diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8ca5048c..3c4f05d1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,27 +1,31 @@
-2015-06-18  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+2015-07-26  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+	* init() method for the FStatusKey constructor
+	  to avoid code duplication
+
+2015-07-18  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Add multiple lines support for FLabel
 
-2015-06-12  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+2015-07-12  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Improve focusFirstChild() and focusLastChild()
 
-2015-06-09  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+2015-07-09  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Better contrast on 8 color terminals
 
-2015-06-07  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+2015-07-06  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Bug fix disable cursor on focus FSwitch
 	* Hold down the mouse button displays FSwitch in a different color.
 
-2015-04-07  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+2015-07-04  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* New class FSwitch
 	* Add the watch example to demonstrate FSwitch
 	* Version 0.1.1
 
-2015-02-07  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+2015-07-02  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Add a joined right-left-line character to the newfont
 	* Use the object timer for the progress bar animation 
 	  in the ui example program
 
-2015-01-07  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+2015-07-01  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Use the object timer for the click animation in FButton
 
 2015-28-06  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
diff --git a/src/fstatusbar.cpp b/src/fstatusbar.cpp
index 5b402434..f1dcdb11 100644
--- a/src/fstatusbar.cpp
+++ b/src/fstatusbar.cpp
@@ -12,16 +12,7 @@
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 FStatusKey::FStatusKey(FWidget* parent) : FWidget(parent)
 {
-  this->active = false;
-  this->mouse_focus = false;
-  setGeometry (1,1,1,1);
-
-  if ( parent && strcmp ( parent->getClassName(),
-                          const_cast<char*>("FStatusBar") ) == 0 )
-  {
-    setStatusbar( static_cast<FStatusBar*>(parent) );
-    statusbar()->insert(this);
-  }
+  init (parent);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -29,18 +20,9 @@ FStatusKey::FStatusKey ( int k,
                          FString& txt,
                          FWidget* parent ) : FWidget(parent)
 {
-  this->active = false;
-  this->mouse_focus = false;
   setKey(k);
   setText(txt);
-  setGeometry (1,1,1,1);
-
-  if ( parent && strcmp ( parent->getClassName(),
-                          const_cast<char*>("FStatusBar") ) == 0 )
-  {
-    setStatusbar( static_cast<FStatusBar*>(parent) );
-    statusbar()->insert(this);
-  }
+  init (parent);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -48,18 +30,9 @@ FStatusKey::FStatusKey ( int k,
                          const std::string& txt,
                          FWidget* parent) : FWidget(parent)
 {
-  this->active = false;
-  this->mouse_focus = false;
   setKey(k);
   setText(txt);
-  setGeometry (1,1,1,1);
-
-  if ( parent && strcmp ( parent->getClassName(),
-                          const_cast<char*>("FStatusBar") ) == 0 )
-  {
-    setStatusbar( static_cast<FStatusBar*>(parent) );
-    statusbar()->insert(this);
-  }
+  init (parent);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -67,18 +40,9 @@ FStatusKey::FStatusKey ( int k,
                          const char* txt,
                          FWidget* parent ) : FWidget(parent)
 {
-  this->active = false;
-  this->mouse_focus = false;
   setKey(k);
   setText(txt);
-
-  setGeometry (1,1,1,1);
-  if ( parent && strcmp ( parent->getClassName(),
-                          const_cast<char*>("FStatusBar") ) == 0 )
-  {
-    setStatusbar( static_cast<FStatusBar*>(parent) );
-    statusbar()->insert(this);
-  }
+  init (parent);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -91,6 +55,21 @@ FStatusKey::~FStatusKey()  // destructor
 
 
 // private methods of FStatusKey
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+void FStatusKey::init (FWidget* parent)
+{
+  this->active = false;
+  this->mouse_focus = false;
+  setGeometry (1,1,1,1);
+
+  if ( parent && strcmp ( parent->getClassName(),
+                          const_cast<char*>("FStatusBar") ) == 0 )
+  {
+    setStatusbar( static_cast<FStatusBar*>(parent) );
+    statusbar()->insert(this);
+  }
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 void FStatusKey::processActivate()
 {
@@ -662,12 +641,12 @@ void FStatusBar::remove (FStatusKey* skey)
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
-void FStatusBar::remove (int skey)
+void FStatusBar::remove (int pos)
 {
-  if ( int(count()) < skey )
+  if ( int(count()) < pos )
     return;
 
-  keylist.erase (keylist.begin()+skey-1);
+  keylist.erase (keylist.begin()+pos-1);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/fstatusbar.h b/src/fstatusbar.h
index 7108f5d1..18858a26 100644
--- a/src/fstatusbar.h
+++ b/src/fstatusbar.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class FStatusKey : public FWidget
  private:
    FStatusKey (const FStatusKey&);
    FStatusKey& operator = (const FStatusKey&);
+   void init (FWidget*);
    void processActivate();
    FStatusBar* statusbar() const;
    void setStatusbar (FStatusBar*);