diff --git a/core/css/styles.css b/core/css/styles.css
index b48092a9c07..7a26c2f6703 100644
--- a/core/css/styles.css
+++ b/core/css/styles.css
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ div.controls { width:100%; margin:0px; background-color:#f7f7f7; border-bottom:1
 form.searchbox { display:inline; position:fixed; top:1em; right:10em; margin:0; padding:0; }
 
 /* NAVIGATION ------------------------------------------------------------- */
-#plugins { position:fixed; top:3.5em; float:left; width:15.7em; padding:0; }
+#plugins { position:fixed; top:3.5em; float:left; width:15.7em; padding:0; z-index:100; }
 #plugins ul { list-style-type:none; border-top:1px solid #ccc; }
 #plugins a { display:block; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 3em; background-position:1.5em center; background-repeat:no-repeat; border-bottom:1px solid #ddd; border-top:1px solid #fff; text-decoration:none; font-size:1.2em; color:#666; }
 #plugins a.active, #plugins a:hover, #plugins a:focus, #plugins a.selected { background-color:#ccc; border-top:1px solid #ccc; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; color:#000; outline:0; }
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ form.searchbox { display:inline; position:fixed; top:1em; right:10em; margin:0;
 
 
 /* NAVIGATION BAR */
-span.nav { padding:1em 0 0 2em; }
+span.nav { display:block; float:left; /*margin-right:55em;*/ }
 span.nav a { padding:0.5em 1.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-position:right center; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-image:url('../img/arrow.png'); text-decoration:none; }
 span.nav a img { height:16px; vertical-align:text-top; }
 
diff --git a/core/img/breadcrumb-divider-start.png b/core/img/breadcrumb-divider-start.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24d1eb40857
Binary files /dev/null and b/core/img/breadcrumb-divider-start.png differ
diff --git a/files/css/files.css b/files/css/files.css
index d45d93441de..590c7bac364 100644
--- a/files/css/files.css
+++ b/files/css/files.css
@@ -115,10 +115,13 @@ span.extention{
 
 div.crumb{
 	float:left;
+	display:block;
 	background-repeat:no-repeat;
 	background-position:right 0px;
 	font-size:20px;
-	padding:8px;
+	padding-top:8px;
+	padding-left:8px;
+	height:28px; /*36-8*/
 }
 
 table tr.mouseOver td { background-color:#eee; }
@@ -158,4 +161,13 @@ table td.delete { background-image:url('../img/delete.png'); }
 	float:right;
 	display:none;
 }
-#uploadsize-message{display:none}
\ No newline at end of file
+#uploadsize-message{display:none}
+
+/* add breadcrumb divider to the File item in navigation panel */
+#plugins li:first-child{
+	background-position: 15.7em 0px;
+	background-repeat:no-repeat;
+	background-image: url("/owncloud/core/img/breadcrumb-divider-start.png");
+	width:15.7em;
+	padding-right:11px;
+}
diff --git a/files/js/files.js b/files/js/files.js
index dc59dda57e0..49e2f412d49 100644
--- a/files/js/files.js
+++ b/files/js/files.js
@@ -208,6 +208,28 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	if(navigator.userAgent.search(/konqueror/i)==-1){
 		$('.file_upload_start').attr('multiple','multiple')
 	}
+
+	//if the breadcrumb is to long, start by replacing foldernames with '...' except for the current folder
+	var crumb=$('div.crumb').first();
+	while($('div.controls').height()>40 && crumb.next('div.crumb').length>0){
+		crumb.children('a').text('...');
+		crumb=crumb.next('div.crumb');
+	}
+	//if that isn't enough, start removing items from the breacrumb except for the current folder and it's parent
+	var crumb=$('div.crumb').first();
+	var next=crumb.next('div.crumb');
+	while($('div.controls').height()>40 && next.next('div.crumb').length>0){
+		crumb.remove();
+		crumb=next;
+		next=crumb.next('div.crumb');
+	}
+	//still not enough, start shorting down the current folder name
+	var crumb=$('div.crumb>a').last();
+	while($('div.controls').height()>40 && crumb.text().length>6){
+		var text=crumb.text()
+		text=text.substr(0,text.length-6)+'...';
+		crumb.text(text);
+	}
 });
 
 var adjustNewFolderSize = function() {