diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.js
index 019ea1435e..e86b9eb149 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var ScholarPane = new function()
 	var promptService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/embedcomp/prompt-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPromptService);
 	
 	this.init = init;
+	this.toggleScholar = toggleScholar;
 	this.newItem = newItem;
 	this.newFolder = newFolder;
 	this.folderSelected = folderSelected;
@@ -30,6 +31,14 @@ var ScholarPane = new function()
 		}
 	}
 	
+	function toggleScholar()
+	{
+		var visible = document.getElementById('scholar-pane').getAttribute('collapsed') == 'true';
+		
+		document.getElementById('scholar-pane').setAttribute('collapsed',!visible);
+		document.getElementById('scholar-splitter').setAttribute('collapsed',!visible);
+	}
+	
 	function newItem(typeID)
 	{
 		alert("new item of type: "+typeID);
diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.xul b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.xul
index a174412d5b..9eb289ad5b 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.xul
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.xul
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	<command id="cmd_scholar_search" oncommand="ScholarPane.search();"/>
 
 	<vbox id="appcontent">
-		<vbox id="scholar-pane" position="1" persist="height">
+		<vbox id="scholar-pane" position="1" persist="height collapsed">
 			<hbox flex="1">				
 				<tree id="folders-tree"
 					style="-moz-user-focus: ignore;" hidecolumnpicker="true"
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 					<treechildren/>
 				</tree>
 			</hbox>
-			<toolbar id="scholar-toolbar">
+			<toolbar id="scholar-toolbar" align="center">
 				<toolbarbutton label="&menuitem.newFolder.label;" command="cmd_scholar_newFolder"/>
 				<toolbarbutton id="tb-add" label="&menuitem.newItem.label;" type="menu">
 					<menupopup>
@@ -83,13 +83,14 @@
 				<spacer flex="1"/>
 				<label value="Search:" control="tb-search"/>
 				<textbox id="tb-search" type="timed" timeout="500" command="cmd_scholar_search"/>
+                <toolbarbutton class="tabs-closebutton" oncommand="ScholarPane.toggleScholar()"/>
 			</toolbar>
 		</vbox>
-		<splitter id="scholar-splitter" resizebefore="closest" resizeafter="closest" position="2"/>
+		<splitter id="scholar-splitter" resizebefore="closest" resizeafter="closest" position="2" persist="collapsed"/>
 	</vbox>
 	
 	<statusbar id="status-bar">
-		<statusbarpanel id="scholar-load-status" label="Scholar is NOT loaded"/>
+		<statusbarpanel id="scholar-load-status" label="Scholar is NOT loaded" onclick="ScholarPane.toggleScholar();"/>
 	</statusbar>
 	
 	<script>
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@
 	<menupopup id="menu_ToolsPopup">
 		<menuseparator id="scholarSeparator" insertbefore="devToolsSeparator"/>
 		<menuitem id="tools-scholar" insertbefore="devToolsSeparator"
-			oncommand="document.getElementById('scholar-pane').collapsed='false';" label="Scholar"
+			oncommand="ScholarPane.toggleScholar();" label="Scholar"
 			key="key_openScholar"/>
 	</menupopup>
   
diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/view.xul b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/view.xul
index 4d0a3acd4e..21b0a86f2f 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/view.xul
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/view.xul
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://scholar/skin/scholar.css" type="text/css"?>
 <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://scholar/skin/view.css" type="text/css"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://browser/content/browser.css" type="text/css"?>
 
 <page
 	xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">
diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/skin/default/scholar/overlay.css b/chrome/chromeFiles/skin/default/scholar/overlay.css
index 7b4ef5a082..d4569f5edd 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/skin/default/scholar/overlay.css
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/skin/default/scholar/overlay.css
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ vbox #scholar-pane
 {
 	background: #f5f5f5;
 	min-height: 150px;
+	padding: 4px;
 }
 
 tree #folders-tree
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ tree #items-tree
 
 #scholar-toolbar
 {
-
+	border-bottom: none;
 }
 
 #scholar-toolbar toolbarbutton