diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/main.py b/ankiqt/ui/main.py
index d370feaee..6e833f783 100644
--- a/ankiqt/ui/main.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/main.py
@@ -41,23 +41,14 @@ class AnkiQt(QMainWindow):
         self.setupBackupDir()
         self.setupHooks()
         self.loadPlugins()
-        self.mainWin = ankiqt.forms.main.Ui_MainWindow()
-        self.mainWin.setupUi(self)
+        self.setupMainWindow()
         self.rebuildPluginsMenu()
         self.alterShortcuts()
-        self.help = ui.help.HelpArea(self.mainWin.helpFrame, self.config, self)
-	self.trayIcon = ui.tray.AnkiTrayIcon( self )
+        self.setupTray()
         self.connectMenuActions()
         if self.config['mainWindowGeom']:
             self.restoreGeometry(self.config['mainWindowGeom'])
-        self.bodyView = ui.view.View(self, self.mainWin.mainText,
-                                     self.mainWin.mainTextFrame)
-        self.mainWin.mainText.pageAction(QWebPage.Reload).setVisible(False)
-        self.addView(self.bodyView)
-        self.statusView = ui.status.StatusView(self)
-        self.addView(self.statusView)
-        self.mainWin.welcomeText.hide()
-        self.mainWin.mainText.hide()
+        self.setupViews()
         self.setupEditor()
         self.setupButtons()
         self.setupAnchors()
@@ -79,6 +70,31 @@ class AnkiQt(QMainWindow):
         # check for updates
         self.setupAutoUpdate()
 
+    def setupMainWindow(self):
+        self.mainWin = ankiqt.forms.main.Ui_MainWindow()
+        self.mainWin.setupUi(self)
+        self.mainWin.mainText = ui.view.AnkiWebView(self.mainWin.mainTextFrame)
+        self.mainWin.mainText.setObjectName("mainText")
+        self.mainWin.vboxlayout.addWidget(self.mainWin.mainText)
+        self.mainWin.buttonWidget = QWidget(self.mainWin.mainTextFrame)
+        self.mainWin.buttonWidget.setObjectName("buttonWidget")
+        self.mainWin.vboxlayout.addWidget(self.mainWin.buttonWidget)
+        self.help = ui.help.HelpArea(self.mainWin.helpFrame, self.config, self)
+        self.mainWin.mainText.pageAction(QWebPage.Reload).setVisible(False)
+        self.mainWin.welcomeText.hide()
+        self.mainWin.mainText.hide()
+
+    def setupViews(self):
+        self.bodyView = ui.view.View(self, self.mainWin.mainText,
+                                     self.mainWin.mainTextFrame)
+        self.addView(self.bodyView)
+        self.statusView = ui.status.StatusView(self)
+        self.addView(self.statusView)
+
+    def setupTray(self):
+	self.trayIcon = ui.tray.AnkiTrayIcon(self)
+
+
     # State machine
     ##########################################################################
 
diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/view.py b/ankiqt/ui/view.py
index ad561bc0a..e136544c2 100644
--- a/ankiqt/ui/view.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/view.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from anki.utils import stripHTML
 import types, time, re, os, urllib, sys
 from ankiqt import ui
 from ankiqt.ui.utils import mungeQA
+from PyQt4.QtWebKit import QWebPage, QWebView
 
 # Views - define the way a user is prompted for questions, etc
 ##########################################################################
@@ -224,3 +225,14 @@ Start adding your own material.</td>
         self.write("<br><center><table width=250><tr><td align='left'>" +
                    self.main.deck.deckFinishedMsg() +
                    "</td></tr></table></center>")
+
+class AnkiWebView(QWebView):
+
+    def keyPressEvent(self, evt):
+        if evt.matches(QKeySequence.Copy):
+            self.triggerPageAction(QWebPage.Copy)
+            evt.accept()
+        evt.ignore()
+
+    def contextMenuEvent(self, evt):
+        QWebView.contextMenuEvent(self, evt)
diff --git a/designer/main.ui b/designer/main.ui
index 155e4a874..4ce96565f 100644
--- a/designer/main.ui
+++ b/designer/main.ui
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@
     <normaloff>:/icons/anki.png</normaloff>:/icons/anki.png</iconset>
   </property>
   <widget class="QWidget" name="centralwidget" >
+   <property name="geometry" >
+    <rect>
+     <x>0</x>
+     <y>69</y>
+     <width>454</width>
+     <height>415</height>
+    </rect>
+   </property>
    <property name="sizePolicy" >
     <sizepolicy vsizetype="Expanding" hsizetype="Expanding" >
      <horstretch>1</horstretch>
@@ -153,27 +161,6 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item>
-        <widget class="QWebView" name="mainText" >
-         <property name="sizePolicy" >
-          <sizepolicy vsizetype="Expanding" hsizetype="Expanding" >
-           <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-          </sizepolicy>
-         </property>
-         <property name="focusPolicy" >
-          <enum>Qt::WheelFocus</enum>
-         </property>
-         <property name="url" >
-          <url>
-           <string>about:blank</string>
-          </url>
-         </property>
-        </widget>
-       </item>
-       <item>
-        <widget class="QWidget" native="1" name="buttonWidget" />
-       </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
     </item>
@@ -366,7 +353,7 @@
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
      <width>454</width>
-     <height>25</height>
+     <height>23</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuHelp" >
@@ -498,11 +485,28 @@
    <addaction name="menuAdvanced" />
    <addaction name="menuHelp" />
   </widget>
-  <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusbar" />
+  <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusbar" >
+   <property name="geometry" >
+    <rect>
+     <x>0</x>
+     <y>484</y>
+     <width>454</width>
+     <height>20</height>
+    </rect>
+   </property>
+  </widget>
   <widget class="QToolBar" name="toolBar" >
    <property name="enabled" >
     <bool>true</bool>
    </property>
+   <property name="geometry" >
+    <rect>
+     <x>0</x>
+     <y>23</y>
+     <width>454</width>
+     <height>46</height>
+    </rect>
+   </property>
    <property name="orientation" >
     <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
    </property>
@@ -1014,13 +1018,6 @@
    </property>
   </action>
  </widget>
- <customwidgets>
-  <customwidget>
-   <class>QWebView</class>
-   <extends>QWidget</extends>
-   <header>QtWebKit/QWebView</header>
-  </customwidget>
- </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="../icons.qrc" />
  </resources>