diff --git a/curses/curses_misc.py b/curses/curses_misc.py
index 7559431..4448a4f 100644
--- a/curses/curses_misc.py
+++ b/curses/curses_misc.py
@@ -545,12 +545,21 @@ class OptCols(urwid.WidgetWrap):
         # callbacks map the text contents to its assigned callback.
         self.callbacks = []
         for cmd in tuples:
-            if cmd[0] == 'left':
-                key = '<-'
-            elif cmd[0] == 'right':
-                key = '->'
-            else:
-                key = cmd[0]
+            splitcmd = cmd[0].split()
+            key = ''
+            for part in splitcmd:
+                if part == 'ctrl':
+                    key+='C^'
+                elif part == 'meta':
+                    key+='M^'
+                else:
+                   if part == 'left':
+                       key += '<-'
+                   elif part == 'right':
+                       key += '->'
+                   else:
+                       key += part
+            
             #theText = urwid.Text([(attrs[0],cmd[0]),(attrs[1],cmd[1])])
             if debug:
                 callback = self.debugClick
diff --git a/curses/wicd-curses.py b/curses/wicd-curses.py
index 56ab8c7..92abfe0 100644
--- a/curses/wicd-curses.py
+++ b/curses/wicd-curses.py
@@ -543,7 +543,9 @@ class appGUI():
                 #(' ' ,'       ',None),
 
         self.footer1 = OptCols(keys,debug=True)
-        self.time_label = urwid.Text(strftime('%H:%M:%S'))
+        #self.time_label = urwid.Text(strftime('%H:%M:%S'))
+        self.time_label = \
+                  urwid.AttrWrap(urwid.Text(strftime('%H:%M:%S')), 'timebar')
         self.status_label = urwid.AttrWrap(urwid.Text('blah'),'important')
         self.footer2 = urwid.Columns([self.status_label,('fixed', 8, self.time_label)])
         self.footerList = urwid.ListBox([self.footer1,self.footer2])
@@ -892,29 +894,29 @@ def main():
     # Default Color scheme.
     # Other potential color schemes can be found at:
     # http://excess.org/urwid/wiki/RecommendedPalette
-    # Note: the current palette below is optimized for the linux console.
-    # For example, this looks particularly bad on a default-colored XTerm.
-    # NB: To find current terminal background use variable COLORFGBG
+
+    # Thanks to nanotube on #wicd for helping with this
     ui.register_palette([
         ('body','default','default'),
         ('focus','dark magenta','light gray'),
         ('header','light blue','default'),
         ('important','light red','default'),
         ('connected','dark green','default'),
-        ('connected focus','default','dark green'),
+        ('connected focus','black','dark green'),
         ('editcp', 'default', 'default', 'standout'),
         ('editbx', 'light gray', 'dark blue'),
         ('editfc', 'white','dark blue', 'bold'),
-        ('editnfc','dark gray','default'),
+        ('editnfc','dark gray','default','bold'),
         ('tab active','dark green','light gray'),
         ('infobar','light gray','dark blue'),
+        ('timebar','dark gray','default'),
         # Simple colors around text
         ('green','dark green','default'),
         ('blue','dark blue','default'),
         ('red','dark red','default'),
         ('bold','white','black','bold')])
-    # This is a wrapper around a function that calls another a function that is a
-    # wrapper around a infinite loop.  Fun.
+    # This is a wrapper around a function that calls another a function that
+    # is a wrapper around a infinite loop.  Fun.
     urwid.set_encoding('utf8')
     ui.run_wrapper(run)