Index: alacarte.glade
===================================================================
--- alacarte.glade	(revision 373)
+++ alacarte.glade	(working copy)
@@ -664,10 +664,64 @@
 				</widget>
 				<packing>
 				  <property name="padding">0</property>
-				  <property name="expand">True</property>
-				  <property name="fill">True</property>
+				  <property name="expand">False</property>
+				  <property name="fill">False</property>
 				</packing>
 			      </child>
+			      
+			      <child>
+				<widget class="GtkAlignment" id="alignment1">
+				  <property name="visible">True</property>
+				  <property name="xalign">0.5</property>
+				  <property name="yalign">0.5</property>
+				  <property name="xscale">1</property>
+				  <property name="yscale">1</property>
+				  <property name="top_padding">12</property>
+				  <property name="bottom_padding">0</property>
+				  <property name="left_padding">0</property>
+				  <property name="right_padding">0</property>
+
+				  <child>
+				    <widget class="GtkVButtonBox" id="vbuttonbox3">
+				      <property name="visible">True</property>
+				      <property name="layout_style">GTK_BUTTONBOX_START</property>
+				      <property name="spacing">6</property>
+
+				      <child>
+					<widget class="GtkButton" id="properties_button">
+					  <property name="visible">True</property>
+					  <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+					  <property name="can_default">True</property>
+					  <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-properties</property>
+					  <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+					  <property name="response_id">0</property>
+					  <signal name="clicked" handler="on_properties_button_clicked"/>
+					</widget>
+				      </child>
+
+				      <child>
+					<widget class="GtkButton" id="delete_button">
+					  <property name="visible">True</property>
+					  <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+					  <property name="can_default">True</property>
+					  <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-delete</property>
+					  <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+					  <property name="response_id">0</property>
+					  <signal name="clicked" handler="on_delete_button_clicked"/>
+					</widget>
+					<packing>
+					  <property name="position">1</property>
+					</packing>
+				      </child>
+				    </widget>
+				  </child>
+				</widget>
+				<packing>
+				  <property name="padding">0</property>
+				  <property name="expand">False</property>
+				  <property name="fill">False</property>
+				</packing>
+			      </child>
 			    </widget>
 			    <packing>
 			      <property name="padding">0</property>
Index: Alacarte/MainWindow.py
===================================================================
--- Alacarte/MainWindow.py	(revision 373)
+++ Alacarte/MainWindow.py	(working copy)
@@ -321,6 +321,12 @@
 			parent = menus[iter][2]
 			self.editor.createSeparator(parent, after=after)
 
+	def on_properties_button_clicked(self, button):
+		self.on_edit_properties_activate(None)
+
+	def on_delete_button_clicked(self, button):
+		self.on_edit_delete_activate(None)
+
 	def on_edit_delete_activate(self, menu):
 		item_tree = self.tree.get_widget('item_tree')
 		items, iter = item_tree.get_selection().get_selected()
