diff --git a/uppsrc/CodeEditor/Register.cpp b/uppsrc/CodeEditor/Register.cpp
index 60c1d3998..bafac6e7d 100644
--- a/uppsrc/CodeEditor/Register.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/CodeEditor/Register.cpp
@@ -37,4 +37,15 @@ String EditorSyntax::GetSyntaxForFilename(const char *fn)
 	return Null;
 }
 
+String EditorSyntax::GetSyntaxDescription(int i)
+{
+	String d = defs()[i].description;
+	String x = defs()[i].patterns;
+	if(x.GetCount()) {
+		x.Replace("*", "");
+		d << " (" << TrimBoth(x) << ")";
+	}
+	return d;
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/uppsrc/CodeEditor/RegisterSyntax.cpp b/uppsrc/CodeEditor/RegisterSyntax.cpp
index 33b6c0463..eb042392d 100644
--- a/uppsrc/CodeEditor/RegisterSyntax.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/CodeEditor/RegisterSyntax.cpp
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ void RegisterSyntaxModules()
 	RegisterCSyntax("json", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_JSON, "*.json", "JSON");
 	RegisterCSyntax("css", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_CSS, "*.css", "Cascading Style Sheet");
 	RegisterCSyntax("sql", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_SQL, "*.sql *.ddl", "SQL script");
-	RegisterCSyntax("lay", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_LAY, "*.lay", "U++ layout (.lay)");
-	RegisterCSyntax("sch", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_SCH, "*.sch", "U++ SQL schema (.sch)");
-	RegisterCSyntax("t", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_T, "*.t *.jt", "U++ translation (.t)");
-	RegisterCSyntax("usc", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_USC, "*.usc", "U++ widget definitions (.usc)");
+	RegisterCSyntax("lay", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_LAY, "*.lay", "U++ layout");
+	RegisterCSyntax("sch", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_SCH, "*.sch", "U++ SQL schema");
+	RegisterCSyntax("t", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_T, "*.t *.jt", "U++ translation");
+	RegisterCSyntax("usc", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_USC, "*.usc", "U++ widget definitions");
 	RegisterCSyntax("calc", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_CALC, "", "");
 	RegisterCSyntax("php", CSyntax::HIGHLIGHT_PHP, "*.php", "PHP");
 	
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ void RegisterSyntaxModules()
 	
 	EditorSyntax::Register("python", callback(CreatePythonSyntax), "*.py, *.pyc, *.pyd, *.pyo, *.pyw, *.pyz", "Python");
 	
-	EditorSyntax::Register("xml", callback2(CreateTagSyntax, false, false), "*.xml *.xsd", "XML (.xml)");
-	EditorSyntax::Register("html", callback2(CreateTagSyntax, true, false), "*.html *.htm", "HTML (.html)");
-	EditorSyntax::Register("witz", callback2(CreateTagSyntax, true, true), "*.witz", "Skylark templates (.witz)");
+	EditorSyntax::Register("xml", callback2(CreateTagSyntax, false, false), "*.xml *.xsd", "XML");
+	EditorSyntax::Register("html", callback2(CreateTagSyntax, true, false), "*.html *.htm", "HTML");
+	EditorSyntax::Register("witz", callback2(CreateTagSyntax, true, true), "*.witz", "Skylark templates");
 	
-	EditorSyntax::Register("log", callback(CreateLogSyntax), "*.log *.info", "Log (*.log)");
+	EditorSyntax::Register("log", callback(CreateLogSyntax), "*.log *.info", "Log");
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/uppsrc/CodeEditor/Syntax.h b/uppsrc/CodeEditor/Syntax.h
index 55579d24e..743ec1780 100644
--- a/uppsrc/CodeEditor/Syntax.h
+++ b/uppsrc/CodeEditor/Syntax.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public:
 	static String            GetSyntaxForFilename(const char *fn);
 	static int               GetSyntaxCount()             { return defs().GetCount(); }
 	static String            GetSyntax(int i)             { return defs().GetKey(i); }
-	static String            GetSyntaxDescription(int i)  { return defs()[i].description; }
+	static String            GetSyntaxDescription(int i);
 	static String            GetSyntaxPatterns(int i)     { return defs()[i].patterns; }
 };
 
diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/idefile.cpp b/uppsrc/ide/idefile.cpp
index 7b8db87c5..c5a9ab770 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/idefile.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/idefile.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ void Ide::FileProperties()
 		if(desc.GetCount())
 			d.highlight.Add(EditorSyntax::GetSyntax(i), desc);
 	}
+	d.highlight.Add("none", "None");
 	d.tabsize <<= f.tabsize > 0 ? f.tabsize : Null;
 	d.tabsize <<= d.Breaker(111);
 	d.tabsize.MinMax(1, 100);