diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.cpp
index a943a4bbb..3345e8cdc 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ PeersDialog::PeersDialog(QWidget *parent)
   connect( ui.addfileButton, SIGNAL(clicked() ), this , SLOT(addExtraFile()));
   connect( ui.msgText, SIGNAL(anchorClicked(const QUrl &)), SLOT(anchorClicked(const QUrl &)));
 
-  connect(ui.hide_unconnected, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(insertPeers()));
+  connect(ui.action_Hide_Offline_Friends, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(insertPeers()));
+  connect(ui.action_Hide_Status_Column, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(statusColumn()));
 
   ui.peertabWidget->setTabPosition(QTabWidget::North);
   ui.peertabWidget->addTab(new ProfileWidget(),QString(tr("Profile")));
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ PeersDialog::PeersDialog(QWidget *parent)
   updateAvatar();
   loadmypersonalstatus();
   loadEmoticonsgroupchat();
+  displayMenu();
 
   // load settings
   processSettings(true);
@@ -269,7 +271,10 @@ void PeersDialog::processSettings(bool bLoad)
         header->restoreState(Settings->value("PeerTree").toByteArray());
 
         // state of hideUnconnected
-        ui.hide_unconnected->setChecked(Settings->value("hideUnconnected", false).toBool());
+        ui.action_Hide_Offline_Friends->setChecked(Settings->value("hideUnconnected", false).toBool());
+        
+        // state of hideStatusColumn
+        ui.action_Hide_Status_Column->setChecked(Settings->value("hideStatusColumn", false).toBool());
 
         // state of splitter
         ui.splitter->restoreState(Settings->value("Splitter").toByteArray());
@@ -280,7 +285,10 @@ void PeersDialog::processSettings(bool bLoad)
         Settings->setValue("PeerTree", header->saveState());
 
         // state of hideUnconnected
-        Settings->setValue("hideUnconnected", ui.hide_unconnected->isChecked());
+        Settings->setValue("hideUnconnected", ui.action_Hide_Offline_Friends->isChecked());
+        
+        // state of hideStatusColumn
+        Settings->setValue("hideStatusColumn", ui.action_Hide_Status_Column->isChecked());
 
         // state of splitter
         Settings->setValue("Splitter", ui.splitter->saveState());
@@ -439,7 +447,7 @@ void  PeersDialog::insertPeers()
                 return;
         }
 
-        bool bHideUnconnected = ui.hide_unconnected->isChecked();
+        bool bHideUnconnected = ui.action_Hide_Offline_Friends->isChecked();
 
         rsPeers->getGPGAcceptedList(gpgFriends);
 
@@ -1803,3 +1811,31 @@ void PeersDialog::playsound(){
         if(QSound::isAvailable())
             QSound::play(OnlineSound);
 }
+
+void PeersDialog::displayMenu()
+{
+    QMenu *displaymenu = new QMenu();
+
+    displaymenu->addAction(ui.action_Hide_Offline_Friends);
+    displaymenu->addAction(ui.action_Hide_Status_Column);
+
+    ui.displayButton->setMenu(displaymenu);
+}
+
+void PeersDialog::statusColumn()
+{
+    /* Set header resize modes and initial section sizes */
+    QHeaderView * peerheader = ui.peertreeWidget->header();
+
+    if(ui.action_Hide_Status_Column->isChecked())
+    {
+        ui.peertreeWidget->setColumnHidden ( 1, true);
+        peerheader->resizeSection ( 0, 200 );
+    }    
+    else
+    {
+        ui.peertreeWidget->setColumnHidden ( 1, false);
+        peerheader->resizeSection ( 0, 200 );
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.h
index 607e21f58..81374feb5 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public slots:
 		void setChatInfo(QString info, QColor color=QApplication::palette().color(QPalette::WindowText));
 		void resetStatusBar() ;
 
-    void fileHashingFinished(AttachFileItem* file);
+        void fileHashingFinished(AttachFileItem* file);
 
 		void smileyWidgetgroupchat();
 		void addSmileys();
@@ -147,9 +147,13 @@ private slots:
 		void addAttachment(std::string);
 		
 		bool fileSave();
-    bool fileSaveAs();
+        bool fileSaveAs();
 
 		void setCurrentFileName(const QString &fileName);
+		
+		void displayMenu();
+		void statusColumn();
+
 
 signals:
 		void friendsUpdated() ;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.ui
index 507467e59..ac42615d3 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.ui
@@ -606,12 +606,26 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
            </spacer>
           </item>
           <item row="0" column="3">
-           <widget class="QPushButton" name="hide_unconnected">
+           <widget class="QPushButton" name="displayButton">
             <property name="toolTip">
-             <string>hide unconnected</string>
+             <string>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
+&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
+p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
+&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:8.25pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
+&lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-size:8pt;&quot;&gt;Display&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
             </property>
             <property name="styleSheet">
-             <string notr="true"> QPushButton:hover {
+             <string notr="true">QPushButton::menu-indicator {
+     subcontrol-origin: padding;
+     subcontrol-position: bottom right;
+ }
+
+ QPushButton::menu-indicator:pressed, QPushButton::menu-indicator:open {
+     position: relative;
+     top: 2px; left: 2px; /* shift the arrow by 2 px */
+ }
+
+ QPushButton:hover {
 	border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
  }</string>
             </property>
@@ -620,7 +634,7 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
             </property>
             <property name="icon">
              <iconset resource="images.qrc">
-              <normaloff>:/images/user/identityoffline24.png</normaloff>:/images/user/identityoffline24.png</iconset>
+              <normaloff>:/images/looknfeel.png</normaloff>:/images/looknfeel.png</iconset>
             </property>
             <property name="iconSize">
              <size>
@@ -649,7 +663,7 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
          </property>
          <property name="minimumSize">
           <size>
-           <width>250</width>
+           <width>150</width>
            <height>0</height>
           </size>
          </property>
@@ -1426,6 +1440,22 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
     <string>Save Chat History</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="action_Hide_Offline_Friends">
+   <property name="checkable">
+    <bool>true</bool>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Hide Offline Friends</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="action_Hide_Status_Column">
+   <property name="checkable">
+    <bool>true</bool>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Hide Status Column</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <resources>
   <include location="images.qrc"/>