diff --git a/content/buffer.js b/content/buffer.js
index d4cdb129..48dbbe39 100644
--- a/content/buffer.js
+++ b/content/buffer.js
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ liberator.Buffer = function () //{{{
     const highlightClasses = ["Boolean", "ErrorMsg", "Function", "InfoMsg", "Keyword",
             "LineNr", "ModeMsg", "MoreMsg", "Normal", "Null", "Number", "Question",
             "StatusLine", "StatusLineBroken", "StatusLineSecure", "String", "Tag",
-            "Title", "URL", "WarningMsg"];
+            "Title", "URL", "WarningMsg",
+            ["Hint", ".liberator-hint", "*"]
+            ["Search", ".__liberator-search", "*"],
+            ["Bell", "#liberator-visualbell"],
+            ];
     let name = liberator.config.name.toLowerCase();
     const highlightDocs = "chrome://" + name + "/content/buffer.xhtml,chrome://browser/content/browser.xul";
 
@@ -1092,22 +1096,27 @@ liberator.Buffer = function () //{{{
         {
             let [, class, selectors] = key.match(/^([a-zA-Z_-]+)(.*)/);
 
-            if (highlightClasses.indexOf(class) == -1)
+            let class = highlightClasses.filter(function (i) i == class || i[0] == class)[0];
+            if (!class)
             {
                 liberator.echoerr("Unknown highlight keyword");
                 return;
             }
+            if (!(class instanceof Array))
+                class = [class];
+            let cssClass = class[1] || ".hl-" + class[0];
+            let scope = class[2] || highlightDocs;
 
-            let getCSS = function (style) ".hl-" + class + selectors + " { " + style.replace(/(?:!\s*important\s*)?(?:;|;?$)/g, "!important;") + " }";
+            let getCSS = function (style) cssClass + selectors + " { " + style.replace(/(?:!\s*important\s*)?(?:;|;?$)/g, "!important;") + " }";
             let css = getCSS(style);
 
             if (highlight.get(key))
-                styles.removeSheet(highlightDocs, getCSS(highlight.get(key)), true);
+                styles.removeSheet(scope, getCSS(highlight.get(key)), true);
 
             if (/^\s*$/.test(style))
                 return highlight.remove(key);
 
-            let error = styles.addSheet(highlightDocs, css, true, force);
+            let error = styles.addSheet(scope, css, true, force);
             if (error)
                 liberator.echoerr(error);
             else
diff --git a/content/find.js b/content/find.js
index 60990a79..73f28f6c 100644
--- a/content/find.js
+++ b/content/find.js
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@ liberator.Search = function () //{{{
                 return;
             }
 
-            var baseNode = <span style={liberator.options["hlsearchstyle"] +
-                            "; display: inline; font-size: inherit; padding: 0"}
-                          class="__liberator-search"/>
+            var baseNode = <span class="__liberator-search"/>
             baseNode = liberator.util.xmlToDom(baseNode, window.content.document);
 
             var body = doc.body;
@@ -245,12 +243,6 @@ liberator.Search = function () //{{{
             }
         });
 
-    // TODO: use Search highlight group instead when we have proper highlight
-    // support
-    liberator.options.add(["hlsearchstyle", "hlss"],
-        "CSS specification of highlighted search items",
-        "string", "color: black; background-color: yellow; padding: 0; display: inline;");
-
     liberator.options.add(["ignorecase", "ic"],
         "Ignore case in search patterns",
         "boolean", true);
diff --git a/content/hints.js b/content/hints.js
index 41d4ab73..4a751533 100644
--- a/content/hints.js
+++ b/content/hints.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ liberator.Hints = function () //{{{
         var scrollY = doc.defaultView.scrollY;
 
         var baseNodeAbsolute = liberator.util.xmlToDom(
-            <span style={liberator.options["hintstyle"]} class="liberator-hint"/>, doc);
+            <span class="liberator-hint"/>, doc);
 
         var elem, tagname, text, span, rect;
         var res = liberator.buffer.evaluateXPath(liberator.options["hinttags"], doc, null, true);
@@ -555,10 +555,6 @@ liberator.Hints = function () //{{{
         "XPath string of hintable elements activated by ';'",
         "string", DEFAULT_HINTTAGS);
 
-    liberator.options.add(["hintstyle", "hs"],
-        "CSS specification of unfocused hints",
-        "string", "z-index:5000; font-family:monospace; font-size:10px; font-weight: bold; color:white; background-color:red; border-color:ButtonShadow; border-width:0px; border-style:solid; padding:0px 1px 0px 1px; position:absolute;");
-
     liberator.options.add(["hinttags", "ht"],
         "XPath string of hintable elements activated by 'f' and 'F'",
         "string", DEFAULT_HINTTAGS);
diff --git a/content/liberator.js b/content/liberator.js
index 52b4f515..b264034c 100644
--- a/content/liberator.js
+++ b/content/liberator.js
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
                     return value;
                 }
             });
-
-        liberator.options.add(["visualbellstyle", "t_vb"],
-            "CSS specification of the visual bell",
-            "string", "border: none; background-color: black;"
-        );
     }
 
     function addMappings()
@@ -663,20 +658,15 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
         {
             if (liberator.options["visualbell"])
             {
-                var vbs = liberator.options["visualbellstyle"];
-                if (vbs)
-                {
-                    // flash the visual bell
-                    var popup = document.getElementById("liberator-visualbell");
-                    var win = liberator.config.visualbellWindow;
-                    var box = document.getBoxObjectFor(win);
+                // flash the visual bell
+                var popup = document.getElementById("liberator-visualbell");
+                var win = liberator.config.visualbellWindow;
+                var box = document.getBoxObjectFor(win);
 
-                    popup.style.cssText = vbs;
-                    popup.height = box.height;
-                    popup.width = box.width;
-                    popup.openPopup(win, "overlap", 0, 0, false, false);
-                    setTimeout(function () { popup.hidePopup(); }, 50);
-                }
+                popup.height = box.height;
+                popup.width = box.width;
+                popup.openPopup(win, "overlap", 0, 0, false, false);
+                setTimeout(function () { popup.hidePopup(); }, 50);
             }
             else
             {