diff --git a/src/View.php b/src/View.php
index 74affd9..a74da97 100644
--- a/src/View.php
+++ b/src/View.php
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 namespace yii1tech\mailer;
 
 use CFileHelper;
+use CMap;
 use Yii;
+use yii1tech\mailer\widgets\ClipWidget;
 
 /**
  * View is a email template view renderer.
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @property string $viewPath the root directory of view files. Defaults to 'views/mail' under the application base path.
  * @property \IViewRenderer|\CViewRenderer|array|string|null|false $viewRenderer view renderer or its array configuration.
+ * @property \CMap $clips The list of clips.
  *
  * @author Paul Klimov <klimov.paul@gmail.com>
  * @since 1.0
@@ -38,6 +41,12 @@ class View extends \CBaseController
      */
     private $_viewRenderer;
 
+    /**
+     * @var \CMap|null list of clips.
+     * @see \CClipWidget
+     */
+    private $_clips;
+
     /**
      * @return string the root directory of view files. Defaults to 'views/mail' under the application base path.
      */
@@ -178,6 +187,8 @@ public function render(string $view, ?array $data = null, ?string $locale = null
                 $content = $this->renderPartial($this->layout, ['content' => $content], true);
             }
         } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            throw $e;
+        } finally {
             while (ob_get_level() > $obInitialLevel) {
                 if (!@ob_end_clean()) {
                     ob_clean();
@@ -185,14 +196,10 @@ public function render(string $view, ?array $data = null, ?string $locale = null
             }
 
             $this->layout = $originalLayout;
+            $this->_clips = null;
             Yii::app()->setLanguage($originalLocale);
-
-            throw $e;
         }
 
-        $this->layout = $originalLayout;
-        Yii::app()->setLanguage($originalLocale);
-
         return $content;
     }
 
@@ -220,4 +227,44 @@ public function renderPartial(string $view, ?array $data = null, bool $return =
 
         return $this->renderFile($viewFile, $data, $return);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the list of clips.
+     * A clip is a named piece of rendering result that can be inserted at different places.
+     *
+     * @see \yii1tech\mailer\widgets\ClipWidget
+     *
+     * @return \CMap the list of clips
+     */
+    public function getClips(): CMap
+    {
+        if ($this->_clips === null) {
+            $this->_clips = new CMap();
+        }
+
+        return $this->_clips;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Begins recording a clip.
+     * This method is a shortcut to beginning {@see \yii1tech\mailer\widgets\ClipWidget}.
+     *
+     * @param string $id the clip ID.
+     * @param array $properties initial property values for {@see \yii1tech\mailer\widgets\ClipWidget}.
+     */
+    public function beginClip($id, $properties = []): void
+    {
+        $properties['id'] = $id;
+        $properties['view'] = $this;
+        $this->beginWidget(ClipWidget::class, $properties);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ends recording a clip.
+     * This method is an alias to {@see endWidget()}.
+     */
+    public function endClip(): void
+    {
+        $this->endWidget(ClipWidget::class);
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/widgets/ClipWidget.php b/src/widgets/ClipWidget.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7078b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/ClipWidget.php
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace yii1tech\mailer\widgets;
+
+use CWidget;
+
+/**
+ * ClipWidget records its content and makes it available elsewhere.
+ *
+ * This is a replacement for standard {@see \CClipWidget}, which can integrate into {@see \yii1tech\mailer\View}.
+ *
+ * @see \yii1tech\mailer\View::beginClip()
+ *
+ * @author Paul Klimov <klimov.paul@gmail.com>
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+class ClipWidget extends CWidget
+{
+    /**
+     * @var \CBaseController|\yii1tech\mailer\View view, which renders this widget.
+     */
+    public $view;
+
+    /**
+     * @var bool whether to render the clip content in place. Defaults to false,
+     * meaning the captured clip will not be displayed.
+     */
+    public $renderClip = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Starts recording a clip.
+     */
+    public function init()
+    {
+        ob_start();
+        ob_implicit_flush(false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ends recording a clip.
+     * This method stops output buffering and saves the rendering result as a named clip in the controller.
+     */
+    public function run()
+    {
+        $clip = ob_get_clean();
+        if ($this->renderClip) {
+            echo $clip;
+        }
+
+        $this->view->getClips()->add($this->getId(), $clip);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index 064e1fd..6c1d445 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ protected function tearDown(): void
      * @param array $config The application configuration, if needed
      * @param string $appClass name of the application class to create
      */
-    protected function mockApplication($config = [], $appClass = CConsoleApplication::class)
+    protected function mockApplication($config = [], $appClass = \CWebApplication::class)
     {
         Yii::setApplication(null);
 
diff --git a/tests/ViewTest.php b/tests/ViewTest.php
index 389e54e..35c3a47 100644
--- a/tests/ViewTest.php
+++ b/tests/ViewTest.php
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ public function testRestoreOrigins(): void
         $this->assertStringContainsString('Locale = ru', $content);
         $this->assertStringContainsString('<!--Header-->', $content);
         $this->assertStringContainsString('<!--Footer-->', $content);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('Clip = Test Clip Content', $content);
 
         $this->assertSame('default-layout', $view->layout);
         $this->assertSame('en_us', Yii::app()->getLanguage());
+        $this->assertCount(0, $view->getClips());
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/views/mail/layout.php b/tests/views/mail/layout.php
index c69b2dd..06c1fe3 100644
--- a/tests/views/mail/layout.php
+++ b/tests/views/mail/layout.php
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @var $this \yii1tech\mailer\View
+ */
+?>
 <!--Header-->
 <?php echo $content; ?>
+Clip = <?php echo $this->getClips()->itemAt('test-clip') ?>
 <!--Footer-->
diff --git a/tests/views/mail/switch.php b/tests/views/mail/switch.php
index ff089cb..1116c2e 100644
--- a/tests/views/mail/switch.php
+++ b/tests/views/mail/switch.php
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@
 Test switch mail template
 Name = <?php echo $name; ?>
 Locale = <?php echo Yii::app()->getLanguage(); ?>
+<?php $this->beginClip('test-clip'); ?>
+Test Clip Content
+<?php $this->endClip(); ?>