diff --git a/local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/src/editor/render.rs b/local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/src/editor/render.rs
index c0bf6d667f..71806182ba 100644
--- a/local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/src/editor/render.rs
+++ b/local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/src/editor/render.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ impl Editor {
         let marked_fg = editor_marked.map(|p| p.fg).unwrap_or(theme.marked_fg);
         let marked_bg = editor_marked.map(|p| p.bg).unwrap_or(theme.marked_bg);
         let linestate_fg = editor_linestate.map(|p| p.fg).unwrap_or(theme.cursor_fg);
-        let linestate_bg = editor_linestate.map(|p| p.bg).unwrap_or(theme.title_bg);
         let frame_fg = editor_frameactive.map(|p| p.fg).unwrap_or(theme.title_fg);
         let margin_fg = editor_rightmargin.map(|p| p.fg).unwrap_or(frame_fg);
         let margin_bg = editor_rightmargin.map(|p| p.bg).unwrap_or(body_bg);
@@ -627,10 +626,7 @@ impl Editor {
         // Status line + buttonbar.
         if area.height >= 3 {
             let status_y = area.y + area.height - 2;
-            let status = Paragraph::new(Line::from(Span::styled(
-                self.status_string(),
-                Style::default().fg(linestate_fg).bg(linestate_bg),
-            )));
+            let status = Paragraph::new(self.status_spans(theme));
             frame.render_widget(status, Rect::new(area.x, status_y, area.width, 1));
 
             let bar_y = area.y + area.height - 1;
@@ -643,10 +639,7 @@ impl Editor {
             crate::widget::buttonbar::render_buttonbar(frame, bar_area, theme, &labels);
         } else if area.height >= 2 {
             let status_y = area.y + area.height - 1;
-            let status = Paragraph::new(Line::from(Span::styled(
-                self.status_string(),
-                Style::default().fg(linestate_fg).bg(linestate_bg),
-            )));
+            let status = Paragraph::new(self.status_spans(theme));
             frame.render_widget(status, Rect::new(area.x, status_y, area.width, 1));
         }
 
@@ -754,10 +747,19 @@ impl Editor {
         line
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn status_string(&self) -> String {
+    /// Status line as a styled multi-segment `Line`. Each segment
+    /// uses an accent colour so the status reads at a glance:
+    /// modified flag (warning), filename (normal), position (info),
+    /// tab/charset/eol (dim), mode tag (accent).
+    pub(crate) fn status_spans(&self, theme: &Theme) -> Line<'static> {
         let line = self.buffer_line_of(self.cursor.position()) + 1;
         let col = self.cursor.visual_column() + 1;
-        let modified = if self.modified { "[+]" } else { "   " };
+        let filename = self
+            .path
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(|p| p.file_name())
+            .map(|n| n.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| "(unnamed)".to_string());
         let eol = self.buffer.eol();
         let mode_tag = match self.mode {
             Mode::Insert => if self.overwrite { " [OVR]" } else { "" },
@@ -776,21 +778,46 @@ impl Editor {
                 PromptKind::Sort => " [Sort]",
             },
         };
-        format!(
-            " {} Ln {}/{} Col {}  Tab:{}  EOL: {}  Bytes: {}  Path: {}{}",
-            modified,
-            line,
-            self.buffer.line_count(),
-            col,
-            self.tab_width,
-            eol,
-            self.buffer.len(),
-            self.path
-                .as_ref()
-                .map(|p| p.display().to_string())
-                .unwrap_or_else(|| "<untitled>".to_string()),
-            mode_tag,
-        )
+        let linestate_fg = mc_skin::color_pair(theme.name, "editor", "editlinestate")
+            .map(|p| p.fg)
+            .unwrap_or(theme.foreground);
+        let linestate_bg = mc_skin::color_pair(theme.name, "editor", "editlinestate")
+            .map(|p| p.bg)
+            .unwrap_or(theme.background);
+        let base = Style::default().fg(linestate_fg).bg(linestate_bg);
+        let warn = Style::default()
+            .fg(theme.warning)
+            .bg(linestate_bg)
+            .add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD);
+        let info = Style::default().fg(theme.info).bg(linestate_bg);
+        let accent = Style::default().fg(theme.accent).bg(linestate_bg);
+        let dim = Style::default()
+            .fg(theme.shadow)
+            .bg(linestate_bg);
+        let modified_marker = if self.modified { "[+]" } else { "   " };
+        let modified_style = if self.modified { warn } else { base };
+        Line::from(vec![
+            Span::styled(" ", base),
+            Span::styled(modified_marker, modified_style),
+            Span::styled(" ", base),
+            Span::styled(filename, accent),
+            Span::styled("  Ln ", base),
+            Span::styled(
+                format!("{}/{}", line, self.buffer.line_count()),
+                info,
+            ),
+            Span::styled(" Col ", base),
+            Span::styled(format!("{col}"), info),
+            Span::styled("  Tab:", dim),
+            Span::styled(format!("{}", self.tab_width), dim),
+            Span::styled("  Charset:", dim),
+            Span::styled(" UTF-8", info),
+            Span::styled("  EOL:", dim),
+            Span::styled(format!(" {eol}"), info),
+            Span::styled("  Bytes:", dim),
+            Span::styled(format!(" {}", self.buffer.len()), info),
+            Span::styled(mode_tag, warn),
+        ])
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn has_bookmark_on_line(&self, line: usize) -> bool {