diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js
index 41b94326..1da3d101 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
@@ -422,10 +422,12 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 	// XXX should this show a dialog???
 	editStatusBarIndex: ['- Interface/',
 		function(){
-			this.toggleStatusBar('?') == 'none' && this.toggleStatusBar()
+			if((this.config['status-bar-index'] || {} )['editable']){
+				this.toggleStatusBar('?') == 'none' && this.toggleStatusBar()
 
-			// XXX do this better...
-			this.ribbons.viewer.find('.global-info .index .position').focus().click()
+				// XXX do this better...
+				this.ribbons.viewer.find('.global-info .index .position').focus().click()
+			}
 		}],
 	toggleStatusBarIndexMode: ['Interface/Status bar index mode',
 		toggler.CSSClassToggler(
@@ -434,6 +436,7 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 			function(state){
 				this.toggleStatusBar('?') == 'none' && this.toggleStatusBar()
 
+				// prepare for saving the config...
 				this.config['status-bar-index'] = 
 					JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.config['status-bar-index']))
 				this.config['status-bar-index']['mode'] = state
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/ui.js b/ui (gen4)/ui.js
index 3e4f646e..dfa1b575 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/ui.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/ui.js	
@@ -276,10 +276,11 @@ module.GLOBAL_KEYBOARD = {
 			'ctrl+shift': 'redoLast',
 		},
 
-		// XXX for debug...
 		G: {
 			default: 'editStatusBarIndex!',
 			shift: 'toggleStatusBarIndexMode!',
+
+			// XXX for debug...
 			ctrl: function(){ $('.viewer').toggleClass('visible-gid') },
 		},
 	},