diff --git a/libs/libkis/View.h b/libs/libkis/View.h
--- a/libs/libkis/View.h
+++ b/libs/libkis/View.h
@@ -124,6 +124,16 @@
     qreal paintingFlow() const;
     void setPaintingFlow(qreal flow);
 
+    /**
+     * @brief showFloatingMessage displayes a floating message box on the top-left corner of the canvas
+     * @param message: Message to be displayed inside the floating message box
+     * @param icon: Icon to be displayed inside the message box next to the message string
+     * @param timeout: Milliseconds until the message box disappears
+     * @param priority: 0 = High, 1 = Medium, 2 = Low. Higher priority 
+     * messages will be displayed in place of lower priority messages
+     */
+    void showFloatingMessage(const QString &message, const QIcon& icon, int timeout, int priority);
+
     /**
      * @brief selectedNodes returns a list of Nodes that are selected in this view.
      *
diff --git a/libs/libkis/View.cpp b/libs/libkis/View.cpp
--- a/libs/libkis/View.cpp
+++ b/libs/libkis/View.cpp
@@ -271,3 +271,12 @@
     return LibKisUtils::createNodeList(selectedNodes, d->view->image());
 }
 
+void View::showFloatingMessage(const QString &message, const QIcon& icon, int timeout, int priority)
+{
+    if (!d->view) return;
+
+    KisFloatingMessage::Priority p;
+    p = static_cast<KisFloatingMessage::Priority>(priority); 
+
+    d->view->showFloatingMessage(message, icon, timeout, p);
+}
diff --git a/plugins/extensions/pykrita/sip/krita/View.sip b/plugins/extensions/pykrita/sip/krita/View.sip
--- a/plugins/extensions/pykrita/sip/krita/View.sip
+++ b/plugins/extensions/pykrita/sip/krita/View.sip
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
     qreal paintingFlow() const;
     void setPaintingFlow(qreal flow);
 
+    void showFloatingMessage(const QString &message, const QIcon& icon, int timeout, int priority);
+
     QList<Node *> selectedNodes() const /Factory/;
 private:
 };
diff --git a/plugins/python/tenbrushes/tenbrushes.py b/plugins/python/tenbrushes/tenbrushes.py
--- a/plugins/python/tenbrushes/tenbrushes.py
+++ b/plugins/python/tenbrushes/tenbrushes.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
 '''
 import krita
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QPixmap, QIcon
 from . import uitenbrushes
 
 
@@ -75,6 +76,11 @@
             currentPreset = Application.activeWindow().views()[0].currentBrushPreset()
             if self.activatePrev and self.sender().preset == currentPreset.name():
                 Application.activeWindow().views()[0].activateResource(self.oldPreset)
+
+                if self.oldPreset:
+                    Application.activeWindow().views()[0].showFloatingMessage(str(i18n("{}\nselected")).format(self.oldPreset.name()),
+                                                                              QIcon(QPixmap.fromImage(self.oldPreset.image())),
+                                                                              1000, 1)
             else:
                 self.oldPreset = Application.activeWindow().views()[0].currentBrushPreset()
                 Application.activeWindow().views()[0].activateResource(allPresets[self.sender().preset])