diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/toolbars.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/toolbars.py
index c63793e1bd..58e711d7ec 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/toolbars.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/toolbars.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import os
-from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import partial
 
 from PyQt5.Qt import QAction, QIcon, QKeySequence, QMenu, Qt, QToolBar, pyqtSignal
@@ -17,24 +16,36 @@ from calibre.gui2.viewer.web_view import get_session_pref, set_book_path
 from polyglot.builtins import iteritems
 
 
-class VerticalToolBar(QToolBar):
+class ToolBar(QToolBar):
+
+    def __init__(self, parent=None):
+        QToolBar.__init__(self, parent)
+        self.shortcut_actions = {}
+        self.setToolButtonStyle(Qt.ToolButtonIconOnly)
+
+    def create_shortcut_action(self, icon, text, sc):
+        a = QAction(QIcon(I(icon)), text, self)
+        self.addAction(a)
+        connect_lambda(a.triggered, self, lambda self: self.action_triggered.emit(sc))
+        self.shortcut_actions[sc] = a
+        return a
+
+
+class ActionsToolBar(ToolBar):
 
     action_triggered = pyqtSignal(object)
     open_book_at_path = pyqtSignal(object)
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
-        QToolBar.__init__(self, parent)
-        self.setObjectName('vertical_toolbar')
-        self.setAllowedAreas(Qt.LeftToolBarArea | Qt.RightToolBarArea)
-        self.setToolButtonStyle(Qt.ToolButtonIconOnly)
-        self.setOrientation(Qt.Vertical)
+        ToolBar.__init__(self, parent)
+        self.setObjectName('actions_toolbar')
+        self.setAllowedAreas(Qt.AllToolBarAreas)
 
     def initialize(self, web_view):
+        shortcut_action = self.create_shortcut_action
         self.action_triggered.connect(web_view.trigger_shortcut)
         page = web_view.page()
-        web_view.shortcuts_changed.connect(self.set_tooltips)
         web_view.paged_mode_changed.connect(self.update_mode_action)
-        self.shortcut_actions = {}
 
         self.back_action = page.action(QWebEnginePage.Back)
         self.back_action.setIcon(QIcon(I('back.png')))
@@ -46,13 +57,6 @@ class VerticalToolBar(QToolBar):
         self.addAction(self.forward_action)
         self.addSeparator()
 
-        def shortcut_action(icon, text, sc):
-            a = QAction(QIcon(I(icon)), text, self)
-            self.addAction(a)
-            connect_lambda(a.triggered, self, lambda self: self.action_triggered.emit(sc))
-            self.shortcut_actions[sc] = a
-            return a
-
         self.open_action = a = QAction(QIcon(I('document_open.png')), _('Open e-book'), self)
         self.open_menu = m = QMenu(self)
         a.setMenu(m)
@@ -95,10 +99,7 @@ class VerticalToolBar(QToolBar):
             a.setChecked(True)
             a.setToolTip(_('Switch to paged mode -- where the text is broken into pages'))
 
-    def set_tooltips(self, smap):
-        rmap = defaultdict(list)
-        for k, v in iteritems(smap):
-            rmap[v].append(k)
+    def set_tooltips(self, rmap):
         for sc, a in iteritems(self.shortcut_actions):
             if a.isCheckable():
                 continue
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py
index f8c17bde89..92dd813106 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from calibre.gui2.viewer.convert_book import prepare_book, update_book
 from calibre.gui2.viewer.lookup import Lookup
 from calibre.gui2.viewer.overlay import LoadingOverlay
 from calibre.gui2.viewer.toc import TOC, TOCSearch, TOCView
-from calibre.gui2.viewer.toolbars import VerticalToolBar
+from calibre.gui2.viewer.toolbars import ActionsToolBar
 from calibre.gui2.viewer.web_view import (
     WebView, get_path_for_name, get_session_pref, set_book_path, viewer_config_dir,
     vprefs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ from calibre.utils.img import image_from_path
 from calibre.utils.ipc.simple_worker import WorkerError
 from calibre.utils.monotonic import monotonic
 from calibre.utils.serialize import json_loads
-from polyglot.builtins import as_bytes, itervalues
+from polyglot.builtins import as_bytes, iteritems, itervalues
 
 annotations_dir = os.path.join(viewer_config_dir, 'annots')
 
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow):
         self.setWindowTitle(self.base_window_title)
         self.in_full_screen_mode = None
         self.image_popup = ImagePopup(self)
-        self.vertical_toolbar = vt = VerticalToolBar(self)
-        vt.open_book_at_path.connect(self.ask_for_open)
-        self.addToolBar(Qt.LeftToolBarArea, vt)
-        # vt.setVisible(False)
+        self.actions_toolbar = at = ActionsToolBar(self)
+        at.open_book_at_path.connect(self.ask_for_open)
+        self.addToolBar(Qt.LeftToolBarArea, at)
+        at.setVisible(False)
         try:
             os.makedirs(annotations_dir)
         except EnvironmentError:
@@ -161,13 +161,20 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow):
         self.web_view.show_loading_message.connect(self.show_loading_message)
         self.web_view.show_error.connect(self.show_error)
         self.web_view.print_book.connect(self.print_book, type=Qt.QueuedConnection)
-        self.vertical_toolbar.initialize(self.web_view)
+        self.web_view.shortcuts_changed.connect(self.shortcuts_changed)
+        self.actions_toolbar.initialize(self.web_view)
         self.setCentralWidget(self.web_view)
         self.loading_overlay = LoadingOverlay(self)
         self.restore_state()
         if continue_reading:
             self.continue_reading()
 
+    def shortcuts_changed(self, smap):
+        rmap = defaultdict(list)
+        for k, v in iteritems(smap):
+            rmap[v].append(k)
+        self.actions_toolbar.set_tooltips(rmap)
+
     def toggle_inspector(self):
         visible = self.inspector_dock.toggleViewAction().isChecked()
         self.inspector_dock.setVisible(not visible)