diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.mxnmultiwidgeteditor/src/QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.mxnmultiwidgeteditor/src/QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor.cpp
index e77de09d48..aa05008ddd 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.mxnmultiwidgeteditor/src/QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.mxnmultiwidgeteditor/src/QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor.cpp
@@ -1,178 +1,174 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor.h"
 
 #include <berryIPreferencesService.h>
 #include <berryIPreferences.h>
 #include <berryIWorkbenchPage.h>
 #include <berryIWorkbenchPartConstants.h>
 #include <berryUIException.h>
 
 // mxn multi widget editor plugin
 #include "QmitkMultiWidgetDecorationManager.h"
 
 // mitk qt widgets module
 #include <QmitkMxNMultiWidget.h>
 #include <QmitkInteractionSchemeToolBar.h>
 #include <QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar.h>
 
 // qt
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 
 const QString QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::EDITOR_ID = "org.mitk.editors.mxnmultiwidget";
 
 struct QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::Impl final
 {
   Impl();
   ~Impl() = default;
 
   QmitkInteractionSchemeToolBar* m_InteractionSchemeToolBar;
   QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar* m_ConfigurationToolBar;
 };
 
 QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::Impl::Impl()
   : m_InteractionSchemeToolBar(nullptr)
   , m_ConfigurationToolBar(nullptr)
 {
   // nothing here
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor()
   : QmitkAbstractMultiWidgetEditor()
   , m_Impl(std::make_unique<Impl>())
 {
   // nothing here
 }
 
 QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::~QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor()
 {
   GetSite()->GetPage()->RemovePartListener(this);
 }
 
 void QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::OnLayoutSet(int row, int column)
 {
   const auto &multiWidget = dynamic_cast<QmitkMxNMultiWidget *>(GetMultiWidget());
   if (nullptr != multiWidget)
   {
     multiWidget->SetCrosshairVisibility(true);
     QmitkAbstractMultiWidgetEditor::OnLayoutSet(row, column);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::OnInteractionSchemeChanged(mitk::InteractionSchemeSwitcher::InteractionScheme scheme)
 {
   const auto &multiWidget = GetMultiWidget();
   if (nullptr == multiWidget)
   {
     return;
   }
 
   if (mitk::InteractionSchemeSwitcher::PACSStandard == scheme)
   {
     m_Impl->m_InteractionSchemeToolBar->setVisible(true);
   }
   else
   {
     m_Impl->m_InteractionSchemeToolBar->setVisible(false);
   }
 
   QmitkAbstractMultiWidgetEditor::OnInteractionSchemeChanged(scheme);
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // PRIVATE
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::SetFocus()
 {
   const auto& multiWidget = GetMultiWidget();
   if (nullptr != multiWidget)
   {
     multiWidget->setFocus();
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::CreateQtPartControl(QWidget* parent)
 {
   QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout(parent);
   layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
 
   berry::IBerryPreferences *preferences = dynamic_cast<berry::IBerryPreferences *>(GetPreferences().GetPointer());
 
   auto multiWidget = GetMultiWidget();
   if (nullptr == multiWidget)
   {
     multiWidget = new QmitkMxNMultiWidget(parent, 0, nullptr);
 
     // create left toolbar: interaction scheme toolbar to switch how the render window navigation behaves in PACS mode
     if (nullptr == m_Impl->m_InteractionSchemeToolBar)
     {
       m_Impl->m_InteractionSchemeToolBar = new QmitkInteractionSchemeToolBar(parent);
       layout->addWidget(m_Impl->m_InteractionSchemeToolBar);
     }
     m_Impl->m_InteractionSchemeToolBar->SetInteractionEventHandler(multiWidget->GetInteractionEventHandler());
 
-    // show / hide PACS mouse mode interaction scheme toolbar
-    bool PACSInteractionScheme = preferences->GetBool("PACS like mouse interaction", false);
-    m_Impl->m_InteractionSchemeToolBar->setVisible(PACSInteractionScheme);
-
     multiWidget->SetDataStorage(GetDataStorage());
     multiWidget->InitializeMultiWidget();
     SetMultiWidget(multiWidget);
   }
 
   layout->addWidget(multiWidget);
 
   // create right toolbar: configuration toolbar to change the render window widget layout
   if (nullptr == m_Impl->m_ConfigurationToolBar)
   {
     m_Impl->m_ConfigurationToolBar = new QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar(multiWidget);
     layout->addWidget(m_Impl->m_ConfigurationToolBar);
   }
 
   connect(m_Impl->m_ConfigurationToolBar, &QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar::LayoutSet,
           this, &QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::OnLayoutSet);
   connect(m_Impl->m_ConfigurationToolBar, &QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar::Synchronized,
           this, &QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::OnSynchronize);
   connect(m_Impl->m_ConfigurationToolBar, &QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar::InteractionSchemeChanged,
           this, &QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::OnInteractionSchemeChanged);
 
   GetSite()->GetPage()->AddPartListener(this);
 
   OnPreferencesChanged(preferences);
 }
 
 void QmitkMxNMultiWidgetEditor::OnPreferencesChanged(const berry::IBerryPreferences* preferences)
 {
   const auto& multiWidget = GetMultiWidget();
   if (nullptr == multiWidget)
   {
     return;
   }
 
   // update decoration preferences
   //m_Impl->m_MultiWidgetDecorationManager->DecorationPreferencesChanged(preferences);
 
   // zooming and panning preferences
   bool constrainedZooming = preferences->GetBool("Use constrained zooming and panning", true);
   mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->SetConstrainedPanningZooming(constrainedZooming);
 
   bool PACSInteractionScheme = preferences->GetBool("PACS like mouse interaction", false);
   OnInteractionSchemeChanged(PACSInteractionScheme ?
     mitk::InteractionSchemeSwitcher::PACSStandard :
     mitk::InteractionSchemeSwitcher::MITKStandard);
 
   mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->RequestUpdateAll();
 }