diff --git a/wp-admin/index.php b/wp-admin/index.php
index e04dacfb79..82719ad83c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/index.php
+++ b/wp-admin/index.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if (0 < $numcomms) $numcomms = number_format($numcomms);
 $numcats = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->categories");
 if (0 < $numcats) $numcats = number_format($numcats);
 ?>
-<p><?php printf(__('There are currently %1$d <a href="%2$s" title="Posts">posts</a> and %3$d <a href="%4$s" title="Comments">comments</a>, contained within %5$d <a href="%6$s" title="categories">categories</a>.'), $numposts, 'edit.php',  $numcomms, 'edit-comments.php', $numcats, 'categories.php'); ?></p>
+<p><?php printf(__('There are currently %1$s <a href="%2$s" title="Posts">posts</a> and %3$s <a href="%4$s" title="Comments">comments</a>, contained within %5$s <a href="%6$s" title="categories">categories</a>.'), $numposts, 'edit.php',  $numcomms, 'edit-comments.php', $numcats, 'categories.php'); ?></p>
 </div>
 
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/plugins.php b/wp-admin/plugins.php
index 9e513a7108..61d33ea57d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/plugins.php
+++ b/wp-admin/plugins.php
@@ -72,22 +72,24 @@ if (empty($plugins)) {
 <?php
 	$style = '';
 	foreach($plugins as $plugin_file => $plugin_data) {
-		$style = ('class="alternate"' == $style) ? '' : 'class="alternate"';
+		$style = ('class="alternate"' == $style|| 'class="alternate active"' == $style) ? '' : 'alternate';
 
 		if (!empty($current_plugins) && in_array($plugin_file, $current_plugins)) {
 			$action = "<a href='plugins.php?action=deactivate&amp;plugin=$plugin_file' title='".__('Deactivate this plugin')."' class='delete'>".__('Deactivate')."</a>";
 			$plugin_data['Title'] = "<strong>{$plugin_data['Title']}</strong>";
+			$style .= $style == 'alternate' ? ' active' : 'active';
 		} else {
 			$action = "<a href='plugins.php?action=activate&amp;plugin=$plugin_file' title='".__('Activate this plugin')."' class='edit'>".__('Activate')."</a>";
 		}
 		$plugin_data['Description'] = wp_kses($plugin_data['Description'], array('a' => array('href' => array(),'title' => array()),'abbr' => array('title' => array()),'acronym' => array('title' => array()),'code' => array(),'em' => array(),'strong' => array()) ); ;
+		if ($style != '') $style = 'class="' . $style . '"';
 		echo "
 	<tr $style>
-		<td>{$plugin_data['Title']}</td>
-		<td>{$plugin_data['Version']}</td>
-		<td>{$plugin_data['Author']}</td>
-		<td>{$plugin_data['Description']}</td>
-		<td>$action</td>
+		<td class=\"name\">{$plugin_data['Title']}</td>
+		<td class=\"vers\">{$plugin_data['Version']}</td>
+		<td class=\"auth\">{$plugin_data['Author']}</td>
+		<td class=\"desc\">{$plugin_data['Description']}</td>
+		<td class=\"togl\">$action</td>
 	</tr>";
 	}
 ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/themes.php b/wp-admin/themes.php
index d22152cdfa..1f01f50104 100644
--- a/wp-admin/themes.php
+++ b/wp-admin/themes.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ $current_stylesheet = $themes[$current_theme]['Stylesheet'];
 		<th></th>
 	</tr>
 <?php
-	$theme = '';
+	$style = '';
 
 	$theme_names = array_keys($themes);
 	natcasesort($theme_names);
@@ -86,17 +86,20 @@ $current_stylesheet = $themes[$current_theme]['Stylesheet'];
 			$current = false;
 		}
 
-		$theme = ('class="alternate"' == $theme) ? '' : 'class="alternate"';
+		$style = ('class="alternate"' == $style|| 'class="alternate active"' == $style) ? '' : 'alternate';
+		if ($current) $style .= $style == 'alternate' ? ' active' : 'active';
+		if ($style != '') $style = 'class="' . $style . '"';
+
 		echo "
-	  <tr $theme>";
+	  <tr $style>";
 if ( $current )
 	echo "<td><strong>$title $version</strong></td>";
 else
 	echo "<td>$title $version</td>";
 echo "
-	     <td align='center'>$author</td>
-	     <td>$description</td>
-	     <td align='center'>$action</td>
+	     <td class=\"auth\">$author</td>
+	     <td class=\"desc\">$description</td>
+	     <td class=\"togl\">$action</td>
 	  </tr>";
 	}
 ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 18d849467b..b994848860 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -541,3 +541,11 @@ textarea, input, select {
 	margin: 0 0 .3em .6em;
 	padding: 0 0 0 .6em;
 }
+
+
+/* emeyer additions */
+
+.active td {background: #BEB;}
+.active .name {background: #9C9;}
+.active.alternate td {background: #ADA;}
+.active.alternate .name {background: #8B8;}