diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index a297e19cf..50eb22d3d 100755
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -681,6 +681,12 @@
         <br /><br />
     </dd>
 
+    <dt><b>$cfgLeftWidth </b>integer</dt>
+    <dd>
+        Left frame width in pixel.
+        <br /><br />
+    </dd>
+
     <dt>
         <b>$cfgLeftBgColor </b>string [HTML color]<br />
         <b>$cfgRightBgColor </b>string [HTML color]
@@ -690,6 +696,13 @@
         <br /><br />
     </dd>
 
+    <dt><b>$cfgLeftPointerColor </b>string [HTML color]</dt>
+    <dd>
+        The color (HTML) used for the pointer in the left frame (does not work
+        with NS4).
+        <br /><br />
+    </dd>
+
     <dt><b>$cfgBorder </b>integer</dt>
     <dd>
         The size of a table's border.
@@ -714,7 +727,7 @@
         <br /><br />
     </dd>
 
-    <dt><b>$cfgPointerColor </b>string [HTML color]</dt>
+    <dt><b>$cfgBrowsePointerColor </b>string [HTML color]</dt>
     <dd>
         The color (HTML) used for the pointer in browse mode (does not work
         with NS4).
@@ -749,12 +762,6 @@
         <br /><br />
     </dd>
 
-    <dt><b>$cfgLeftWidth </b>integer</dt>
-    <dd>
-        Left frame width in pixel.
-        <br /><br />
-    </dd>
-
     <dt><b>$cfgColumnTypes </b>array</dt>
     <dd>
         All possible types of a MySQL column. In most cases you don't need to
diff --git a/config.inc.php3 b/config.inc.php3
index 04afc5ebe..2e0691e1b 100755
--- a/config.inc.php3
+++ b/config.inc.php3
@@ -158,19 +158,22 @@ require('./libraries/select_lang.lib.php3');
 /**
  * Customization & design
  */
+$cfgLeftWidth           = 150;          // left frame width
 $cfgLeftBgColor         = '#D0DCE0';    // background color for the left frame
+$cfgLeftPointerColor    = '#CCFFCC';    // color of the pointer in left frame
+                                        // (blank for no pointer)
 $cfgRightBgColor        = '#F5F5F5';    // background color for the right frame
 $cfgBorder              = 0;            // border width on tables
 $cfgThBgcolor           = '#D3DCE3';    // table header row colour
 $cfgBgcolorOne          = '#CCCCCC';    // table data row colour
 $cfgBgcolorTwo          = '#DDDDDD';    // table data row colour, alternate
-$cfgPointerColor        = '#CCFFCC';    // color of the pointer in browse mode
+$cfgBrowsePointerColor  = '#CCFFCC';    // color of the pointer in browse mode
+                                        // (blank for no pointer)
 $cfgTextareaCols        = 40;           // textarea size (columns) in edit mode
 $cfgTextareaRows        = 7;            // textarea size (rows) in edit mode
 $cfgLimitChars          = 50;           // max field data length in browse mode
 $cfgModifyDeleteAtLeft  = TRUE;         // show edit/delete links on left side of browse
 $cfgModifyDeleteAtRight = FALSE;        // show edit/delete links on right side of browse
-$cfgLeftWidth           = 150;          // left frame width
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/left.php3 b/left.php3
index 75a5fc2ff..24015db76 100755
--- a/left.php3
+++ b/left.php3
@@ -210,8 +210,9 @@ if ($num_dbs > 1) {
         } // end if
 
         // Displays the database name
+        $on_mouse = (($cfgLeftPointerColor == '') ? '' : 'onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor=\'' . $cfgLeftPointerColor . '\'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor=\'' . $cfgLeftBgColor . '\'"');
         echo "\n";
-        echo '    <div id="el' . $j . 'Parent" class="parent">';
+        echo '    <div id="el' . $j . 'Parent" class="parent"' . $on_mouse . '>';
 
         if (!empty($num_tables)) {
             echo "\n";
diff --git a/libraries/common.lib.php3 b/libraries/common.lib.php3
index 6cc082c90..4d338b75e 100644
--- a/libraries/common.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/common.lib.php3
@@ -142,11 +142,14 @@ if (!defined('PMA_COMMON_LIB_INCLUDED')){
     if (!isset($cfgLeftBgColor)) {
         $cfgLeftBgColor         = '#D0DCE0';
     }
+    if (!isset($cfgLeftPointerColor)) {
+        $cfgLeftPointerColor  = '';
+    }
     if (!isset($cfgRightBgColor)) {
         $cfgRightBgColor        = '#F5F5F5';
     }
-    if (!isset($cfgPointerColor)) {
-        $cfgPointerColor        = '#CCFFCC';
+    if (!isset($cfgBrowsePointerColor)) {
+        $cfgBrowsePointerColor  = '';
     }
     if (!isset($cfgTextareaCols)) {
         $cfgTextareaCols        = 40;