diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/panels.hpp b/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/panels.hpp
index a3410bcfa0bb91772e6a958c8cadf83a533c1de3..92213b0e185cff99aefdddeb0e361d02ad25039c 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/panels.hpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/panels.hpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ private:
     QPushButton *repeatButton , *randomButton,*addButton;
     ClickLineEdit *searchLine;
     int currentRootId;
+QSignalMapper *ContextUpdateMapper;
 public slots:
     void removeItem( int );
     virtual void setRoot( int );
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ private slots:
     void clearFilter();
     void add();
     void setCurrentRootId( int );
+    void popupSelectColumn( QPoint );
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/standardpanel.cpp b/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/standardpanel.cpp
index bba41f86971a7d7c29e314bcc85ab97f7b7db710..a9f7aa092cde0b3c209a6ea163df6db1669a0c4a 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/standardpanel.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/components/playlist/standardpanel.cpp
@@ -50,27 +50,34 @@ StandardPLPanel::StandardPLPanel( PlaylistWidget *_parent,
                                   PLPanel( _parent, _p_intf )
 {
     model = new PLModel( p_playlist, p_intf, p_root, -1, this );
+    
+    /* Create and configure the QTreeView */
     view = new QVLCTreeView( 0 );
     view->setModel(model);
     view->setIconSize( QSize(20,20) );
     view->setAlternatingRowColors( true );
-    view->header()->resizeSection( 0, 230 );
-    view->header()->resizeSection( 1, 170 );
-    view->header()->setSortIndicatorShown( true );
-    view->header()->setClickable( true );
-
+    view->setAnimated( true ); 
+    view->setSortingEnabled( true );	
     view->setSelectionMode( QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection );
     view->setDragEnabled( true );
     view->setAcceptDrops( true );
     view->setDropIndicatorShown( true );
     view->setAutoScroll( true );
-
+    
+    view->header()->resizeSection( 0, 230 );
+    view->header()->resizeSection( 1, 170 );
+    view->header()->setSortIndicatorShown( true );
+    view->header()->setClickable( true );
+	view->header()->setContextMenuPolicy( Qt::CustomContextMenu );
+        
     CONNECT( view, activated( const QModelIndex& ) ,
              model,activateItem( const QModelIndex& ) );
     CONNECT( view, rightClicked( QModelIndex , QPoint ),
              this, doPopup( QModelIndex, QPoint ) );
     CONNECT( model, dataChanged( const QModelIndex&, const QModelIndex& ),
              this, handleExpansion( const QModelIndex& ) );
+	CONNECT( view->header(), customContextMenuRequested( const QPoint & ),
+             this, popupSelectColumn( QPoint ) );
 
     currentRootId = -1;
     CONNECT( parent, rootChanged(int), this, setCurrentRootId( int ) );
@@ -78,25 +85,29 @@ StandardPLPanel::StandardPLPanel( PlaylistWidget *_parent,
     QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout();
     layout->setSpacing( 0 ); layout->setMargin( 0 );
 
+    /* Buttons configuration */
     QHBoxLayout *buttons = new QHBoxLayout();
-
+    
     addButton = new QPushButton( "+", this );
     addButton->setMaximumWidth( 25 );
     BUTTONACT( addButton, add() );
     buttons->addWidget( addButton );
 
-    repeatButton = new QPushButton( 0 ); buttons->addWidget( repeatButton );
+    repeatButton = new QPushButton( this ); 
     if( model->hasRepeat() ) repeatButton->setText( qtr( I_PL_REPEAT ) );
     else if( model->hasLoop() ) repeatButton->setText( qtr( I_PL_LOOP ) );
     else repeatButton->setText( qtr( I_PL_NOREPEAT ) );
     BUTTONACT( repeatButton, toggleRepeat() );
+    buttons->addWidget( repeatButton );
 
-    randomButton = new QPushButton( 0 ); buttons->addWidget( randomButton );
+    randomButton = new QPushButton( this ); 
     randomButton->setText( model->hasRandom() ? qtr( I_PL_RANDOM )
                                               : qtr( I_PL_NORANDOM) );
     BUTTONACT( randomButton, toggleRandom() );
+    buttons->addWidget( randomButton );
 
-    QSpacerItem *spacer = new QSpacerItem( 10, 20 );buttons->addItem( spacer );
+    QSpacerItem *spacer = new QSpacerItem( 10, 20 );
+    buttons->addItem( spacer );
 
     QLabel *filter = new QLabel( qtr(I_PL_SEARCH) + " " );
     buttons->addWidget( filter );
@@ -106,8 +117,8 @@ StandardPLPanel::StandardPLPanel( PlaylistWidget *_parent,
 
     QPushButton *clear = new QPushButton( qfu( "CL") );
     clear->setMaximumWidth( 30 );
-    buttons->addWidget( clear );
     BUTTONACT( clear, clearFilter() );
+    buttons->addWidget( clear );
 
     layout->addWidget( view );
     layout->addLayout( buttons );
@@ -195,6 +206,35 @@ void StandardPLPanel::add()
     popup->popup( QCursor::pos() );
 }
 
+void StandardPLPanel::popupSelectColumn( QPoint )
+{     
+    ContextUpdateMapper = new QSignalMapper(this);
+
+    QMenu *selectColMenu = new QMenu( qtr("Show columns") );
+
+#define ADD_META_ACTION( meta ) { \
+   QAction* option = selectColMenu->addAction( qfu(VLC_META_##meta) );     \
+   option->setCheckable( true );                                           \
+   option->setChecked( model->shownFlags() & VLC_META_ENGINE_##meta );   \
+   ContextUpdateMapper->setMapping( option, VLC_META_ENGINE_##meta );      \
+   CONNECT( option, triggered(), ContextUpdateMapper, map() );             \
+   }
+    CONNECT( ContextUpdateMapper, mapped( int ),  model, viewchanged( int ) );
+
+    ADD_META_ACTION( TITLE );
+    ADD_META_ACTION( ARTIST );
+    ADD_META_ACTION( DURATION );
+    ADD_META_ACTION( COLLECTION );
+    ADD_META_ACTION( GENRE );
+    ADD_META_ACTION( SEQ_NUM );
+    ADD_META_ACTION( RATING );
+    ADD_META_ACTION( DESCRIPTION );
+
+#undef ADD_META_ACTION
+    
+    selectColMenu->popup( QCursor::pos() );
+ }
+
 void StandardPLPanel::clearFilter()
 {
     searchLine->setText( "" );
diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/playlist_model.cpp b/modules/gui/qt4/playlist_model.cpp
index 16d53cb3a4af7ba69456e35d62a5b8521fe510e3..0bbe46ff15cc8aa578d13a12b5c7a6158da2e52f 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/playlist_model.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/playlist_model.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ void PLItem::init( int _i_id, int _i_input_id, PLItem *parent, PLModel *m)
     i_id = _i_id; i_input_id = _i_input_id;
     model = m;
 
-
     if( parentItem == NULL )
     {
         i_showflags = config_GetInt( model->p_intf , "qt-pl-showflags" );
@@ -289,7 +288,6 @@ PLModel::PLModel( playlist_t *_p_playlist, intf_thread_t *_p_intf,
     rebuild( p_root );
 }
 
-
 PLModel::~PLModel()
 {
     delCallbacks();
@@ -971,9 +969,9 @@ void PLModel::popup( QModelIndex & index, QPoint &point, QModelIndexList list )
             menu->addAction( qfu(I_POP_SORT), this, SLOT( popupSort() ) );
             menu->addAction( qfu(I_POP_ADD), this, SLOT( popupAdd() ) );
         }
-        menu->addSeparator();
+      //  menu->addSeparator();
 
-        ContextUpdateMapper = new QSignalMapper(this);
+        /*ContextUpdateMapper = new QSignalMapper(this);
 
         QMenu *selectColMenu = new QMenu( qtr("Show columns") );
 
@@ -996,7 +994,7 @@ void PLModel::popup( QModelIndex & index, QPoint &point, QModelIndexList list )
         ADD_META_ACTION( DESCRIPTION );
 
 #undef ADD_META_ACTION
-        menu->addMenu( selectColMenu );
+        menu->addMenu( selectColMenu );*/
         menu->popup( point );
     }
     else
diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/playlist_model.hpp b/modules/gui/qt4/playlist_model.hpp
index d8a87ea9f7bd6b9e42671c9f9e9642cd3d500b83..981acf2f33d1bf993b5d7b353e5505607cec2a36 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/playlist_model.hpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/playlist_model.hpp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ protected:
     int i_id;
     int i_input_id;
     int i_showflags;
+    
     void updateview( void );
     friend class PLModel;
 private:
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ public:
 
     bool b_need_update;
     int i_items_to_append;
+   
     void rebuild(); void rebuild( playlist_item_t *);
     bool hasRandom(); bool hasLoop(); bool hasRepeat();
 
@@ -139,6 +141,11 @@ public:
 
     void sendArt( QString url );
     void removeArt( );
+    
+    int shownFlags()
+    {
+        return rootItem->i_showflags;
+    }
 private:
     void addCallbacks();
     void delCallbacks();