diff --git a/ui (gen4)/css/experimenting.css b/ui (gen4)/css/experimenting.css
index 888dca00..2abc10b7 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/css/experimenting.css	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/css/experimenting.css	
@@ -367,6 +367,12 @@ body {
 	opacity: 0.5;
 	margin-left: 0.5em;
 }
+.browse-widget.key-bindings.edit .list>.key.non-action:before {
+	display: inline;
+	content: " (non-action) ";
+	opacity: 0.5;
+	margin-left: 0.5em;
+}
 
 
 .browse-widget.key-bindings .list>.new {
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js
index b48a2f75..9cc0e4a5 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
@@ -732,10 +732,13 @@ var KeyboardActions = actions.Actions({
 											doc 
 											: (actions.keyboard.special_handlers[action] 
 												|| null))
-									.addClass('key '
+									.addClass('key'
+										// special stuff...
 										+ (action in actions.keyboard.special_handlers ?
-										   	'special-action' 
-											: ''))
+										   	' special-action' 
+											: '')
+										// aliases...
+										+ (o.action in actions ? '' : ' non-action'))
 								c++
 							})
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/keyboard2.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/keyboard2.js
index 077900c2..b5d8186c 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/keyboard2.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/keyboard2.js	
@@ -364,39 +364,7 @@ var KeyboardHandlerPrototype = {
 	normalizeKey: KeyboardHandlerClassPrototype.normalizeKey,
 	isKey: KeyboardHandlerClassPrototype.isKey,
 
-	/*/ XXX not sure if this is needed...
-	normalizeBindings: function(keyboard){
-		keyboard = keyboard || this.keyboard 
-		var that = this
-		var service_fields = this.service_fields
-		Object.keys(keyboard).forEach(function(mode){
-			mode = keyboard[mode]
-			
-			Object.keys(mode).forEach(function(key){
-				// skip service fields...
-				if(service_fields.indexOf(key) >= 0){
-					return
-				}
-
-				var n = that.normalizeKey(key)
-
-				if(n != key){
-					// duplicate key...
-					if(n in mode){
-						console.warn('duplicate keys: "'+ n +'" and "'+ k +'"')
-					}
-
-					mode[n] = mode[key]
-					delete mode[key]
-				}
-			})
-		})
-		return keyboard
-	},
-	//*/
-
 	//isModeApplicable: function(mode, keyboard, context){ return true },
-	//isModeApplicable: checkGlobalMode,
 
 	// Get keys for handler...
 	//