diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 9e0ffc6b..16cfbf65 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -556,7 +556,8 @@ python/samples/recollqsd.py \
  \
 sampleconf/fields sampleconf/fragbuts.xml sampleconf/mimeconf \
 sampleconf/mimemap sampleconf/mimeview sampleconf/mimeview.mac \
-sampleconf/recoll.conf sampleconf/recoll.qss sampleconf/recoll-dark.qss \
+sampleconf/recoll.conf sampleconf/recoll.qss \
+sampleconf/recoll-dark.qss sampleconf/recoll-dark.css \
 \
 testmains/Makefile.am \
 \
@@ -645,6 +646,8 @@ sampleconf/fields \
 sampleconf/recoll.conf \
 sampleconf/mimeconf \
 sampleconf/recoll.qss \
+sampleconf/recoll-dark.qss \
+sampleconf/recoll-dark.css \
 sampleconf/mimemap \
 sampleconf/mimeview 
 
@@ -754,7 +757,7 @@ dist_man5_MANS = doc/man/recoll.conf.5
 dist-hook:
 	(cd $(top_srcdir); find . \
             \( -name '*.pyc' -o -name '#*' -o -name '*~' \) -delete)
-	if test -z "$(NOTAG)";then \            
+	if test -z "$(NOTAG)";then \
 	  test -z "`git status -s|grep -v recoll-$(VERSION)`"||exit 1; \
 	  vers=`echo $(VERSION) | sed -e 's/~/_/g'`;\
 	  git tag -a RECOLL-$$vers -m "Release $$vers tagged"; \
diff --git a/src/qtgui/restable.cpp b/src/qtgui/restable.cpp
index 289b81c7..7e460599 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/restable.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/restable.cpp
@@ -483,8 +483,7 @@ public:
     // difficult. Anyway, the display seems fast enough as is.
     void paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem &option, 
                const QModelIndex &index) const {
-        QStyleOptionViewItem opt = option;
-        initStyleOption(&opt, index);
+
         QVariant value = index.data(Qt::DisplayRole);
         QString text;
         if (value.isValid() && !value.isNull()) {
@@ -495,39 +494,29 @@ public:
             return;
         }
 
+        QStyleOptionViewItem opt = option;
+        initStyleOption(&opt, index);
+
         painter->save();
 
         QTextDocument document;
+        QString color = opt.palette.color(QPalette::Text).name();
+        QString selcolor = opt.palette.color(QPalette::BrightText).name();
         QString fstyle;
         if (prefs.reslistfontsize > 0) {
             int fs = prefs.reslistfontsize <= fsadjusttable ?
-                prefs.reslistfontsize :
-                prefs.reslistfontsize - fsadjusttable;
+                prefs.reslistfontsize : prefs.reslistfontsize - fsadjusttable;
             fstyle = QString("font-size: %1pt").arg(fs);
         }
-        if (opt.state & QStyle::State_Selected) {
-            painter->fillRect(opt.rect, opt.palette.highlight());
-            // Set the foreground color. Tried with pen
-            // approach did not seem to work, probably it's
-            // reset by the textdocument. Couldn't use
-            // setdefaultstylesheet() either. the div thing is
-            // an ugly hack. Works for now
-            QString ntxt("<div style='color: white");
-            if (!fstyle.isEmpty()) {
-                ntxt += QString(";") + fstyle;
-            }
-            ntxt += "'>";
-            ntxt += text + QString::fromUtf8("</div>");
-            text.swap(ntxt);
-        } else {
-            if (!fstyle.isEmpty()) {
-                QString ntxt("<div style='");
-                ntxt += fstyle;
-                ntxt += QString("'>") + text + QString("</div>");
-                text.swap(ntxt);
-            }
-        }
-        painter->setClipRect(option.rect);
+        QString ntxt("<div style='");
+        ntxt += " color:";
+        ntxt += (opt.state & QStyle::State_Selected)? selcolor:color;
+        ntxt += ";";
+        ntxt += fstyle;
+        ntxt += QString("'>") + text + QString("</div>");
+        text.swap(ntxt);
+        
+        painter->setClipRect(opt.rect);
         QPoint where = option.rect.topLeft();
         where.ry() += TEXTINCELLVTRANS;
         painter->translate(where);
diff --git a/src/sampleconf/recoll-dark.css b/src/sampleconf/recoll-dark.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..520cfb6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sampleconf/recoll-dark.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+/* Result list HTML Header insert */
+
+<style>
+
+a {
+   color: #F0FFFF;
+}
+body, table {
+   background: #373737;
+   color: #ffffff;
+}
+
+</style>
diff --git a/src/sampleconf/recoll-dark.qss b/src/sampleconf/recoll-dark.qss
index 2604ade5..5ee4fd6e 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/recoll-dark.qss
+++ b/src/sampleconf/recoll-dark.qss
@@ -15,16 +15,7 @@
  result list:
    Preferences->GUI configuration->Result list->
                  Edit result page html header insert
- For example:
-   
-<style type="text/css">
- html {
-     background-color: #505050;
-     color: #D8D8D8;
-     selection-background-color: #424e72;
- }
-</style> 
-
+ See recoll-dark.css in src/sampleconf of share/examples
 */
 
 /* Light on dark text everywhere*/
@@ -57,13 +48,9 @@ QTabWidget QTabBar::tab:selected {
     color:      #ffffff;
 }
 
-/*
- * Slightly *darker* background for text entry areas, and brighter
- * (lighter) foreground.
- * QTableView excluded until we fix the font color...
- */
-QComboBox[editable="true"], QTextEdit, QLineEdit,
-QTextBrowser, QWebView, QPlainTextEdit {
+/* Slightly *darker* background for text entry areas. */
+QComboBox[editable="true"], QTextEdit[editable="true"], QLineEdit,
+QPlainTextEdit {
     background-color: #101010;
     color: #ffffff;
 }