diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar.cpp b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar.cpp
index a078239b81..e5a695957e 100644
--- a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar.cpp
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar.cpp
@@ -1,82 +1,82 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical Image Computing.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar.h"
 
 QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar::QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar()
   : QToolBar()
 {
   QToolBar::setOrientation(Qt::Vertical);
   QToolBar::setIconSize(QSize(17, 17));
 
   InitializeToolBar();
 }
 
 QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar::~QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar()
 {
   // nothing here
 }
 
 void QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar::InitializeToolBar()
 {
   // create popup to show a widget to modify the multi widget layout
   m_LayoutSelectionPopup = new QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget(this);
   m_LayoutSelectionPopup->hide();
 
   AddButtons();
 
   connect(m_LayoutSelectionPopup, &QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget::LayoutSet, this, &QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar::LayoutSet);
 }
 
 void QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar::AddButtons()
 {
   QAction* setLayoutAction = new QAction(QIcon(":/Qmitk/mwLayout.png"), tr("Set multi widget layout"), this);
   connect(setLayoutAction, &QAction::triggered, this, &QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar::OnSetLayout);
 
   QToolBar::addAction(setLayoutAction);
 
   m_SynchronizeAction = new QAction(QIcon(":/Qmitk/mwSynchronized.png"), tr("Desynchronize render windows"), this);
   m_SynchronizeAction->setCheckable(true);
   m_SynchronizeAction->setChecked(true);
   connect(m_SynchronizeAction, &QAction::triggered, this, &QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar::OnSynchronize);
 
   QToolBar::addAction(m_SynchronizeAction);
 }
 
 void QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar::OnSetLayout()
 {
   m_LayoutSelectionPopup->setWindowFlags(Qt::Popup);
-  m_LayoutSelectionPopup->move(this->cursor().pos());
+  m_LayoutSelectionPopup->move(this->cursor().pos().x() - m_LayoutSelectionPopup->width(), this->cursor().pos().y());
   m_LayoutSelectionPopup->show();
 }
 
 void QmitkMultiWidgetConfigurationToolBar::OnSynchronize()
 {
   bool synchronized = m_SynchronizeAction->isChecked();
   if (synchronized)
   {
     m_SynchronizeAction->setIcon(QIcon(":/Qmitk/mwSynchronized.png"));
     m_SynchronizeAction->setText(tr("Desynchronize render windows"));
   }
   else
   {
     m_SynchronizeAction->setIcon(QIcon(":/Qmitk/mwDesynchronized.png"));
     m_SynchronizeAction->setText(tr("Synchronize render windows"));
   }
 
   m_SynchronizeAction->setChecked(synchronized);
   emit Synchronized(synchronized);
 }
diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget.cpp b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget.cpp
index 687ad5a934..17081206c4 100644
--- a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget.cpp
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget.cpp
@@ -1,76 +1,80 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical Image Computing.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget.h"
 
 QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget::QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget(QWidget* parent/* = 0*/)
   : QWidget(parent)
 {
   Init();
 }
 
 void QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget::Init()
 {
   ui.setupUi(this);
+
+  auto stylesheet = "QTableWidget::item{background-color: white;}\nQTableWidget::item:selected{background-color: #1C97EA;}";
+  ui.tableWidget->setStyleSheet(stylesheet);
+
   connect(ui.tableWidget, &QTableWidget::itemSelectionChanged, this, &QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget::OnTableItemSelectionChanged);
   connect(ui.setLayoutPushButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget::OnSetLayoutButtonClicked);
 }
 
 void QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget::OnTableItemSelectionChanged()
 {
   QItemSelectionModel* selectionModel = ui.tableWidget->selectionModel();
 
   int row = 0;
   int column = 0;
   QModelIndexList indices = selectionModel->selectedIndexes();
   if (indices.size() > 0)
   {
     row = indices[0].row();
     column = indices[0].column();
 
     QModelIndex topLeft = ui.tableWidget->model()->index(0, 0, QModelIndex());
     QModelIndex bottomRight = ui.tableWidget->model()->index(row, column, QModelIndex());
 
     QItemSelection cellSelection;
     cellSelection.select(topLeft, bottomRight);
     selectionModel->select(cellSelection, QItemSelectionModel::Select);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget::OnSetLayoutButtonClicked()
 {
   int row = 0;
   int column = 0;
   QModelIndexList indices = ui.tableWidget->selectionModel()->selectedIndexes();
   if (indices.size() > 0)
   {
     // find largest row and column
     for (const QModelIndex modelIndex : indices)
     {
       if (modelIndex.row() > row)
       {
         row = modelIndex.row();
       }
       if (modelIndex.column() > column)
       {
         column = modelIndex.column();
       }
     }
 
     close();
     emit LayoutSet(row+1, column+1);
   }
 }
diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget.ui b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget.ui
index 34d3e62dfd..5c2d9e4af1 100644
--- a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget.ui
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget.ui
@@ -1,72 +1,70 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="QmitkMultiWidgetLayoutSelectionWidget">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>230</width>
     <height>230</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <item>
     <widget class="QTableWidget" name="tableWidget">
      <property name="editTriggers">
       <set>QAbstractItemView::NoEditTriggers</set>
      </property>
      <property name="showDropIndicator" stdset="0">
       <bool>false</bool>
      </property>
      <property name="dragDropOverwriteMode">
       <bool>false</bool>
      </property>
      <property name="rowCount">
       <number>3</number>
      </property>
      <property name="columnCount">
       <number>4</number>
      </property>
      <attribute name="horizontalHeaderVisible">
       <bool>false</bool>
      </attribute>
      <attribute name="horizontalHeaderDefaultSectionSize">
       <number>50</number>
      </attribute>
      <attribute name="horizontalHeaderMinimumSectionSize">
       <number>50</number>
      </attribute>
      <attribute name="verticalHeaderVisible">
       <bool>false</bool>
      </attribute>
      <attribute name="verticalHeaderDefaultSectionSize">
       <number>50</number>
      </attribute>
      <attribute name="verticalHeaderMinimumSectionSize">
       <number>50</number>
      </attribute>
      <row/>
      <row/>
      <row/>
      <column/>
      <column/>
      <column/>
      <column/>
-     <column/>
-     <column/>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QPushButton" name="setLayoutPushButton">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Set multi widget layout</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>