diff --git a/style/lipstik.cpp b/style/lipstik.cpp
index c666d07..b6e203e 100644
--- a/style/lipstik.cpp
+++ b/style/lipstik.cpp
@@ -2881,6 +2881,28 @@ void LipstikStyle::drawControl(ControlElement element,
                         		_sharperMenuGradient?_contrast+30:_contrast+3, Draw_Top|Draw_Bottom|Is_Horizontal);
 		    }
                 } else {
+                    // Draw inactive menu item
+                    if ( widget->erasePixmap() && !widget->erasePixmap()->isNull() ) {
+                        // Draw the transparency pixmap
+                        // Transparency in KDE3/TQt3 is an EVIL hack! Beware!
+                        p->drawPixmap( r.topLeft(), *widget->erasePixmap(), r );
+                    } else {
+                        // Draw a solid background
+                        p->fillRect( r, cg.background().light( 105 ) );
+                        //add a pretty bar on the left side of the menu, now looks good too!
+                        if(_menuLeftSideBar && !active) {
+                            if(_flatStripe) {
+                                p->fillRect( TQRect(r.left(),r.top(), checkcol+4,r.bottom()-r.top()+1), getColor(cg, MenuStripeColor) );
+                            } else {
+                                if(_reverseGradients) {
+                                    renderGradient(p, TQRect(r.left(),r.top(), checkcol+4,r.bottom()-r.top()+1), getColor(cg, MenuStripeColor), cg.ba$
+                                } else {
+                                    renderGradient(p, TQRect(r.left(),r.top(), checkcol+4,r.bottom()-r.top()+1),cg.background().light( 105 ), getColo$
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // Draw focus rectangle
 		    if(_drawFocusRect) {
 			p->setPen(TQPen(cg.highlight().dark(130), 1));
 			p->drawRect(TQRect(r.left(), r.top(), r.width(), r.height()));