diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/css/base.css b/addons/base/static/src/css/base.css
index 4a3aea4bb52..5c619aa4fb2 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/css/base.css
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/css/base.css
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ body.openerp {
     margin: 0;
     width:100%;
     border-collapse:collapse;
+    height:100%;
 }
 
 .openerp .view-manager-main-table tbody {
@@ -495,35 +496,59 @@ body.openerp {
 }
 
 .openerp .view-manager-main-sidebar {
-    vertical-align: top;
     width:0;
     padding:0;
     margin:0;
 }
 
-.openerp .view-manager-main-sidebar .sidebar-main-div {
+.openerp .sidebar-main-div {
     padding:0;
     margin:0;
     width:180px;
-    border-color: #1F1F1F;
-    border-style: solid;
-    border-width: 1px;
+    border-left-color: #D2CFCF;
+    border-left-style: solid;
+    border-left-width: 1px;
     height:100%;
+    font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+    font-size: 0.9em;
 }
 
-.openerp .view-manager-main-sidebar .sidebar-sub-div {
-    border: solid 1px #1F1F1F;
-    border-bottom-width: 0;
+.openerp .sidebar-main-div a {
+    color: #555;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.openerp .sidebar-main-div a:hover {
+    color: black;
+}
+
+.openerp .view-manager-main-sidebar h2 {
+    margin:0;
+    font-family: Ubuntu, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+    font-size: 1.15em;
+    color: #8E8E8E;
+    text-shadow: white 0px 1px 0px;
+    padding-left: 10px;
+    padding-right: 21px;
+    height: 21px;
+    background: url(../img/sideheader-a-bg.png) repeat-x;
+    border-color: #D2CFCF;
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-top-width: 1px;
+    border-bottom-width: 1px;
+    border-left-width: 0;
+    border-right-width: 0;
 }
 
 .openerp .view-manager-main-sidebar ul {
     list-style-type: none;
     margin: 0;
     padding: 0;
-    border-bottom: solid 1px #1F1F1F;
+    display: block;
 }
 
 .openerp .view-manager-main-sidebar li {
-    padding: 3px;
+    display: block;
+    padding: 3px 3px 3px 10px;
 }
 
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/img/sideheader-a-bg.png b/addons/base/static/src/img/sideheader-a-bg.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca9b64b8b01
Binary files /dev/null and b/addons/base/static/src/img/sideheader-a-bg.png differ
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js
index 890f69448a5..12935c72132 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ openerp.base.Sidebar = openerp.base.BaseWidget.extend({
     set_toolbar: function(toolbar) {
         this.sections = [];
         var self = this;
-        _.each(["print", "action", "relate"], function(type) {
-            if (toolbar[type].length == 0)
+        _.each([["print", "Reports"], ["action", "Actions"], ["relate", "Links"]], function(type) {
+            if (toolbar[type[0]].length == 0)
                 return;
-            var section = {elements:toolbar[type]};
+            var section = {elements:toolbar[type[0]], label:type[1]};
             self.sections.push(section);
         });
         this.refresh();
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 57f9c81559e..47e4c705364 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@
         <t t-set="i" t-value="0"/>
         <t t-foreach="sections" t-as="section">
         <t t-if="section.elements.length &gt; 0">
+        <h2><t t-esc="section.label"/></h2>
         <ul>
             <t t-set="j" t-value="0"/>
             <t t-foreach="section.elements" t-as="element">