diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgSettings3DView.ui b/src/Gui/DlgSettings3DView.ui
index 4f6d633fe7..46f31adce5 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgSettings3DView.ui
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgSettings3DView.ui
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@
           <property name="text">
            <string>Zoom at cursor</string>
           </property>
+          <property name="checked">
+           <bool>true</bool>
+          </property>
           <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
            <cstring>ZoomAtCursor</cstring>
           </property>
@@ -258,7 +261,16 @@
         <property name="spacing">
          <number>6</number>
         </property>
-        <property name="margin">
+        <property name="leftMargin">
+         <number>11</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="topMargin">
+         <number>11</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="rightMargin">
+         <number>11</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="bottomMargin">
          <number>11</number>
         </property>
         <item>
@@ -297,7 +309,16 @@
       </item>
       <item>
        <layout class="QGridLayout" name="backlightLayout">
-        <property name="margin">
+        <property name="leftMargin">
+         <number>11</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="topMargin">
+         <number>11</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="rightMargin">
+         <number>11</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="bottomMargin">
          <number>11</number>
         </property>
         <property name="spacing">
@@ -345,7 +366,7 @@
           <property name="enabled">
            <bool>false</bool>
           </property>
-          <property name="color">
+          <property name="color" stdset="0">
            <color>
             <red>255</red>
             <green>255</green>
@@ -391,7 +412,16 @@
       <string>Camera type</string>
      </property>
      <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout1">
-      <property name="margin">
+      <property name="leftMargin">
+       <number>11</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="topMargin">
+       <number>11</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="rightMargin">
+       <number>11</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="bottomMargin">
        <number>11</number>
       </property>
       <property name="spacing">
@@ -400,7 +430,7 @@
       <item row="0" column="1">
        <widget class="Gui::PrefRadioButton" name="radioOrthographic">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Orthographic rendering</string>
+         <string>Or&amp;thographic rendering</string>
         </property>
         <property name="checked">
          <bool>true</bool>
@@ -416,7 +446,7 @@
       <item row="0" column="0">
        <widget class="Gui::PrefRadioButton" name="radioPerspective">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Perspective rendering</string>
+         <string>Perspective renderin&amp;g</string>
         </property>
         <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
          <cstring>Perspective</cstring>
diff --git a/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.cpp b/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.cpp
index 0e3eaa5151..6bd3e92513 100644
--- a/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.cpp
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ void NavigationStyle::initialize()
     this->invertZoom = App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath
         ("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/View")->GetBool("InvertZoom",true);
     this->zoomAtCursor = App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath
-        ("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/View")->GetBool("ZoomAtCursor",false);
+        ("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/View")->GetBool("ZoomAtCursor",true);
     this->zoomStep = App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath
         ("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/View")->GetFloat("ZoomStep",0.2f);
 }
diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DInventor.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DInventor.cpp
index 3b229c1f44..691a2bd54e 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DInventor.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DInventor.cpp
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ void View3DInventor::OnChange(ParameterGrp::SubjectType &rCaller,ParameterGrp::M
         _viewer->navigationStyle()->setZoomInverted(on);
     }
     else if (strcmp(Reason,"ZoomAtCursor") == 0) {
-        bool on = rGrp.GetBool("ZoomAtCursor", false);
+        bool on = rGrp.GetBool("ZoomAtCursor", true);
         _viewer->navigationStyle()->setZoomAtCursor(on);
     }
     else if (strcmp(Reason,"ZoomStep") == 0) {