diff --git a/Modules/MitkExt/Resources/Interactions/AffineRotationConfig.xml b/Modules/MitkExt/Resources/Interactions/AffineRotationConfig.xml
index f3c379b033..c334b6edf1 100644
--- a/Modules/MitkExt/Resources/Interactions/AffineRotationConfig.xml
+++ b/Modules/MitkExt/Resources/Interactions/AffineRotationConfig.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <config>
-  <input event_class="PositionEvent" event_variant="MovePointer">
-  </input>
-  <input event_class="MousePressEvent" event_variant="InitRotation">
+  <event_variant name="MovePointer" class="PositionEvent">
+  </event_variant>
+  <event_variant name="InitRotation" class="MousePressEvent">
       <attribute name="EventButton" value="LeftMouseButton"/>
-  </input>
-  <input event_class="MouseReleaseEvent" event_variant="EndRotation">
+  </event_variant>
+  <event_variant name="EndRotation" class="MouseReleaseEvent">
       <attribute name="EventButton" value="LeftMouseButton"/>
-  </input>
+  </event_variant>
 </config>
diff --git a/Modules/MitkExt/Resources/Interactions/AffineTranslationConfig.xml b/Modules/MitkExt/Resources/Interactions/AffineTranslationConfig.xml
index 379fa034cd..9e78e11971 100644
--- a/Modules/MitkExt/Resources/Interactions/AffineTranslationConfig.xml
+++ b/Modules/MitkExt/Resources/Interactions/AffineTranslationConfig.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <config>
-  <input event_class="PositionEvent" event_variant="MovePointer">
-  </input>
-  <input event_class="MousePressEvent" event_variant="InitTranslatation">
+  <event_variant class="PositionEvent" name="MovePointer">
+  </event_variant>
+  <event_variant class="MousePressEvent" name="InitTranslatation">
       <attribute name="EventButton" value="LeftMouseButton"/>
-  </input>
-  <input event_class="MouseReleaseEvent" event_variant="EndTranslatation">
+  </event_variant>
+  <event_variant class="MouseReleaseEvent" name="EndTranslatation">
       <attribute name="EventButton" value="LeftMouseButton"/>
-  </input>
+  </event_variant>
 </config>