diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/edit_select/edit_select.cpp b/src/meshlabplugins/edit_select/edit_select.cpp
index c7eaf530b..4054c5403 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/edit_select/edit_select.cpp
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/edit_select/edit_select.cpp
@@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ bool EditSelectPlugin::StartEdit(MeshModel &m, GLArea *gla )
 {
  gla->setCursor(QCursor(QPixmap(":/images/sel_rect.png"),1,1));
 
- connect(this, SIGNAL(setSelectionRendering(bool)),gla,SLOT(setSelectFaceRendering(bool)) );
- connect(this, SIGNAL(setSelectionRendering(bool)),gla,SLOT(setSelectVertRendering(bool)) );
+ connect(this, SIGNAL(setDecorator(QString,bool)),gla,SLOT(setDecorator(QString,bool)) );
 
- setSelectionRendering(true);
+ setDecorator("Show Selected Faces",true);
+ setDecorator("Show Selected Vertices",true);
 
  if(selectionMode)
     m.updateDataMask(MeshModel::MM_FACEFACETOPO);
diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/edit_select/edit_select.h b/src/meshlabplugins/edit_select/edit_select.h
index b05093517..5bca4af79 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/edit_select/edit_select.h
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/edit_select/edit_select.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public:
     std::vector<CMeshO::VertexPointer> LastSelVert;
 
 signals:
-    void setSelectionRendering(bool);
+    void setDecorator(QString,bool);
 
 private:
   typedef enum {SMAdd, SMClear,SMSub} ComposingSelMode; // How the selection are composed