diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-header.php b/wp-admin/admin-header.php
index 68e61715d..7dbc17701 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-header.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-header.php
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ if ( '' == $blog_name )
 <img id="logo50" src="images/wp-logo.gif" alt="" /> <h1><a href="<?php echo trailingslashit( get_bloginfo('url') ); ?>" title="<?php _e('Visit site') ?>"><?php echo $blog_name ?></a>
 <?php if ( in_array( $pagenow, $settings_pages ) ) { ?>
 
-<span id="screen-options-link-wrap" class="hide-if-no-js">
-<span id="screen-options" class="screen-options-closed">
+<span id="screen-options-link-wrap" class="hide-if-no-js screen-options-closed">
+<span id="screen-options">
 <a href="#screen-options" id="show-settings-link" class="show-settings"><?php _e('Screen Options') ?></a>
 <a href="#screen-options" id="hide-settings-link" class="show-settings" style="display:none;"><?php _e('Hide Options') ?></a>
 </span>
diff --git a/wp-admin/gears-manifest.php b/wp-admin/gears-manifest.php
index c44c92f4b..91baaf600 100644
--- a/wp-admin/gears-manifest.php
+++ b/wp-admin/gears-manifest.php
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ header( 'Content-Type: application/x-javascript; charset=UTF-8' );
 { "url" : "images/se.png" },
 { "url" : "images/screen-options-left.gif" },
 { "url" : "images/screen-options-right.gif" },
+{ "url" : "images/screen-options-right-up.gif" },
 
 <?php if ( is_file('../wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce.js') ) { ?>
 { "url" : "../wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce.js", "src" : "../wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce.js?ver=<?php echo $mce_ver; ?>", "ignoreQuery" : true },
diff --git a/wp-admin/images/screen-options-right-up.gif b/wp-admin/images/screen-options-right-up.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..908e37fdb
Binary files /dev/null and b/wp-admin/images/screen-options-right-up.gif differ
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/settings-box.js b/wp-admin/js/settings-box.js
index f96f365e2..cf7319ec2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/settings-box.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/settings-box.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
 		$('#screen-options-wrap').slideDown('normal', function(){
 			$('#hide-settings-link').show();
 			$('#show-settings-link').hide();
+			$('#screen-options-link-wrap').removeClass('screen-options-closed').addClass('screen-options-open');
 		});
 
 		return false;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
 		$('#screen-options-wrap').slideUp('normal', function(){
 			$('#show-settings-link').show();
 			$('#hide-settings-link').hide();
+			$('#screen-options-link-wrap').removeClass('screen-options-open').addClass('screen-options-closed');
 		});
 
 		return false;
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 515b9e5ee..c601e077d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -2221,6 +2221,10 @@ fieldset {
 	padding-right: 20px;
 }
 
+.screen-options-open #screen-options {
+	background: url( images/screen-options-right-up.gif ) no-repeat 100% 0;
+}
+
 #screen-options a.show-settings {
 	color: #666;
 	text-decoration: none;
@@ -2265,8 +2269,7 @@ fieldset {
 	float: left;
 	padding: 5px 3px;
 	white-space: nowrap;
-	overflow: hidden;
-	width: 14em;
+	min-width: 14em;
 }
 
 .metabox-prefs label input {
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 11d88df23..a2bb1e137 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 			'requestFile' => admin_url('admin-ajax.php'),
 		) );
 
-		$scripts->add( 'settings-box', '/wp-admin/js/settings-box.js', array( 'jquery' ), '20081023' );
+		$scripts->add( 'settings-box', '/wp-admin/js/settings-box.js', array( 'jquery' ), '20081024' );
 
 		$scripts->add( 'dashboard', '/wp-admin/js/dashboard.js', array( 'jquery', 'admin-comments', 'postbox', 'settings-box' ), '20081016' );
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ function wp_default_styles( &$styles ) {
 
 	$rtl_styles = array( 'global', 'colors', 'dashboard', 'ie', 'install', 'login', 'media', 'theme-editor', 'upload', 'widgets', 'press-this', 'press-this-ie' );
 
-	$styles->add( 'wp-admin', '/wp-admin/wp-admin.css', array(), '20081023d' );
+	$styles->add( 'wp-admin', '/wp-admin/wp-admin.css', array(), '20081024' );
 	$styles->add_data( 'wp-admin', 'rtl', '/wp-admin/rtl.css' );
 
 	$styles->add( 'ie', '/wp-admin/css/ie.css' );