diff --git a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
index 043e3ed2d444f3707614087bde6a033231f969d0..decb9fa9af29933fe3b8c021b0d9753b37635b7d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
 #include <QtGui/QShortcut>
 #include <QtGui/QStackedLayout>
 #include <QtGui/QSplitter>
-#include <QtGui/QToolBar>
 
 #include <QtHelp/QHelpEngine>
 
@@ -110,6 +109,16 @@ const char * const SB_OPENPAGES = "OpenPages";
 #   define DOCPATH "/../share/doc/qtcreator/"
 #endif
 
+namespace {
+    QToolButton* toolButton(QAction *action)
+    {
+        QToolButton *button = new QToolButton;
+        button->setDefaultAction(action);
+        button->setPopupMode(QToolButton::DelayedPopup);
+        return button;
+    }
+}
+
 HelpPlugin::HelpPlugin()
     : m_mode(0),
     m_core(0),
@@ -528,55 +537,44 @@ void HelpPlugin::createRightPaneContextViewer()
     if (m_helpViewerForSideBar)
         return;
 
-    QAction *switchToHelp = new QAction(tr("Go to Help Mode"), this);
-    connect(switchToHelp, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(switchToHelpMode()));
+    Utils::StyledBar *toolBar = new Utils::StyledBar();
 
+    QAction *switchToHelp = new QAction(tr("Go to Help Mode"), toolBar);
+    connect(switchToHelp, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(switchToHelpMode()));
     QAction *back = new QAction(QIcon(QLatin1String(IMAGEPATH "previous.png")),
-        tr("Previous"), this);
+        tr("Previous"), toolBar);
     QAction *next = new QAction(QIcon(QLatin1String(IMAGEPATH "next.png")),
-        tr("Next"), this);
-
-    // Dummy layout to align the close button to the right
-    QHBoxLayout *hboxLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
-    hboxLayout->setSpacing(0);
-    hboxLayout->setMargin(0);
-
-    // left side actions
-    QToolBar *rightPaneToolBar = new QToolBar();
-    setupNavigationMenus(back, next, rightPaneToolBar);
+        tr("Next"), toolBar);
+    QAction *close = new QAction(QIcon(QLatin1String(Core::Constants::ICON_CLOSE)),
+        QLatin1String(""), toolBar);
+    connect(close, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(slotHideRightPane()));
 
-    rightPaneToolBar->addAction(switchToHelp);
-    rightPaneToolBar->addAction(back);
-    rightPaneToolBar->addAction(next);
-
-    hboxLayout->addWidget(rightPaneToolBar);
-    hboxLayout->addStretch();
-
-    QToolButton *closeButton = new QToolButton();
-    closeButton->setIcon(QIcon(QLatin1String(Core::Constants::ICON_CLOSE)));
-    connect(closeButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(slotHideRightPane()));
+    setupNavigationMenus(back, next, toolBar);
 
-    // close button to the right
-    hboxLayout->addWidget(closeButton);
+    QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout(toolBar);
+    layout->setSpacing(0);
+    layout->setMargin(0);
 
-    QVBoxLayout *rightPaneLayout = new QVBoxLayout;
-    rightPaneLayout->setMargin(0);
-    rightPaneLayout->setSpacing(0);
+    layout->addWidget(toolButton(switchToHelp));
+    layout->addWidget(toolButton(back));
+    layout->addWidget(toolButton(next));
+    layout->addStretch();
+    layout->addWidget(toolButton(close));
 
     QWidget *rightPaneSideBar = new QWidget;
-    rightPaneSideBar->setLayout(rightPaneLayout);
     addAutoReleasedObject(new Core::BaseRightPaneWidget(rightPaneSideBar));
 
-    Utils::StyledBar *rightPaneStyledBar = new Utils::StyledBar;
-    rightPaneStyledBar->setLayout(hboxLayout);
-    rightPaneLayout->addWidget(rightPaneStyledBar);
-
     m_helpViewerForSideBar = new HelpViewer(qreal(0.0), rightPaneSideBar);
     connect(m_helpViewerForSideBar, SIGNAL(openFindToolBar()), this,
         SLOT(openFindToolBar()));
 #if !defined(QT_NO_WEBKIT)
     m_helpViewerForSideBar->pageAction(QWebPage::OpenLinkInNewWindow)->setVisible(false);
 #endif
+
+    QVBoxLayout *rightPaneLayout = new QVBoxLayout(rightPaneSideBar);
+    rightPaneLayout->setMargin(0);
+    rightPaneLayout->setSpacing(0);
+    rightPaneLayout->addWidget(toolBar);
     rightPaneLayout->addWidget(m_helpViewerForSideBar);
     rightPaneLayout->addWidget(new Core::FindToolBarPlaceHolder(rightPaneSideBar));
     rightPaneSideBar->setFocusProxy(m_helpViewerForSideBar);
@@ -594,12 +592,12 @@ void HelpPlugin::createRightPaneContextViewer()
     copy->setIcon(cmd->action()->icon());
 
     connect(copy, SIGNAL(triggered()), m_helpViewerForSideBar, SLOT(copy()));
-    
+
     next->setEnabled(m_helpViewerForSideBar->isForwardAvailable());
     connect(next, SIGNAL(triggered()), m_helpViewerForSideBar, SLOT(forward()));
     connect(m_helpViewerForSideBar, SIGNAL(forwardAvailable(bool)), next,
         SLOT(setEnabled(bool)));
-    
+
     back->setEnabled(m_helpViewerForSideBar->isBackwardAvailable());
     connect(back, SIGNAL(triggered()), m_helpViewerForSideBar, SLOT(backward()));
     connect(m_helpViewerForSideBar, SIGNAL(backwardAvailable(bool)), back,
@@ -924,25 +922,15 @@ void HelpPlugin::activateBookmarks()
     m_sideBar->activateItem(m_bookmarkItem);
 }
 
-QToolBar *HelpPlugin::createWidgetToolBar()
+Utils::StyledBar *HelpPlugin::createWidgetToolBar()
 {
-    QToolBar *toolBar = new QToolBar;
-    toolBar->addWidget(OpenPagesManager::instance().openPagesComboBox());
-
-    toolBar->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Filtered by:")));
     m_filterComboBox = new QComboBox;
-    m_filterComboBox->setMinimumContentsLength(20);
-    toolBar->addWidget(m_filterComboBox);
+    m_filterComboBox->setMinimumContentsLength(15);
     connect(m_filterComboBox, SIGNAL(activated(QString)), this,
         SLOT(filterDocumentation(QString)));
     connect(m_filterComboBox, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)), this,
         SLOT(updateSideBarSource()));
 
-    QWidget *dummy = new QWidget;
-    QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout(dummy);
-    layout->addStretch();
-    toolBar->addWidget(dummy);
-
     m_closeButton = new QToolButton();
     m_closeButton->setIcon(QIcon(QLatin1String(Core::Constants::ICON_CLOSE)));
     m_closeButton->setToolTip(tr("Close current page"));
@@ -950,14 +938,26 @@ QToolBar *HelpPlugin::createWidgetToolBar()
         SLOT(closeCurrentPage()));
     connect(&OpenPagesManager::instance(), SIGNAL(pagesChanged()), this,
         SLOT(updateCloseButton()));
-    toolBar->addWidget(m_closeButton);
+
+    Utils::StyledBar *toolBar = new Utils::StyledBar;
+
+    QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout(toolBar);
+    layout->setMargin(0);
+    layout->setSpacing(0);
+    layout->addWidget(OpenPagesManager::instance().openPagesComboBox(), 10);
+    layout->addSpacing(5);
+    layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Filtered by:")));
+    layout->addWidget(m_filterComboBox);
+    layout->addStretch();
+    layout->addWidget(m_closeButton);
 
     return toolBar;
 }
 
-QToolBar *HelpPlugin::createIconToolBar(bool external)
+Utils::StyledBar *HelpPlugin::createIconToolBar(bool external)
 {
-    QToolBar *toolBar = new QToolBar;
+    Utils::StyledBar *toolBar = new Utils::StyledBar;
+    toolBar->setVisible(false);
 
     QAction *home, *back, *next, *bookmark;
     if (external) {
@@ -992,14 +992,15 @@ QToolBar *HelpPlugin::createIconToolBar(bool external)
 
     setupNavigationMenus(back, next, toolBar);
 
-    toolBar->addAction(home);
-    toolBar->addAction(back);
-    toolBar->addAction(next);
-    toolBar->addSeparator();
-    toolBar->addAction(bookmark);
-    toolBar->setMovable(false);
-    toolBar->addSeparator();
-    toolBar->setVisible(false);
+    QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout(toolBar);
+    layout->setMargin(0);
+    layout->setSpacing(0);
+    layout->addWidget(toolButton(home));
+    layout->addWidget(toolButton(back));
+    layout->addWidget(toolButton(next));
+    layout->addWidget(new Utils::StyledSeparator(toolBar));
+    layout->addWidget(toolButton(bookmark));
+    layout->addWidget(new Utils::StyledSeparator(toolBar));
 
     return toolBar;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.h b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.h
index 8330b96f7f013e0ff4fe45d769959a08636b3b8b..0d387691cabb346f6b06f22623e0c5790e679ab6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QAction)
 QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QComboBox)
 QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QMenu)
-QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QToolBar)
 QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QToolButton)
 QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QUrl)
 
@@ -49,6 +48,10 @@ class SideBar;
 class SideBarItem;
 }   // Core
 
+namespace Utils {
+class StyledBar;
+}   // Utils
+
 namespace Help {
 namespace Internal {
 class CentralWidget;
@@ -116,8 +119,8 @@ private:
     void setupUi();
     void resetFilter();
     void activateHelpMode();
-    QToolBar *createWidgetToolBar();
-    QToolBar *createIconToolBar(bool external);
+    Utils::StyledBar *createWidgetToolBar();
+    Utils::StyledBar *createIconToolBar(bool external);
     HelpViewer* viewerForContextMode();
     void createRightPaneContextViewer();
 
@@ -162,8 +165,8 @@ private:
 
     QMenu *m_backMenu;
     QMenu *m_nextMenu;
-    QToolBar *m_internalHelpBar;
-    QToolBar *m_externalHelpBar;
+    Utils::StyledBar *m_internalHelpBar;
+    Utils::StyledBar *m_externalHelpBar;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/openpagesmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/help/openpagesmanager.cpp
index 7d6efefed117b0bc69e52b630e4bea0875f065d1..ebe15cb393b8a7f94d3e818f756cdb6c562353bf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/openpagesmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/openpagesmanager.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ OpenPagesManager::OpenPagesManager(QObject *parent)
 
     m_comboBox = new QComboBox;
     m_comboBox->setModel(m_model);
-    m_comboBox->setMinimumContentsLength(40);
     m_comboBox->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
     connect(m_comboBox, SIGNAL(activated(int)), this, SLOT(setCurrentPage(int)));
     connect(m_comboBox, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this,
diff --git a/src/shared/help/indexwindow.cpp b/src/shared/help/indexwindow.cpp
index d58188b3f13313b327a970f17dc1d60244a0aa7b..03795f65ecd9bf9b190c38d1e671e0bc202ad3e3 100644
--- a/src/shared/help/indexwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/help/indexwindow.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include <QtGui/QMenu>
 #include <QtGui/QContextMenuEvent>
 #include <QtGui/QListWidgetItem>
-#include <QtGui/QToolBar>
 
 #include <QtHelp/QHelpEngine>
 #include <QtHelp/QHelpIndexWidget>