diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/css/default.css b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/css/default.css
index 53c50043bc..fe3881eea1 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/css/default.css
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/css/default.css
@@ -175,3 +175,4 @@ dd p {line-height:20px;}
 
 
 .no-results { margin: 10px 0 0; }
+th > a, th > span { font-weight: normal; color:#333333;}
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_bottom.html b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_bottom.html
index 8f81472723..abce7c24b7 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_bottom.html
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_bottom.html
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 </script>
 
 <!-- modal filter boxes -->
-   {% for tc in tablecols %}{% if tc.filter %}{% with f=tc.filter %}
+   {% for tc in tablecols %}{% if tc.filter %}{% with objectname=objectname f=tc.filter %}
         {% include "filtersnippet.html" %}
    {% endwith %}{% endif %} {% endfor %}
 <!-- end modals -->
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_top.html b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_top.html
index b8d5c382c7..7b3017affb 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_top.html
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_top.html
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@
         <tr>
             {% for tc in tablecols %}<th class="{{tc.dclass}} {{tc.clclass}}">
                 {%if tc.qhelp%}<i class="icon-question-sign get-help" data-toggle="tooltip" title="{{tc.qhelp}}"></i>{%endif%}
-                <a href="javascript:reload_params({'orderby' : '{{tc.orderfield}}' })" style="font-weight:normal;">{{tc.name}}</a>
+                {%if tc.orderfield%}<a {%if tc.ordericon%} class="sorted" {%endif%}href="javascript:reload_params({'orderby' : '{{tc.orderfield}}' })" >{{tc.name}}</a>{%else%}<span class="muted">{{tc.name}}</span>{%endif%}
+                {%if tc.ordericon%} <i class="icon-caret-{{tc.ordericon}}"></i>{%endif%}
                 {%if tc.filter%}<div class="btn-group pull-right">
-                    <a href="#filter_{{tc.filter.class}}" role="button" class="btn btn-mini{%if request.GET.filter in tc.filter.options.values%} btn-primary{%endif%}" data-toggle="modal"> <i class="icon-filter filtered"></i> </a>
+                    <a href="#filter_{{tc.filter.class}}" role="button" class="btn btn-mini {%if request.GET.filter%}{{tc.filter.options|filtered_icon:request.GET.filter}} {%endif%}" {%if request.GET.filter%} title="{{tc.filter.options|filtered_tooltip:request.GET.filter}}"{%endif%} data-toggle="modal"> <i class="icon-filter filtered"></i> </a>
                 </div>{%endif%}
             </th>{% endfor %}
         </tr>