diff --git a/app/mainwindow.h b/app/mainwindow.h
--- a/app/mainwindow.h
+++ b/app/mainwindow.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     void preloadNextUrl();
 
     void toggleMenuBar();
-    void toggleStatusBar();
+    void toggleStatusBar(bool visible);
 
     void showFirstDocumentReached();
     void showLastDocumentReached();
diff --git a/app/mainwindow.cpp b/app/mainwindow.cpp
--- a/app/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
         q->setStandardToolBarMenuEnabled(true);
 
         mShowMenuBarAction = static_cast<KToggleAction*>(view->addAction(KStandardAction::ShowMenubar, q, SLOT(toggleMenuBar())));
-        mShowStatusBarAction = static_cast<KToggleAction*>(view->addAction(KStandardAction::ShowStatusbar, q, SLOT(toggleStatusBar())));
+        mShowStatusBarAction = static_cast<KToggleAction*>(view->addAction(KStandardAction::ShowStatusbar, q, SLOT(toggleStatusBar(bool))));
 
         actionCollection->setDefaultShortcut(mShowStatusBarAction, Qt::Key_F3);
 
@@ -726,6 +726,42 @@
         GwenviewConfig::setSideBarPage(mSideBar->currentPage());
     }
 
+    bool statusBarVisibility() const
+    {
+        switch (mCurrentMainPageId) {
+        case StartMainPageId:
+            GV_WARN_AND_RETURN_VALUE(false, "Statusbar not implemented on start page");
+            break;
+        case BrowseMainPageId:
+            return GwenviewConfig::statusBarVisibleBrowseMode();
+            break;
+        case ViewMainPageId:
+            return q->isFullScreen()
+                ? GwenviewConfig::statusBarVisibleViewModeFullScreen()
+                : GwenviewConfig::statusBarVisibleViewMode();
+            break;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    void setStatusBarVisibility(const bool visible)
+    {
+        switch (mCurrentMainPageId) {
+        case StartMainPageId:
+            GV_WARN_AND_RETURN("Statusbar not implemented on start page");
+            break;
+        case BrowseMainPageId:
+            GwenviewConfig::setStatusBarVisibleBrowseMode(visible);
+            break;
+        case ViewMainPageId:
+            q->isFullScreen()
+                ? GwenviewConfig::setStatusBarVisibleViewModeFullScreen(visible)
+                : GwenviewConfig::setStatusBarVisibleViewMode(visible);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
     void setScreenSaverEnabled(bool enabled)
     {
         // Always delete mNotificationRestrictions, it does not hurt
@@ -905,6 +941,7 @@
     }
     d->loadSideBarConfig();
     d->autoAssignThumbnailProvider();
+    toggleStatusBar(d->statusBarVisibility());
 
     emit viewModeChanged();
 }
@@ -1070,10 +1107,13 @@
     d->mSideBar->setVisible(on);
 }
 
-void MainWindow::toggleStatusBar()
+void MainWindow::toggleStatusBar(bool visible)
 {
-    d->mViewMainPage->setStatusBarVisible(d->mShowStatusBarAction->isChecked());
-    d->mBrowseMainPage->setStatusBarVisible(d->mShowStatusBarAction->isChecked());
+    d->mShowStatusBarAction->setChecked(visible);
+    d->setStatusBarVisibility(visible);
+
+    d->mViewMainPage->setStatusBarVisible(visible);
+    d->mBrowseMainPage->setStatusBarVisible(visible);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::updateToggleSideBarAction()
@@ -1286,7 +1326,6 @@
         d->mSlideShow->stop();
         KToggleFullScreenAction::setFullScreen(this, false);
         menuBar()->setVisible(d->mShowMenuBarAction->isChecked());
-        toggleStatusBar();
         toolBar()->setVisible(d->mStateBeforeFullScreen.mToolBarVisible);
 
         d->setScreenSaverEnabled(true);
@@ -1301,6 +1340,7 @@
     d->mSaveBar->setFullScreenMode(checked);
 
     d->loadSideBarConfig();
+    toggleStatusBar(d->statusBarVisibility());
 
     setUpdatesEnabled(true);
     d->autoAssignThumbnailProvider();
@@ -1466,15 +1506,11 @@
     d->mViewMainPage->loadConfig();
     d->mBrowseMainPage->loadConfig();
     d->mContextManager->loadConfig();
-
-    d->mShowStatusBarAction->setChecked(GwenviewConfig::statusBarIsVisible());
-    toggleStatusBar();
 }
 
 void MainWindow::saveConfig()
 {
     d->mFileOpenRecentAction->saveEntries(KConfigGroup(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), "Recent Files"));
-    GwenviewConfig::setStatusBarIsVisible(d->mShowStatusBarAction->isChecked());
     d->mViewMainPage->saveConfig();
     d->mBrowseMainPage->saveConfig();
     d->mContextManager->saveConfig();
diff --git a/app/viewmainpage.cpp b/app/viewmainpage.cpp
--- a/app/viewmainpage.cpp
+++ b/app/viewmainpage.cpp
@@ -492,8 +492,6 @@
 
 void ViewMainPage::setFullScreenMode(bool fullScreenMode)
 {
-    d->mStatusBarContainer->setVisible(!fullScreenMode);
-
     if (fullScreenMode) {
         d->mThumbnailBarVisibleBeforeFullScreen = d->mToggleThumbnailBarAction->isChecked();
         if (d->mThumbnailBarVisibleBeforeFullScreen) {
diff --git a/lib/gwenviewconfig.kcfg b/lib/gwenviewconfig.kcfg
--- a/lib/gwenviewconfig.kcfg
+++ b/lib/gwenviewconfig.kcfg
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
         <entry name="ThumbnailBarIsVisible" type="Bool">
             <default>false</default>
         </entry>
-        <entry name="StatusBarIsVisible" type="Bool">
-            <default>true</default>
-        </entry>
 
         <entry name="LastTargetDir" type="Path">
             <default code="true">
@@ -295,4 +292,15 @@
         </entry>
     </group>
 
+    <group name="StatusBar">
+        <entry name="StatusBarVisibleBrowseMode" key="IsVisible BrowseMode" type="Bool">
+            <default>true</default>
+        </entry>
+        <entry name="StatusBarVisibleViewMode" key="IsVisible ViewMode" type="Bool">
+            <default>true</default>
+        </entry>
+        <entry name="StatusBarVisibleViewModeFullScreen" key="IsVisible ViewMode FullScreen" type="Bool">
+            <default>false</default>
+        </entry>
+    </group>
 </kcfg>