) {
-    this.contentContainer.nativeElement.appendChild(this.labelElement(field));
-    this.contentContainer.nativeElement.appendChild(this.valueElement(field));
-  }
-
-  private labelElement(field:DisplayField) {
-    const label = document.createElement('div');
-    label.classList.add('attributes-map--key');
-    label.innerText = field.label;
-
-    return label;
-  }
-
-  private valueElement(field:DisplayField) {
-    const value = document.createElement('div');
-    value.classList.add('attributes-map--value');
-    field.render(value, this.getText(field));
-
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  private getText(field:DisplayField):string {
-    if (field.isEmpty()) {
-      return emptyPlaceholder;
-    } else {
-      return field.valueString;
-    }
-  }
-
-  private redraw() {
-    this.cdr.detectChanges();
+    this.cdRef.detectChanges();
   }
 }