diff --git a/chrome/content/vimperator/vimperator.xul b/chrome/content/vimperator/vimperator.xul
index 16868ae0..20463c1e 100644
--- a/chrome/content/vimperator/vimperator.xul
+++ b/chrome/content/vimperator/vimperator.xul
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
                 </listbox>
 
                 <hbox id="vimperator-statusline" flex="1" height="10" hidden="false">
-                    <label class="plain" id="vimperator-statusline-field-url"            flex="1" crop="end"/>
+                    <textbox class="plain" id="vimperator-statusline-field-url" readonly="true" flex="1" crop="end"/>
                     <label class="plain" id="vimperator-statusline-field-inputbuffer"    flex="0"/>
                     <label class="plain" id="vimperator-statusline-field-progress"       flex="0"/>
                     <label class="plain" id="vimperator-statusline-field-tabcount"       flex="0"/>