diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
index 39f784ac89..67eae6a2f0 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
@@ -78,10 +78,14 @@ strong .post-com-count span {
 
 #post-body ul#category-tabs li.ui-tabs-selected, .button-secondary,
 #quicktags, #login form .submit input, .search-box .button,
-#ed_reply_toolbar {
+#ed_reply_toolbar, .favorite-action, #favorite-first {
 	background-color: #8ebddc !important;
 }
 
+#favorite-actions .favorite-action {
+	border-top-color: #8ebddc;
+}
+
 ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 	background-color: #f0f0f0;
 	color: #000;
@@ -209,7 +213,14 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 	color: #666;
 }
 
-.submit input, .button, .button-secondary, #login form .submit input, div.dashboard-widget-submit input, #edit-slug-buttons a.save {
+.submit input,
+.button,
+.button-secondary,
+#login form .submit input,
+div.dashboard-widget-submit input,
+#edit-slug-buttons a.save,
+.favorite-action,
+#favorite-first {
 	background-color: #e5e5e5;
 	color: #07273e;
 	border-color: #a3a3a3;
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
index e2cf34cd63..5b8e9294d8 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
@@ -78,10 +78,14 @@ strong .post-com-count span {
 
 #post-body ul#category-tabs li.ui-tabs-selected, .button-secondary,
 #quicktags, #login form .submit input, .search-box .button,
-#ed_reply_toolbar {
+#ed_reply_toolbar, .favorite-action, #favorite-first {
 	background-color: #cee1ef !important;
 }
 
+#favorite-actions .favorite-action {
+	border-top-color: #cee1ef;
+}
+
 ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 	background-color: #f0f0f0;
 	color: #000;
@@ -209,7 +213,14 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 	color: #666;
 }
 
-.submit input, .button, .button-secondary, #login form .submit input, div.dashboard-widget-submit input, #edit-slug-buttons a.save {
+.submit input,
+.button,
+.button-secondary,
+#login form .submit input,
+div.dashboard-widget-submit input,
+#edit-slug-buttons a.save,
+.favorite-action,
+#favorite-first {
 	background-color: #e5e5e5;
 	color: #246;
 	border-color: #80b5d0;
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index 4977b31f69..9d275f136e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -2479,23 +2479,20 @@ function the_post_password() {
 
 function favorite_actions() {
 	$actions = array(
-		'post-new.php' => __('Add New Post'),
 		'page-new.php' => __('Add New Page'),
+		'edit-comments.php' => __('Manage Comments')
 		);
 
 	$actions = apply_filters('favorite_actions', $actions);
-	echo '<form class="favorites-form" action="" method="get">';
-	echo '<p id="favorite-actions" class="favorite-actions">';
-	echo '<select name="favorite-action">';
+	echo '<div id="favorite-actions">';
+	echo '<div id="favorite-first"><a href="post-new.php">' . __('Add New Post') . '</a></div>';
+	echo '<div id="favorite-action">';
 	foreach ( $actions as $action => $label) {
-		echo "<option value='$action'>";
+		echo "<div class='favorite-action'><a href='$action'>";
 		echo $label;
-		echo "</option>\n";
+		echo "</a></div>\n";
 	}
-	echo '</select>';
-	echo '<input type="submit" value="' . __('Go') . '" name="doaction" id="doaction" class="button action" />';
-	echo '</p>';
-	echo '</form>';
+	echo "</div></div>\n";
 }
 
 ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/common.js b/wp-admin/js/common.js
index 5be9584941..b085ebbb90 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/common.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/common.js
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ jQuery( function($) {
 	$('#adminmenu li.wp-has-submenu > a').click( function() { return menuToggle( $(this).siblings('ul') ); } );
 
 	$('#dashmenu li.wp-has-submenu').bind( 'mouseenter mouseleave', function() { return menuToggle( $(this).children('ul'), 'toggle' ); } );
+	
+	$('#favorite-actions').bind( 'mouseenter mouseleave', function(){$('#favorite-action').slideToggle('fast')} );
 
 } );
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index a442a1daef..9b735c162d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -1579,13 +1579,6 @@ p.search-box .button, #widget-search .button {
 	border-style: solid;
 }
 
-p.favorite-actions {
-	position: absolute;
-	right: 15px;
-	top: 52px;
-	margin: 0;
-}
-
 #posts-filter fieldset {
 	float: left;
 	margin: 0 1.5ex 1em 0;
@@ -2497,3 +2490,47 @@ abbr.required {
 .find-box-search label {
 	padding-right: 6px;
 }
+
+/* favorite-actions */
+#favorite-actions {
+	position: absolute;
+	right: 15px;
+	top: 55px;
+	width: 130px;
+	z-index: 10;
+}
+
+#favorite-first {
+	-moz-border-radius: 4px;
+	-khtml-border-radius: 4px;
+	-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
+	border-radius: 4px;
+	border-width: 1px;
+	border-style: solid;
+	padding: 4px 8px;
+}
+
+.favorite-action {
+	margin: -3px 0 0;
+	padding: 4px 8px;
+	border-width: 1px;
+	border-top-width: 3px;
+	border-style: solid;
+	-moz-border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
+	-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;
+	-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;
+	-khtml-border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;
+	-khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;
+	border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;
+	border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;
+}
+
+#favorite-action {
+	padding: 0;
+	margin: 0;
+	display: none;
+}
+#favorite-actions a {
+	padding: 4px 0;
+	text-decoration: none;
+}