diff --git a/ui/filetreeview.go b/ui/filetreeview.go
index 681310b..fdd0918 100644
--- a/ui/filetreeview.go
+++ b/ui/filetreeview.go
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ func (view *FileTreeView) Setup(v *gocui.View, header *gocui.View) error {
 	view.view = v
 	view.view.Editable = false
 	view.view.Wrap = false
-	//view.view.Highlight = true
-	//view.view.SelBgColor = gocui.ColorGreen
-	//view.view.SelFgColor = gocui.ColorBlack
 	view.view.Frame = false
 
 	view.header = header
@@ -195,8 +192,10 @@ func (view *FileTreeView) toggleShowDiffType(diffType filetree.DiffType) error {
 
 	view.view.SetCursor(0, 0)
 	view.TreeIndex = 0
-	view.Update()
-	return view.Render()
+
+	Update()
+	Render()
+	return nil
 }
 
 func filterRegex() *regexp.Regexp {
@@ -247,11 +246,11 @@ func (view *FileTreeView) Update() error {
 }
 
 func (view *FileTreeView) KeyHelp() string {
-	return  Formatting.Control("[Space]") + ": Collapse dir " +
-		Formatting.Control("[^A]") + ": Added files " +
-		Formatting.Control("[^R]") + ": Removed files " +
-		Formatting.Control("[^M]") + ": Modified files " +
-		Formatting.Control("[^U]") + ": Unmodified files"
+	return  renderStatusOption("Space","Collapse dir", false) +
+			renderStatusOption("^A","Added files", !view.HiddenDiffTypes[filetree.Added]) +
+			renderStatusOption("^R","Removed files", !view.HiddenDiffTypes[filetree.Removed]) +
+			renderStatusOption("^M","Modified files", !view.HiddenDiffTypes[filetree.Changed]) +
+			renderStatusOption("^U","Unmodified files", !view.HiddenDiffTypes[filetree.Unchanged])
 }
 
 func (view *FileTreeView) Render() error {
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ func (view *FileTreeView) Render() error {
 		view.view.Clear()
 		for idx, line := range lines {
 			if idx == view.TreeIndex {
-				fmt.Fprintln(view.view, Formatting.StatusBar(vtclean.Clean(line, false)))
+				fmt.Fprintln(view.view, Formatting.Selected(vtclean.Clean(line, false)))
 			} else {
 				fmt.Fprintln(view.view, line)
 			}
diff --git a/ui/filterview.go b/ui/filterview.go
index a989cd3..5849891 100644
--- a/ui/filterview.go
+++ b/ui/filterview.go
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ func (view *FilterView) Setup(v *gocui.View, header *gocui.View) error {
 	view.view = v
 	view.maxLength = 200
 	view.view.Frame = false
-	view.view.BgColor = gocui.ColorDefault + gocui.AttrReverse
+	view.view.BgColor = gocui.AttrReverse
 	view.view.Editable = true
 	view.view.Editor = view
 
 	view.header = header
-	view.header.BgColor = gocui.ColorDefault + gocui.AttrReverse
+	view.header.BgColor = gocui.AttrReverse
 	view.header.Editable = false
 	view.header.Wrap = false
 	view.header.Frame = false
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (view *FilterView) Edit(v *gocui.View, key gocui.Key, ch rune, mod gocui.Mo
 }
 
 func (view *FilterView) KeyHelp() string {
-	return Formatting.Control("Type string to filter the file tree")
+	return Formatting.StatusControlNormal("▏Type to filter the file tree ")
 }
 
 func (view *FilterView) Update() error {
diff --git a/ui/layerview.go b/ui/layerview.go
index a2b28b3..fbc8355 100644
--- a/ui/layerview.go
+++ b/ui/layerview.go
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ func (view *LayerView) IsVisible() bool {
 
 func (view *LayerView) setCompareMode(compareMode CompareType) error {
 	view.CompareMode = compareMode
-	view.Render()
+	Update()
+	Render()
 	return Views.Tree.setTreeByLayer(view.getCompareIndexes())
 }
 
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ func (view *LayerView) Render() error {
 			compareBar := view.renderCompareBar(idx)
 
 			if idx == view.LayerIndex {
-				fmt.Fprintln(view.view, compareBar + "  " + Formatting.StatusBar(layerStr))
+				fmt.Fprintln(view.view, compareBar + "  " + Formatting.Selected(layerStr))
 			} else {
 				fmt.Fprintln(view.view, compareBar + "  " + layerStr)
 			}
@@ -187,6 +188,6 @@ func (view *LayerView) CursorUp() error {
 }
 
 func (view *LayerView) KeyHelp() string {
-	return  Formatting.Control("[^L]") + ": Layer Changes " +
-		Formatting.Control("[^A]") + ": All Changes "
+	return  renderStatusOption("^L","Layer changes", view.CompareMode == CompareLayer) +
+			renderStatusOption("^A","All changes", view.CompareMode == CompareAll)
 }
diff --git a/ui/statusview.go b/ui/statusview.go
index 67a3b29..766de6c 100644
--- a/ui/statusview.go
+++ b/ui/statusview.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/jroimartin/gocui"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type StatusView struct {
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func (view *StatusView) Setup(v *gocui.View, header *gocui.View) error {
 	// set view options
 	view.view = v
 	view.view.Frame = false
-	view.view.BgColor = gocui.ColorDefault + gocui.AttrReverse
+	//view.view.BgColor = gocui.ColorDefault + gocui.AttrReverse
 
 	view.Render()
 
@@ -48,9 +49,9 @@ func (view *StatusView) CursorUp() error {
 }
 
 func (view *StatusView) KeyHelp() string {
-	return Formatting.Control("[^C]") + ": Quit " +
-		Formatting.Control("[^Space]") + ": Switch View " +
-     	Formatting.Control("[^/]") + ": Filter files"
+	return  renderStatusOption("^C","Quit", false) +
+			renderStatusOption("^Space","Switch view", false) +
+			renderStatusOption("^/","Filter files", Views.Filter.IsVisible())
 }
 
 func (view *StatusView) Update() error {
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func (view *StatusView) Update() error {
 func (view *StatusView) Render() error {
 	view.gui.Update(func(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 		view.view.Clear()
-		fmt.Fprintln(view.view, view.KeyHelp()+" | "+Views.lookup[view.gui.CurrentView().Name()].KeyHelp())
+		fmt.Fprintln(view.view, view.KeyHelp()+Views.lookup[view.gui.CurrentView().Name()].KeyHelp() + Formatting.StatusNormal("▏" + strings.Repeat(" ", 1000)))
 
 		return nil
 	})
diff --git a/ui/ui.go b/ui/ui.go
index 63b14fc..e8b4168 100644
--- a/ui/ui.go
+++ b/ui/ui.go
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@ func debugPrint(s string) {
 }
 
 var Formatting struct {
-	Header func(...interface{})(string)
-	StatusBar func(...interface{})(string)
-	Control func(...interface{})(string)
-	CompareTop func(...interface{})(string)
+	Header        func(...interface{})(string)
+	Selected      func(...interface{})(string)
+	StatusSelected      func(...interface{})(string)
+	StatusNormal      func(...interface{})(string)
+	StatusControlSelected      func(...interface{})(string)
+	StatusControlNormal      func(...interface{})(string)
+	CompareTop    func(...interface{})(string)
 	CompareBottom func(...interface{})(string)
 }
 
@@ -234,10 +237,21 @@ func Render() {
 	}
 }
 
+func renderStatusOption(control, title string, selected bool) string {
+	if selected {
+		return Formatting.StatusSelected("▏") + Formatting.StatusControlSelected(control) +  Formatting.StatusSelected("  " + title + " ")
+	} else {
+		return Formatting.StatusNormal("▏") + Formatting.StatusControlNormal(control) +  Formatting.StatusNormal("  " + title + " ")
+	}
+}
+
 func Run(layers []*image.Layer, refTrees []*filetree.FileTree) {
-	Formatting.StatusBar = color.New(color.ReverseVideo, color.Bold).SprintFunc()
+	Formatting.Selected = color.New(color.ReverseVideo, color.Bold).SprintFunc()
 	Formatting.Header = color.New(color.Bold).SprintFunc()
-	Formatting.Control = color.New(color.Bold).SprintFunc()
+	Formatting.StatusSelected = color.New(color.BgMagenta, color.FgWhite).SprintFunc()
+	Formatting.StatusNormal = color.New(color.ReverseVideo).SprintFunc()
+	Formatting.StatusControlSelected = color.New(color.BgMagenta, color.FgWhite, color.Bold).SprintFunc()
+	Formatting.StatusControlNormal = color.New(color.ReverseVideo, color.Bold).SprintFunc()
 	Formatting.CompareTop = color.New(color.BgMagenta).SprintFunc()
 	Formatting.CompareBottom = color.New(color.BgGreen).SprintFunc()