diff --git a/rtgui/filecatalog.cc b/rtgui/filecatalog.cc
index bd5b81686..f837e595d 100644
--- a/rtgui/filecatalog.cc
+++ b/rtgui/filecatalog.cc
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ int _directoryUpdater (void* cat) {
 #endif
 
 FileCatalog::FileCatalog (CoarsePanel* cp, ToolBar* tb) : selectedDirectoryId(1), listener(NULL), fslistener(NULL), hasValidCurrentEFS(false), filterPanel(NULL), coarsePanel(cp), toolBar(tb) {
+    inTabMode=false;
 
     //  construct and initialize thumbnail browsers
         fileBrowser = new FileBrowser();
@@ -219,8 +220,8 @@ void FileCatalog::closeDir () {
     }
 #endif
 
-	// ignore old requests
-	++selectedDirectoryId;
+	// ignore old requests
+	++selectedDirectoryId;
 
     // terminate thumbnail preview loading
     previewLoader->removeAllJobs ();
@@ -285,22 +286,29 @@ void FileCatalog::dirSelected (const Glib::ustring& dirname, const Glib::ustring
     }
 }
 
-void FileCatalog::_refreshProgressBar () {
+void FileCatalog::enableTabMode(bool enable) {
+    inTabMode = enable;
 
-    // check if progress bar is visible
-/*    Glib::ListHandle<Gtk::Widget*> list = buttonBar2->get_children ();
-    Glib::ListHandle<Gtk::Widget*>::iterator i = list.begin ();
-    for (; i!=list.end() && *i!=progressBar; i++);
-    if (i==list.end()) {
-        buttonBar2->pack_start (*progressBar, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 4);
-        buttonBar2->reorder_child (*progressBar, 2);
+    if (!inTabMode) progressBar->hide ();  // just needed once
+    
+    fileBrowser->enableTabMode(inTabMode);
+
+    redrawAll();
+}
+
+void FileCatalog::_refreshProgressBar () {
+    // In tab mode, no progress bar at all
+    // Also mention that this progress bar only measures the FIRST pass (quick thumbnails)
+    // The second, usually longer pass is done multithreaded down in the single entries and is NOT measured by this
+    if (!inTabMode) {
+        if (previewsToLoad>0) {
+            progressBar->set_fraction ((double)previewsLoaded / previewsToLoad);
+            progressBar->show ();
+        } else {
+            progressBar->set_fraction (1.0);
+            progressBar->hide ();
+        }
     }
-*/
-    progressBar->show ();    
-    if (previewsToLoad>0)
-        progressBar->set_fraction ((double)previewsLoaded / previewsToLoad);
-    else
-        progressBar->set_fraction (1.0);
 }
 
 int refreshpb (void* data) {
@@ -365,8 +373,8 @@ void FileCatalog::_previewsFinished () {
     redrawAll ();
     previewsToLoad = 0;
     previewsLoaded = 0;
-//    removeIfThere (buttonBar2, progressBar);
     progressBar->hide ();
+
 	if (filterPanel) {
 		filterPanel->set_sensitive (true);
 	    if ( !hasValidCurrentEFS ){
diff --git a/rtgui/filecatalog.h b/rtgui/filecatalog.h
index 9e5e1962f..b9cdb9fc6 100644
--- a/rtgui/filecatalog.h
+++ b/rtgui/filecatalog.h
@@ -62,10 +62,8 @@ class FileCatalog : public Gtk::VBox,
         Glib::ustring selectedDirectory;
         int selectedDirectoryId;
         bool enabled;
-        
-		// Restore PreviewLoader if the new threadsafe is not that threadsafe ;-)
-        //PreviewLoader previewLoader;
-        //PreviewMultiLoader previewLoader;
+        bool inTabMode;  // Tab mode has e.g. different progress bar handling
+
         FileSelectionListener* listener;
         FileSelectionChangeListener* fslistener;
         ImageAreaToolListener* iatlistener;
@@ -145,6 +143,7 @@ class FileCatalog : public Gtk::VBox,
 				
        Glib::ustring lastSelectedDir () { return selectedDirectory; }
                 void setEnabled (bool e);   // if not enabled, it does not open image
+                void enableTabMode(bool enable);  // sets progress bar
 
                 void redrawAll ();
                 void refreshAll ();
diff --git a/rtgui/rtwindow.cc b/rtgui/rtwindow.cc
index 550015431..03fa4bfb3 100644
--- a/rtgui/rtwindow.cc
+++ b/rtgui/rtwindow.cc
@@ -343,8 +343,7 @@ void RTWindow::MoveFileBrowserToMain()
         FileCatalog *fCatalog = fpanel->fileCatalog;
         epanel->catalogPane->remove(*fCatalog);
         fpanel->ribbonPane->add(*fCatalog);
-        fCatalog->fileBrowser->enableTabMode(false);
-        fCatalog->redrawAll();
+        fCatalog->enableTabMode(false);
     }
 }
 
@@ -355,8 +354,7 @@ void RTWindow::MoveFileBrowserToEditor()
         FileCatalog *fCatalog = fpanel->fileCatalog;
         fpanel->ribbonPane->remove(*fCatalog);
         epanel->catalogPane->add(*fCatalog);
-        fCatalog->fileBrowser->enableTabMode(true);
-        fCatalog->redrawAll();
+        fCatalog->enableTabMode(true);
         fCatalog->refreshHeight();
     }
 }