diff --git a/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3 b/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3
index 11b2bc9b1..bc53b8c3d 100644
--- a/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3
@@ -1258,8 +1258,28 @@ if (!defined('PMA_DISPLAY_TBL_LIB_INCLUDED')) {
 
         // Displays data
         reset($vertical_display['desc']);
+        $row_no = 0;
         while (list($key, $val) = each($vertical_display['desc'])) {
-            echo '<tr>' . "\n";
+            $row_no++;
+
+            if (isset($GLOBALS['printview']) && ($GLOBALS['printview'] == '1')) {
+                $bgcolor = '#ffffff';
+            } else {
+                $bgcolor = ($row_no % 2) ? $GLOBALS['cfg']['BgcolorOne'] : $GLOBALS['cfg']['BgcolorTwo'];
+            }
+
+            $on_mouse     = '';
+            if (!isset($GLOBALS['printview']) || ($GLOBALS['printview'] != '1')) {
+                if ($GLOBALS['cfg']['BrowsePointerColor'] != '') {
+                    $on_mouse = ' onmouseover="setVerticalPointer(this, ' . $row_no . ', \'over\', \'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['BgcolorOne'] . '\', \'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['BgcolorTwo'] . '\', \'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['BrowsePointerColor'] . '\', \'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['BrowseMarkerColor'] . '\');"'
+                              . ' onmouseout="setVerticalPointer(this, ' . $row_no . ', \'out\', \'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['BgcolorOne'] . '\', \'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['BgcolorTwo'] . '\', \'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['BrowsePointerColor'] . '\', \'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['BrowseMarkerColor'] . '\');"';
+                }
+                if ($GLOBALS['cfg']['BrowseMarkerColor'] != '') {
+                    $on_mouse .= ' onmousedown="setVerticalPointer(this, ' . $row_no . ', \'click\', \'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['BgcolorOne'] . '\', \'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['BgcolorTwo'] . '\', \'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['BrowsePointerColor'] . '\', \'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['BrowseMarkerColor'] . '\');"';
+                }
+            } // end if
+
+            echo '<tr ' . $on_mouse . '>' . "\n";
             echo $val;
 
             $foo_counter = 0;
diff --git a/libraries/functions.js b/libraries/functions.js
index 3704cb19a..519f2a9a7 100644
--- a/libraries/functions.js
+++ b/libraries/functions.js
@@ -426,6 +426,121 @@ function setPointer(theRow, theRowNum, theAction, theDefaultColor, thePointerCol
     return true;
 } // end of the 'setPointer()' function
 
+/*
+ * Sets/unsets the pointer and marker in vertical browse mode
+ *
+ * @param   object    the table row
+ * @param   interger  the row number
+ * @param   string    the action calling this script (over, out or click)
+ * @param   string    the default background color
+ * @param   string    the color to use for mouseover
+ * @param   string    the color to use for marking a row
+ *
+ * @return  boolean  whether pointer is set or not
+ *
+ * @author Garvin Hicking <me@supergarv.de> (rewrite of setPointer.)
+ */
+function setVerticalPointer(theRow, theRowNum, theAction, theDefaultColor1, theDefaultColor2, thePointerColor, theMarkColor) {
+    var theCells = null;
+
+    // 1. Pointer and mark feature are disabled or the browser can't get the
+    //    row -> exits
+    if ((thePointerColor == '' && theMarkColor == '')
+        || typeof(theRow.style) == 'undefined') {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // 2. Gets the current row and exits if the browser can't get it
+    if (typeof(document.getElementsByTagName) != 'undefined') {
+        theCells = theRow.getElementsByTagName('td');
+    }
+    else if (typeof(theRow.cells) != 'undefined') {
+        theCells = theRow.cells;
+    }
+    else {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // 3. Gets the current color...
+    var rowCellsCnt  = theCells.length;
+    var domDetect    = null;
+    var currentColor = null;
+    var newColor     = null;
+
+    // 3.1 ... with DOM compatible browsers except Opera that does not return
+    //         valid values with "getAttribute"
+    if (typeof(window.opera) == 'undefined'
+        && typeof(theCells[0].getAttribute) != 'undefined') {
+        currentColor = theCells[0].getAttribute('bgcolor');
+        domDetect    = true;
+    }
+    // 3.2 ... with other browsers
+    else {
+        domDetect    = false;
+    } // end 3
+
+    var c = null;
+    // 5.1 ... with DOM compatible browsers except Opera
+    for (c = 0; c < rowCellsCnt; c++) {
+        if (domDetect) {
+            currentColor = theCells[c].getAttribute('bgcolor');
+        } else {
+            currentColor = theCells[c].style.backgroundColor;
+        }
+
+        // 4. Defines the new color
+        // 4.1 Current color is the default one
+        if (currentColor == ''
+            || currentColor.toLowerCase() == theDefaultColor1.toLowerCase() 
+            || currentColor.toLowerCase() == theDefaultColor2.toLowerCase()) {
+            if (theAction == 'over' && thePointerColor != '') {
+                newColor              = thePointerColor;
+            } else if (theAction == 'click' && theMarkColor != '') {
+                newColor              = theMarkColor;
+                marked_row[theRowNum] = true;
+            }
+        }
+        // 4.1.2 Current color is the pointer one
+        else if (currentColor.toLowerCase() == thePointerColor.toLowerCase()
+                 && (typeof(marked_row[theRowNum]) == 'undefined' || !marked_row[theRowNum])) {
+            if (theAction == 'out') {
+                if (c % 2) {
+                    newColor              = theDefaultColor1;
+                } else {
+                    newColor              = theDefaultColor2;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (theAction == 'click' && theMarkColor != '') {
+                newColor              = theMarkColor;
+                marked_row[theRowNum] = true;
+            }
+        }
+        // 4.1.3 Current color is the marker one
+        else if (currentColor.toLowerCase() == theMarkColor.toLowerCase()) {
+            if (theAction == 'click') {
+                newColor              = (thePointerColor != '')
+                                      ? thePointerColor
+                                      : ((c % 2) ? theDefaultColor1 : theDefaultColor2);
+                marked_row[theRowNum] = (typeof(marked_row[theRowNum]) == 'undefined' || !marked_row[theRowNum])
+                                      ? true
+                                      : null;
+            }
+        } // end 4
+
+        // 5. Sets the new color...
+        if (newColor) {
+            if (domDetect) {
+                theCells[c].setAttribute('bgcolor', newColor, 0);
+            }
+            // 5.2 ... with other browsers
+            else {
+                theCells[c].style.backgroundColor = newColor;
+            }
+        } // end 5
+    } // end for
+
+     return true;
+ } // end of the 'setVerticalPointer()' function
 
 /**
  * Checks/unchecks all tables