diff --git a/src/apps/stylededit/StatusView.cpp b/src/apps/stylededit/StatusView.cpp
index edd3d9878e..4d65f7c147 100644
--- a/src/apps/stylededit/StatusView.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/stylededit/StatusView.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <Window.h>
 
 #include "Constants.h"
+#include "StyledEditWindow.h"
 
 
 const float kHorzSpacing = 5.f;
@@ -158,17 +159,19 @@ StatusView::MouseDown(BPoint where)
 	if (!fReadOnly)
 		return;
 
-	float left = fCellWidth[kPositionCell] + fCellWidth[kEncodingCell];
-	if (where.x < left)
+	if (where.x < fCellWidth[kPositionCell])
 		return;
 
+	BPopUpMenu *menu = new BPopUpMenu(B_EMPTY_STRING, false, false);
+	float left = fCellWidth[kPositionCell] + fCellWidth[kEncodingCell];
+	if (where.x < left)
+		StyledEditWindow::PopulateEncodingMenu(menu, fEncoding);
+	else
+		menu->AddItem(new BMenuItem(B_TRANSLATE("Unlock file"),
+					new BMessage(UNLOCK_FILE)));
 	where.x = left;
 	where.y = Bounds().bottom;
 
-	BPopUpMenu *menu = new BPopUpMenu(B_EMPTY_STRING, false, false);
-	menu->AddItem(new BMenuItem(B_TRANSLATE("Unlock file"),
-			new BMessage(UNLOCK_FILE)));
-
 	ConvertToScreen(&where);
 	menu->SetTargetForItems(this);
 	menu->Go(where, true, true,	true);
@@ -188,20 +191,21 @@ StatusView::SetStatus(BMessage* message)
 		fCellText[kPositionCell].SetTo(info);
 	}
 
-	BString encoding;
-	if (B_OK == message->FindString("encoding", &encoding)) {
+	if (B_OK == message->FindString("encoding", &fEncoding)) {
 		// sometime corresponding Int-32 "encoding" attrib is read as string :(
-		if (encoding.Length() == 0
-			|| encoding.Compare("\xff\xff") == 0
-			|| encoding.Compare("UTF-8") == 0)
+		if (fEncoding.Length() == 0
+			|| fEncoding.Compare("\xff\xff") == 0
+			|| fEncoding.Compare("UTF-8") == 0)
 		{
 			fCellText[kEncodingCell] = "UTF-8";
+			fEncoding.Truncate(0);
 		} else {
 			const BCharacterSet* charset
-				= BCharacterSetRoster::FindCharacterSetByName(encoding);
+				= BCharacterSetRoster::FindCharacterSetByName(fEncoding);
 			fCellText[kEncodingCell]
 				= charset != NULL ? charset->GetPrintName() : "";
 		}
+		fCellText[kEncodingCell] << " " UTF8_EXPAND_ARROW;
 	}
 
 	bool modified = false;
diff --git a/src/apps/stylededit/StatusView.h b/src/apps/stylededit/StatusView.h
index fcf542f303..80f92b5606 100644
--- a/src/apps/stylededit/StatusView.h
+++ b/src/apps/stylededit/StatusView.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ private:
 			BString			fCellText[kStatusCellCount];
 			float			fCellWidth[kStatusCellCount];
 			bool			fReadOnly;
+			BString			fEncoding;
 };
 
 #endif  // STATUS_VIEW_H
diff --git a/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.cpp b/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.cpp
index 9e08d4f5ad..7732017d45 100644
--- a/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.cpp
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ StyledEditWindow::MessageReceived(BMessage* message)
 		case MSG_REPLACE_ALL:
 		{
 			message->FindBool("casesens", &fCaseSensitive);
-			message->FindString("FindText",&fStringToFind);
-			message->FindString("ReplaceText",&fReplaceString);
+			message->FindString("FindText", &fStringToFind);
+			message->FindString("ReplaceText", &fReplaceString);
 
 			bool allWindows;
 			message->FindBool("allwindows", &allWindows);
@@ -1291,7 +1291,9 @@ StyledEditWindow::_InitWindow(uint32 encoding)
 	fWrapItem->SetMarked(true);
 	fWrapItem->SetShortcut('W', B_OPTION_KEY);
 
-	menu->AddItem(fEncodingItem = _MakeEncodingMenuItem());
+	menu->AddItem(fEncodingItem = new BMenuItem(PopulateEncodingMenu(
+		new BMenu(B_TRANSLATE("Text encoding")), "UTF-8"),
+		new BMessage(MENU_RELOAD)));
 	fEncodingItem->SetEnabled(false);
 
 	menu->AddSeparatorItem();
@@ -1564,7 +1566,7 @@ StyledEditWindow::_UnlockFile()
 	status_t status = dir.InitCheck();
 	if (status != B_OK)
 		return status;
-	
+
 	status = entry.InitCheck();
 	if (status != B_OK)
 		return status;
@@ -1578,7 +1580,7 @@ StyledEditWindow::_UnlockFile()
 	status = file.GetStat(&st);
 	if (status != B_OK)
 		return status;
-	
+
 	st.st_mode |= S_IWUSR;
 	status = file.SetPermissions(st.st_mode);
 	if (status == B_OK)
@@ -1882,10 +1884,13 @@ StyledEditWindow::_ShowAlert(const BString& text, const BString& label,
 }
 
 
-BMenuItem*
-StyledEditWindow::_MakeEncodingMenuItem()
+BMenu*
+StyledEditWindow::PopulateEncodingMenu(BMenu* menu, const char* currentEncoding)
 {
-	BMenu* menu = new BMenu(B_TRANSLATE("Text encoding"));
+	menu->SetRadioMode(true);
+	BString encoding(currentEncoding);
+	if (encoding.Length() == 0)
+		encoding.SetTo("UTF-8");
 
 	BCharacterSetRoster roster;
 	BCharacterSet charset;
@@ -1899,7 +1904,10 @@ StyledEditWindow::_MakeEncodingMenuItem()
 		BMessage *message = new BMessage(MENU_RELOAD);
 		if (message != NULL) {
 			message->AddString("encoding", charset.GetName());
-			menu->AddItem(new BMenuItem(name, message));
+			BMenuItem* item = new BMenuItem(name, message);
+			if (encoding.Compare(charset.GetName()) == 0)
+				item->SetMarked(true);
+			menu->AddItem(item);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1908,9 +1916,7 @@ StyledEditWindow::_MakeEncodingMenuItem()
 	message->AddString("encoding", "auto");
 	menu->AddItem(new BMenuItem(B_TRANSLATE("Autodetect"), message));
 
-	menu->SetRadioMode(true);
-
-	return new BMenuItem(menu, new BMessage(MENU_RELOAD));
+	return menu;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.h b/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.h
index ae8aac3efa..af8dc04f4b 100644
--- a/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.h
+++ b/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.h
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ public:
 									bool caseSensitive);
 			bool				IsDocumentEntryRef(const entry_ref* ref);
 
+	static	BMenu*				PopulateEncodingMenu(BMenu* menu,
+									const char* encoding);
 private:
 			void				_InitWindow(uint32 encoding = 0);
-			BMenuItem*			_MakeEncodingMenuItem();
 			void				_LoadAttrs();
 			void				_SaveAttrs();
 			status_t			_LoadFile(entry_ref* ref,