diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index aa8cfae7..8ceac943 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-07-12  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+	* The status bar and the menu bar insert now the accelerator keys 
+	  into the global scope of the root widget
+
 2016-07-10  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Remove obsolete code from FDialog destructor
 	* FDialog focus fix
diff --git a/src/fapp.cpp b/src/fapp.cpp
index 318e743a..afd436a0 100644
--- a/src/fapp.cpp
+++ b/src/fapp.cpp
@@ -391,35 +391,14 @@ void FApplication::processKeyboardEvent()
                && ! k_press_ev.isAccepted()
                && ! k_down_ev.isAccepted() )
             {
-              // keyboard accelerator
+              // windows keyboard accelerator
               FWidget* window = static_cast<FWidget*>(active_window);
 
-              if ( ! window )
-                window = getRootWidget();
+              if ( window )
+                processAccelerator (window);
 
-              if ( window
-                 && window->accelerator_list
-                 && ! window->accelerator_list->empty() )
-              {
-                FWidget::Accelerators::const_iterator iter, end;
-                iter = window->accelerator_list->begin();
-                end = window->accelerator_list->end();
-
-                while ( iter != end )
-                {
-                  if ( quit_now || app_exit_loop )
-                    break;
-
-                  if ( iter->key == key )
-                  {
-                    FAccelEvent a_ev (fc::Accelerator_Event, focus_widget);
-                    sendEvent (iter->object, &a_ev);
-                    break;
-                  };
-
-                  ++iter;
-                }
-              }
+              // global keyboard accelerator
+              processAccelerator (getRootWidget());
             }
           } // end of else
         }
@@ -449,6 +428,34 @@ void FApplication::processKeyboardEvent()
   }
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+void FApplication::processAccelerator (FWidget* widget)
+{
+  if ( widget
+     && widget->accelerator_list
+     && ! widget->accelerator_list->empty() )
+  {
+    FWidget::Accelerators::const_iterator iter, end;
+    iter = widget->accelerator_list->begin();
+    end = widget->accelerator_list->end();
+
+    while ( iter != end )
+    {
+      if ( quit_now || app_exit_loop )
+        break;
+
+      if ( iter->key == key )
+      {
+        FAccelEvent a_ev (fc::Accelerator_Event, focus_widget);
+        sendEvent (iter->object, &a_ev);
+        break;
+      };
+
+      ++iter;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 void FApplication::getX11ButtonState (int button)
 {
diff --git a/src/fapp.h b/src/fapp.h
index ba4e83cc..12a01258 100644
--- a/src/fapp.h
+++ b/src/fapp.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ class FApplication : public FWidget
    bool    KeyPressed();
    ssize_t readKey();
    void    processKeyboardEvent();
+   void    processAccelerator (FWidget*);
    void    getX11ButtonState (int);
    bool    parseX11Mouse();
    bool    parseSGRMouse();
diff --git a/src/fwidget.cpp b/src/fwidget.cpp
index 000988d7..9923de72 100644
--- a/src/fwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/fwidget.cpp
@@ -1160,41 +1160,35 @@ void FWidget::emitCallback (FString emit_signal)
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 void FWidget::addAccelerator (int key, FWidget* obj)
 {
-  FWidget* window = FWindow::getWindowWidget(obj);
+  FWidget* widget = FWindow::getWindowWidget(obj);
   accelerator accel = { key, obj };
 
-  if ( ! window )
-    window = getRootWidget();
+  if ( ! widget || widget == statusbar || widget == menubar )
+    widget = getRootWidget();
 
-  if ( window == statusbar || window == menubar )
-    window = FWindow::getWindowWidget(getParentWidget());
-
-  if ( window && window->accelerator_list )
-    window->accelerator_list->push_back(accel);
+  if ( widget && widget->accelerator_list )
+    widget->accelerator_list->push_back(accel);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 void FWidget::delAccelerator (FWidget* obj)
 {
-  FWidget* window = FWindow::getWindowWidget(this);
+  FWidget* widget = FWindow::getWindowWidget(this);
 
-  if ( ! window )
-    window = getRootWidget();
+  if ( ! widget || widget == statusbar || widget == menubar )
+    widget = getRootWidget();
 
-  if ( window == statusbar || window == menubar )
-    window = FWindow::getWindowWidget(getParentWidget());
-
-  if (  window
-     && window->accelerator_list
-     && ! window->accelerator_list->empty() )
+  if (  widget
+     && widget->accelerator_list
+     && ! widget->accelerator_list->empty() )
   {
     FWidget::Accelerators::iterator iter;
-    iter = window->accelerator_list->begin();
+    iter = widget->accelerator_list->begin();
 
-    while ( iter != window->accelerator_list->end() )
+    while ( iter != widget->accelerator_list->end() )
     {
       if ( iter->object == obj )
-        iter = window->accelerator_list->erase(iter);
+        iter = widget->accelerator_list->erase(iter);
       else
         ++iter;
     }