diff --git a/palm/palmdraw.c b/palm/palmdraw.c
index e6668c27d..b09b362b0 100644
--- a/palm/palmdraw.c
+++ b/palm/palmdraw.c
@@ -1043,7 +1043,8 @@ palmMeasureDrawText( PalmDrawCtx* dctx, XP_Rect* bounds, XP_UCHAR* txt,
 static void
 palmFormatRemText( PalmDrawCtx* dctx, XP_UCHAR* buf, XP_S16 nTilesLeft )
 {
-    const XP_UCHAR* remStr = (*dctx->getResStrFunc)(dctx->globals, STR_REMTILES);
+    const XP_UCHAR* remStr = (*dctx->getResStrFunc)(dctx->globals, 
+                                                    STR_REMTILES);
     if ( nTilesLeft < 0 ) {
         nTilesLeft = 0;
     }
@@ -1051,8 +1052,8 @@ palmFormatRemText( PalmDrawCtx* dctx, XP_UCHAR* buf, XP_S16 nTilesLeft )
 } /* palmFormatRemText */
 
 static void
-palm_draw_measureRemText( DrawCtx* p_dctx, const XP_Rect* rect, XP_S16 nTilesLeft,
-                          XP_U16* widthP, XP_U16* heightP )
+palm_draw_measureRemText( DrawCtx* p_dctx, const XP_Rect* rect, 
+                          XP_S16 nTilesLeft, XP_U16* widthP, XP_U16* heightP )
 {
     PalmDrawCtx* dctx = (PalmDrawCtx*)p_dctx;
     PalmAppGlobals* globals = dctx->globals;
@@ -1072,7 +1073,8 @@ palm_draw_measureRemText( DrawCtx* p_dctx, const XP_Rect* rect, XP_S16 nTilesLef
 
 static void
 palm_draw_drawRemText( DrawCtx* p_dctx, const XP_Rect* rInner, 
-                       const XP_Rect* XP_UNUSED(rOuter), XP_S16 nTilesLeft )
+                       const XP_Rect* rOuter, XP_S16 nTilesLeft,
+                       XP_Bool focussed )
 {
     PalmDrawCtx* dctx = (PalmDrawCtx*)p_dctx;
     PalmAppGlobals* globals = dctx->globals;
@@ -1080,10 +1082,20 @@ palm_draw_drawRemText( DrawCtx* p_dctx, const XP_Rect* rInner,
 
     XP_Bool isVertical = !globals->gState.showGrid;
 
+    if ( focussed ) {
+        WinPushDrawState();
+        WinSetBackColor( dctx->drawingPrefs->drawColors[COLOR_CURSOR] );
+        pmEraseRect( rOuter );
+    }
+
     palmFormatRemText( dctx, buf, nTilesLeft );
 
     palmMeasureDrawText( dctx, (XP_Rect*)rInner, buf, isVertical, XP_FALSE,
                          ':', XP_TRUE );
+
+    if ( focussed ) {
+        WinPopDrawState();
+    }
 } /* palm_draw_drawRemText */
 
 /* Measure text that'll be drawn for player.  If vertical, it'll often get
@@ -1151,7 +1163,7 @@ doDrawPlayer( PalmDrawCtx* dctx, const DrawScoreInfo* dsi,
     XP_UCHAR scoreBuf[20];
 
     palmFormatScore( (char*)scoreBuf, dsi, vertical );
-    palmMeasureDrawText( dctx, (XP_Rect*)rInner, (XP_UCHAR*)scoreBuf, vertical, 
+    palmMeasureDrawText( dctx, (XP_Rect*)rInner, (XP_UCHAR*)scoreBuf, vertical,
                          dsi->isTurn, SCORE_SEP, XP_TRUE );
 
     if ( vertical && dsi->isTurn ) {
diff --git a/palm/palmmain.c b/palm/palmmain.c
index f4f691013..b6d77dd78 100644
--- a/palm/palmmain.c
+++ b/palm/palmmain.c
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ static const XP_UCHAR* palm_util_getUserString( XW_UtilCtxt* uc,
                                                 XP_U16 stringCode );
 static XP_Bool palm_util_warnIllegalWord( XW_UtilCtxt* uc, BadWordInfo* bwi, 
                                           XP_U16 turn, XP_Bool turnLost );
+static void palm_util_remSelected(XW_UtilCtxt* uc);
+
 #if defined XWFEATURE_BLUETOOTH || defined XWFEATURE_RELAY
 static void palm_util_addrChange( XW_UtilCtxt* uc, const CommsAddrRec* oldAddr,
                                   const CommsAddrRec* newAddr );
@@ -657,6 +659,7 @@ initUtilFuncs( PalmAppGlobals* globals )
 #endif
     vtable->m_util_getUserString = palm_util_getUserString;
     vtable->m_util_warnIllegalWord = palm_util_warnIllegalWord;
+    vtable->m_util_remSelected = palm_util_remSelected;
 #if defined XWFEATURE_BLUETOOTH || defined XWFEATURE_RELAY
     vtable->m_util_addrChange = palm_util_addrChange;
 #endif
@@ -2501,6 +2504,16 @@ handleKeyEvent( PalmAppGlobals* globals, const EventType* event,
     return draw;
 } /* handleKeyEvent */
 
+static void
+showRemaining( PalmAppGlobals* globals )
+{
+    if ( !!globals->game.board ) {
+        XWStreamCtxt* stream = makeSimpleStream( globals, NULL );
+        board_formatRemainingTiles( globals->game.board, stream );
+        (void)askFromStream( globals, stream, STR_REMAINS_TITLE, true );
+    }
+}
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
  ****************************************************************************/
@@ -2714,11 +2727,7 @@ mainViewHandleEvent( EventPtr event )
             break;
 
         case XW_TILESLEFT_PULLDOWN_ID:
-            if ( !!globals->game.board ) {
-                stream = makeSimpleStream( globals, NULL );
-                board_formatRemainingTiles( globals->game.board, stream );
-                (void)askFromStream( globals, stream, STR_REMAINS_TITLE, true );
-            }
+            showRemaining( globals );
             break;
 
         case XW_HISTORY_PULLDOWN_ID:
@@ -4073,6 +4082,13 @@ palm_util_warnIllegalWord( XW_UtilCtxt* uc, BadWordInfo* bwi,
     return result;
 } /* palm_util_warnIllegalWord */
 
+static void
+palm_util_remSelected(XW_UtilCtxt* uc)
+{
+    PalmAppGlobals* globals = (PalmAppGlobals*)uc->closure;
+    showRemaining( globals );
+}
+
 #if defined XWFEATURE_BLUETOOTH || defined XWFEATURE_RELAY
 static void
 palm_util_addrChange( XW_UtilCtxt* uc,