diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/progressmanager/progresspie.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/progressmanager/progresspie.cpp
index d32f7e763ac3ed85f848ba245ab05e4ca62eca00..744ba598650eb5417e3ec095f930f21c77f6e5a4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/progressmanager/progresspie.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/progressmanager/progresspie.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <QtGui/QBrush>
 #include <QtGui/QColor>
 #include <QtDebug>
+#define PROGRESSBAR_HEIGHT 11
 
 ProgressBar::ProgressBar(QWidget *parent)
     : QProgressBar(parent), m_error(false)
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ QSize ProgressBar::sizeHint() const
 {
     QSize s;
     s.setWidth(50);
-    s.setHeight(fontMetrics().height() * 2);
+    s.setHeight(fontMetrics().height() + PROGRESSBAR_HEIGHT + 7);
     return s;
 }
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ void ProgressBar::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *)
     p.drawText(textRect, Qt::AlignHCenter | Qt::AlignBottom, m_title);
     p.translate(0, 1);
 
-    m_progressHeight = h-4;
+    m_progressHeight = PROGRESSBAR_HEIGHT;
     m_progressHeight += ((m_progressHeight % 2) + 1) % 2; // make odd
     // draw outer rect
     QRect rect(INDENT - 1, h+6, size().width()-2*INDENT, m_progressHeight-1);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 5448be6d4a388e91f4765878c1f80b73b506ab90..914c565552c75e9875f0491a36074710c83e19ea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -2732,8 +2732,9 @@ void BaseTextEditor::extraAreaMouseEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
         }
 
         if (highlightBlockNumber != d->extraAreaHighlightCollapseBlockNumber
-            || highlightColumn != d->extraAreaHighlightCollapseColumn)
-            d->m_highlightBlocksTimer->start(d->m_highlightBlocksInfo.isEmpty() ? 40 : 10);
+            || highlightColumn != d->extraAreaHighlightCollapseColumn) {
+            d->m_highlightBlocksTimer->start(d->m_highlightBlocksInfo.isEmpty() ? 120 : 0);
+        }
     }
 
     if (e->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonPress || e->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonDblClick) {