diff --git a/ui (gen4)/css/layout.less b/ui (gen4)/css/layout.less
index 7694a0b8..67a84262 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/css/layout.less	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/css/layout.less	
@@ -1482,6 +1482,23 @@ stretching in width... */
 	opacity: 1;
 }
 
+/* Capslock indicator.. */
+.overlay-info .capslock-state {
+	font-size: small;
+	font-style: italic;
+	margin: 0px 10pt;
+}
+.overlay-info .capslock-state:not(.on) {
+	opacity: 0.2;
+}
+.overlay-info .capslock-state.on {
+	color: yellow;
+	opacity: 0.6;
+}
+.overlay-info .capslock-state:hover {
+	opacity: 1
+}
+
 
 
 /*************************************************** Global status ***/
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js
index 82c41b02..beb0e30a 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
@@ -271,16 +271,20 @@ module.GLOBAL_KEYBOARD = {
 		shift_End: 'lastRibbon',
 
 		Up: 'prevRibbon',
+		caps_shift_Up: 'prevRibbon',
 		Down: 'nextRibbon',
+		caps_shift_Down: 'nextRibbon',
 
 
 		// shifting...
 		shift_Up: 'shiftImageUp',
+		caps_Up: 'shiftImageUp',
 		alt_shift_Up: 'travelImageUp',
 		ctrl_shift_Up: 'shiftImageUpNewRibbon',
 		ctrl_Up: 'shiftMarkedUp',
 
 		shift_Down: 'shiftImageDown',
+		caps_Down: 'shiftImageDown',
 		alt_shift_Down: 'travelImageDown',
 		ctrl_shift_Down: 'shiftImageDownNewRibbon',
 		ctrl_Down: 'shiftMarkedDown',
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/meta.js b/ui (gen4)/features/meta.js
index 996ca2b8..2fde753f 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/meta.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/meta.js	
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature('viewer-testing', [
 
 	'ui-single-image',
 	//'ui-partial-ribbons',
-	// XXX this is still experimental but seems to already work faster...
 	'ui-partial-ribbons-2',
 
 	'marks',
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js
index 43e94249..fd33504d 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 			// separates left/right aligned elements...
 			'---',
 
+			'edit-mode',
 			'mark',
 			'bookmark',
 		],
@@ -90,7 +91,39 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 	},
 
 	__statusbar_elements__: {
+		/* item template...
+		item: function(item){
+			// cleanup...
+			if(item == null){
+				// XXX
+				return
+			}
+
+			// setup the item DOM...
+			if(typeof(item) == typeof('str')){
+				var type = item
+				item = $('<span>')
+					.addClass('item-example')
+					.attr('type', item)
+					.text('example')
+
+			// get stuff from the item...
+			} else {
+				var type = item.attr('type')
+			}
+
+			// update the item...
+			// XXX
+
+			return item
+		},
+		*/
 		index: function(item, gid, img){
+			// cleanup...
+			if(item == null){
+				return 
+			}
+
 			var that = this
 			gid = gid || this.current
 
@@ -188,6 +221,11 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 			return item
 		},
 		ribbon: function(item, gid, img){
+			// cleanup...
+			if(item == null){
+				return 
+			}
+
 			var that = this
 
 			// get ribbon number...
@@ -248,6 +286,11 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 			return item
 		},
 		changes: function(item, gid, img){
+			// cleanup...
+			if(item == null){
+				return 
+			}
+
 			if(typeof(item) == typeof('str')){
 				item = $('<span>')
 					.addClass('changes')
@@ -260,6 +303,11 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 		},
 		// XXX handle path correctly...
 		gid: function(item, gid, img){
+			// cleanup...
+			if(item == null){
+				return 
+			}
+
 			var that = this
 			gid = gid || this.current
 			img = img || (this.images && gid in this.images && this.images[gid])
@@ -309,8 +357,54 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 			return item
 		},
 		path: 'gid',
+		'edit-mode': function(item){
+			// cleanup...
+			if(item == null){
+				this.__edit_mode_indicator_update
+					&& this.off('keyPress', this.__edit_mode_indicator_update)
+				delete this.__edit_mode_indicator_update
+				return
+			}
+
+			var update = this.__edit_mode_indicator_update = this.__edit_mode_indicator_update 
+				|| (function(){
+					var caps = this.keyboard.capslock
+					caps = typeof(event) != 'undefined' && event.getModifierState ? 
+						event.getModifierState('CapsLock')
+						: caps
+					item
+						.attr('info', 'Edit mode ' 
+							+ (caps ? 'on' : 'off')
+							+ ' (Click to update / Press CapsLock to toggle)')
+						[caps ? 'addClass' : 'removeClass']('on')
+				}).bind(this)
+
+
+			if(typeof(item) == typeof('str')){
+				var type = item
+				item = $('<span>')
+					.addClass('capslock-state expanding-text')
+					.append($('<span class="shown">')
+						.text('E'))
+					.append($('<span class="hidden">')
+						.text('Edit mode'))
+					.click(update)
+
+				// XXX need a way to cleanly unhandle this...
+				this.on('keyPress', update)
+			}
+
+			update()
+
+			return item
+		},
 		// XXX show menu in the appropriate corner...
 		mark: function(item, gid, img){
+			// cleanup...
+			if(item == null){
+				return 
+			}
+
 			gid = gid || this.current
 			var that = this
 
@@ -398,8 +492,50 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 				var that = this
 				this.config['status-bar-mode'] = state 
 
+				var _getHandler = function(key){
+					var elems = that.__statusbar_elements__ || {}
+					var base_elems = StatusBarActions.__statusbar_elements__ || {}
+
+					var handler = elems[key] || base_elems[key]
+
+					if(handler == null){
+						return
+					}
+
+					// handle aliases...
+					var seen = []
+					while(typeof(handler) == typeof('str')){
+						seen.push(handler)
+						var handler = elems[handler] || base_elems[handler]
+						// check for loops...
+						if(seen.indexOf(handler) >= 0){
+							console.error('state indicator alias loop detected at:', key)
+							handler = null
+							break
+						}
+					}
+
+					return handler
+				}
+
 				// destroy...
 				if(state == 'none'){
+					// notify items that they are removed...
+					bar.children()
+						.each(function(i, item){
+							item = $(item)
+							var type = item.attr('type') 
+
+							if(type == null){
+								return
+							}
+
+							var handler = _getHandler(type)
+
+							if(handler != null){
+								handler.call(that, null) 
+							}
+						})
 					bar.empty()
 
 				// build/update...
@@ -407,32 +543,6 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 					gid = gid || this.current
 					var img = this.images && this.images[gid]
 
-					var _getHandler = function(key){
-						var elems = that.__statusbar_elements__ || {}
-						var base_elems = StatusBarActions.__statusbar_elements__ || {}
-
-						var handler = elems[key] || base_elems[key]
-
-						if(handler == null){
-							return
-						}
-
-						// handle aliases...
-						var seen = []
-						while(typeof(handler) == typeof('str')){
-							seen.push(handler)
-							var handler = elems[handler] || base_elems[handler]
-							// check for loops...
-							if(seen.indexOf(handler) >= 0){
-								console.error('state indicator alias loop detected at:', key)
-								handler = null
-								break
-							}
-						}
-
-						return handler
-					}
-
 					// build...
 					if(bar.children().length <= 0){
 						var items = this.config['status-bar-items'].slice()
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/keyboard.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/keyboard.js
index 79701718..3a6cc053 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/keyboard.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/keyboard.js	
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ var object = require('lib/object')
 /*********************************************************************/
 
 var MODIFIERS =
-module.MODIFIERS = [ 'ctrl', 'meta', 'alt', 'shift' ]
+//module.MODIFIERS = [ 'ctrl', 'meta', 'alt', 'shift' ]
+module.MODIFIERS = [ 'caps', 'ctrl', 'meta', 'alt', 'shift' ]
 
 
 var KEY_SEPARATORS =
@@ -204,12 +205,17 @@ var event2key =
 module.event2key =
 function event2key(evt){
 	evt = evt || event
+	// NOTE: we do not care about the jQuery wrapper here...
+	evt = evt.originalEvent || evt
 
 	var key = []
 	evt.ctrlKey && key.push('ctrl')
 	evt.altKey && key.push('alt')
 	evt.metaKey && key.push('meta')
 	evt.shiftKey && key.push('shift')
+	evt.getModifierState 
+		&& evt.getModifierState('CapsLock') 
+		&& key.push('caps')
 
 	var k = code2key(evt.keyCode)
 
@@ -760,8 +766,7 @@ var KeyboardPrototype = {
 			mode = '*'
 		}
 
-
-		var genKeys = function(key, shift_key){
+		var joinKeys = function(key, shift_key){
 			// match candidates...
 			return key_separators
 				// full key...
@@ -772,6 +777,40 @@ var KeyboardPrototype = {
 						.map(function(s){ return shift_key.join(s) }) 
 					: [])
 	   			.unique() }
+		var normalize = this.normalizeKey
+		var keyCombinations = function(key, shift_key){
+			if(key.length <= 1){
+				return key
+			}
+			var _combinations = function(level, res){
+				var next = []
+				level
+					.map(function(elem){
+						var c = normalize(elem)
+						c = typeof(c) == typeof('str') ? c : c.join('+++')
+						res.indexOf(c) < 0
+							&& res.push(c)
+							&& elem
+								//.reverse()
+								.slice(0, -1)
+								.map(function(_, i){
+									var s = elem.slice()
+									s.splice(i, 1)
+									s.length > 0 
+										//&& next.push(s.reverse())
+										&& next.push(s)
+								})
+					})
+				next.length > 0 
+					&& _combinations(next, res)
+				return res
+			}
+			return _combinations(shift_key ? [key, shift_key] : [key], [])
+				// XXX is there a better way???
+				//.map(function(e){ return e.split(/\+\+\+/g).concat(key.slice(-1)) })
+				.map(function(e){ return joinKeys(e.split(/\+\+\+/g)) })
+				.reduce(function(a, b){ return a.concat(b) }, [])
+		}
 		var walkAliases = function(bindings, handler, modifiers){
 			var seen = []
 			var modifiers = modifiers || []
@@ -803,7 +842,8 @@ var KeyboardPrototype = {
 		var shift_key = this.shifted(key)
 
 		// match candidates...
-		var keys = genKeys(key, shift_key).unique()
+		//var keys = joinKeys(key, shift_key).unique()
+		var keys = keyCombinations(key, shift_key)
 
 		// get modes...
 		var modes = mode == '*' ? Object.keys(keyboard)
@@ -817,7 +857,8 @@ var KeyboardPrototype = {
 			var k = key.slice(-1)[0]
 			var c = this.key2code(k) 
 
-			var mod = genKeys(key.slice(0, -1).concat(''))
+			//var mod = joinKeys(key.slice(0, -1).concat(''))
+			var mod = keyCombinations(key.slice(0, -1).concat(''))
 
 			var drop = mode == 'test' || mode == '?'
 			for(var i=0; i < modes.length; i++){
@@ -983,6 +1024,11 @@ KeyboardWithCSSModes.prototype.__proto__ = Keyboard.prototype
 // 		// used directly...
 // 		handler('ctrl_C', function(k){ console.log('Not bound:', k) })
 // 		
+// NOTE: the handler will also set the .capslock attribute on the 
+// 		keyboard object and update it on each key press...
+// NOTE: if .capslock is false means that either it is not on or 
+// 		undetectable...
+// NOTE: before any key is pressed the .capslock is set to undefined
 var makeKeyboardHandler =
 module.makeKeyboardHandler =
 function makeKeyboardHandler(keyboard, unhandled, actions){
@@ -991,6 +1037,7 @@ function makeKeyboardHandler(keyboard, unhandled, actions){
 		keyboard 
 		//: Keyboard(keyboard, checkGlobalMode)
 		: Keyboard(keyboard)
+	kb.capslock = undefined
 
 	return function(key, no_match){
 		no_match = no_match || unhandled
@@ -1002,6 +1049,8 @@ function makeKeyboardHandler(keyboard, unhandled, actions){
 		if(typeof(key) != typeof('str')){
 			evt = key
 			key = kb.event2key(evt)
+
+			kb.capslock = key.indexOf('caps') >= 0
 		}
 
 		var handlers = kb.handler('test', key)