diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c52ad641b..e04ba3f07 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-06-19 Mike Blumenkrantz
+
+        * added check changed to shelf config dialog
+
 2013-06-18 Mike Blumenkrantz
 
         * fixed crash when multiple windows shared a remember
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 230da3124..523ecdc81 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ Improvements:
     * border menu now has top-level item to set borderless state
     * added dnd support for text/x-moz-url
     * filemanager dnd operations now show all files when dragging
+    * added check changed to shelf config dialog
 
 Fixes:
     * IBar menu didn't allow to configure different icon sources, show contents menu even on empty IBar.
diff --git a/src/bin/e_int_shelf_config.c b/src/bin/e_int_shelf_config.c
index 9cd92802d..2f306514d 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_int_shelf_config.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_int_shelf_config.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ struct _E_Config_Dialog_Data
    int             orient, fit_along;
    int             size;
    const char     *style;
-   int             autohide, autohide_action;
+   int             autohide, autohide_show_action;
    double          hide_timeout, hide_duration;
    int             desk_show_mode;
    Eina_List      *handlers;
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct _E_Config_Dialog_Data
 /* local function prototypes */
 static void        *_create_data(E_Config_Dialog *cfd);
 static void         _fill_data(E_Config_Dialog_Data *cfdata);
+static int          _basic_check_changed(E_Config_Dialog *cfd __UNUSED__, E_Config_Dialog_Data *cfdata);
 static void         _free_data(E_Config_Dialog *cfd __UNUSED__, E_Config_Dialog_Data *cfdata);
 static Evas_Object *_basic_create(E_Config_Dialog *cfd __UNUSED__, Evas *evas, E_Config_Dialog_Data *cfdata);
 static int          _basic_apply(E_Config_Dialog *cfd, E_Config_Dialog_Data *cfdata);
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ e_int_shelf_config(E_Shelf *es)
    v->free_cfdata = _free_data;
    v->basic.create_widgets = _basic_create;
    v->basic.apply_cfdata = _basic_apply;
+   v->basic.check_changed = _basic_check_changed;
 
    es->config_dialog =
      e_config_dialog_new(es->zone->container, _("Shelf Settings"),
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ _fill_data(E_Config_Dialog_Data *cfdata)
 
    /* autohide */
    cfdata->autohide = cfdata->escfg->autohide;
-   cfdata->autohide_action = cfdata->escfg->autohide_show_action;
+   cfdata->autohide_show_action = cfdata->escfg->autohide_show_action;
    cfdata->hide_timeout = cfdata->escfg->hide_timeout;
    cfdata->hide_duration = cfdata->escfg->hide_duration;
 
@@ -112,6 +114,32 @@ _fill_data(E_Config_Dialog_Data *cfdata)
    cfdata->desk_list = cfdata->escfg->desk_list;
 }
 
+static int
+_basic_check_changed(E_Config_Dialog *cfd __UNUSED__, E_Config_Dialog_Data *cfdata)
+{
+   if (cfdata->escfg->popup)
+     {
+        if (cfdata->layer != 1 + (!!cfdata->escfg->layer)) return 1;
+     }
+   else
+     {
+        if (cfdata->layer) return 1;
+     }
+#define CHECK(X) if (cfdata->X != cfdata->escfg->X) return 1
+   CHECK(overlap);
+   CHECK(orient);
+   CHECK(fit_along);
+   CHECK(size);
+   CHECK(style);
+   CHECK(autohide);
+   CHECK(autohide_show_action);
+   CHECK(desk_show_mode);
+   CHECK(desk_list);
+   if (fabs(cfdata->hide_timeout - cfdata->escfg->hide_timeout > 0.19)) return 1;
+   if (fabs(cfdata->hide_timeout - cfdata->escfg->hide_timeout > 0.04)) return 1;
+   return 0;
+}
+
 static void
 _free_data(E_Config_Dialog *cfd __UNUSED__, E_Config_Dialog_Data *cfdata)
 {
@@ -213,7 +241,7 @@ _basic_create(E_Config_Dialog *cfd __UNUSED__, Evas *evas, E_Config_Dialog_Data
    e_widget_on_change_hook_set(cfdata->o_autohide, _cb_autohide_change, cfdata);
    e_widget_list_object_append(ol, cfdata->o_autohide, 1, 1, 0.5);
 
-   rg = e_widget_radio_group_new(&(cfdata->autohide_action));
+   rg = e_widget_radio_group_new(&(cfdata->autohide_show_action));
    ow = e_widget_radio_add(evas, _("Show on mouse in"), 0, rg);
    e_widget_disabled_set(ow, !cfdata->autohide);
    cfdata->autohide_list = eina_list_append(cfdata->autohide_list, ow);
@@ -324,8 +352,8 @@ _basic_apply(E_Config_Dialog *cfd, E_Config_Dialog_Data *cfdata)
      }
 
    cfdata->escfg->overlap = cfdata->overlap;
-   e_shelf_autohide_set(cfdata->es, cfdata->autohide + (cfdata->autohide * cfdata->autohide_action));
-   cfdata->escfg->autohide_show_action = cfdata->autohide_action;
+   e_shelf_autohide_set(cfdata->es, cfdata->autohide + (cfdata->autohide * cfdata->autohide_show_action));
+   cfdata->escfg->autohide_show_action = cfdata->autohide_show_action;
    cfdata->escfg->hide_timeout = cfdata->hide_timeout;
    cfdata->escfg->hide_duration = cfdata->hide_duration;
    cfdata->escfg->desk_show_mode = cfdata->desk_show_mode;