diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Models/ApplicationModels.cpp b/GUI/coregui/Models/ApplicationModels.cpp
index 9c23b277b8ec39e35adc42bffff2fdc885cf1551..e682b37c8e1be5e617284ecd838c7a43b54c3c78 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Models/ApplicationModels.cpp
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Models/ApplicationModels.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void ApplicationModels::createTestSample()
 void ApplicationModels::createTestJob()
 {
     SimulationOptionsItem *optionsItem = m_documentModel->getSimulationOptionsItem();
-    optionsItem->setRunPolicy(Constants::JOB_RUN_IN_BACKGROUND);
+//    optionsItem->setRunPolicy(Constants::JOB_RUN_IN_BACKGROUND);
 
     JobItem *jobItem = m_jobModel->addJob(
                 m_sampleModel->multiLayerItem(),
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Views/CommonWidgets/StatusLabel.cpp b/GUI/coregui/Views/CommonWidgets/StatusLabel.cpp
index c27be1f8a21b19691887b3fdd1ffef22a556831f..4ad848b2d007037346eb39eb3e0ba7b746c770f9 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Views/CommonWidgets/StatusLabel.cpp
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Views/CommonWidgets/StatusLabel.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 namespace {
 const int default_label_height = 20;
-const int default_text_size = 12;
+const int default_text_size = 11;
 }
 
 StatusLabel::StatusLabel(QWidget *parent)
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitComparisonWidget.cpp b/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitComparisonWidget.cpp
index 0711e096ff20e7af090ac20343bb79a91f64bd3d..1610bbb569ea923e7fa309af5600be5cec699386 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitComparisonWidget.cpp
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitComparisonWidget.cpp
@@ -15,35 +15,51 @@
 // ************************************************************************** //
 
 #include "FitComparisonWidget.h"
-#include "ColorMapPlot.h"
+#include "ColorMap.h"
 #include "JobItem.h"
 #include "RealDataItem.h"
 #include "SessionModel.h"
 #include "IntensityDataItem.h"
 #include "IntensityDataFunctions.h"
+#include "FitFlowWidget.h"
+#include "ColorMapLabel.h"
 #include <QGridLayout>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
+#include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QDebug>
 
 FitComparisonWidget::FitComparisonWidget(QWidget *parent)
     : SessionItemWidget(parent)
-    , m_realDataPlot(new ColorMapPlot)
-    , m_simulatedDataPlot(new ColorMapPlot)
-    , m_relativeDiffPlot(new ColorMapPlot)
+    , m_realDataPlot(new ColorMap)
+    , m_simulatedDataPlot(new ColorMap)
+    , m_relativeDiffPlot(new ColorMap)
+    , m_fitFlowWidget(new FitFlowWidget)
+    , m_statusLabel(new ColorMapLabel(0, this))
     , m_realDataItem(0)
     , m_simulatedDataItem(0)
     , m_relativeDiffItem(0)
     , m_tempIntensityDataModel(new SessionModel("TempIntensityDataModel", this))
 {
+    QVBoxLayout *vlayout = new QVBoxLayout;
+    vlayout->setMargin(0);
+    vlayout->setSpacing(0);
 
     QGridLayout *gridLayout = new QGridLayout;
+    gridLayout->setMargin(0);
+    gridLayout->setSpacing(0);
+
+    setStyleSheet("background-color:white;");
 
     gridLayout->addWidget(m_realDataPlot, 0, 0);
     gridLayout->addWidget(m_simulatedDataPlot, 0, 1);
     gridLayout->addWidget(m_relativeDiffPlot, 1, 0);
+    gridLayout->addWidget(m_fitFlowWidget, 1, 1);
+
+    vlayout->addLayout(gridLayout);
+    vlayout->addWidget(m_statusLabel);
+    setLayout(vlayout);
 
-    setLayout(gridLayout);
 }
 
 FitComparisonWidget::~FitComparisonWidget()
@@ -72,6 +88,11 @@ void FitComparisonWidget::setJobItem(JobItem *jobItem)
     m_realDataPlot->setItem(m_realDataItem);
     m_simulatedDataPlot->setItem(m_simulatedDataItem);
     m_relativeDiffPlot->setItem(m_relativeDiffItem);
+
+    m_statusLabel->reset();
+    m_statusLabel->addColorMap(m_realDataPlot);
+    m_statusLabel->addColorMap(m_simulatedDataPlot);
+    m_statusLabel->addColorMap(m_relativeDiffPlot);
 }
 
 //! Sets tracking of simulated data item.
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitComparisonWidget.h b/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitComparisonWidget.h
index 603413c304aa45a2a2daf26dc62b8a32849e0808..6a4767d8df27da0da7894e035c64384fd0dfd537 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitComparisonWidget.h
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitComparisonWidget.h
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 #include "SessionItemWidget.h"
 
 class IntensityDataItem;
-class ColorMapPlot;
+class ColorMap;
+class SessionModel;
+class FitFlowWidget;
+class ColorMapLabel;
 
 //! The FitComparisonWidget class plots realdata, simulated data and relative difference map
 //! during the course of the fit.
@@ -41,18 +44,20 @@ protected:
 private:
     void setSimulatedDataItem(IntensityDataItem *simulatedDataItem);
 
-    class IntensityDataItem *createRelativeDifferenceItem();
+    IntensityDataItem *createRelativeDifferenceItem();
     void calculateRelativeDifference();
 
-    ColorMapPlot *m_realDataPlot;
-    ColorMapPlot *m_simulatedDataPlot;
-    ColorMapPlot *m_relativeDiffPlot;
+    ColorMap *m_realDataPlot;
+    ColorMap *m_simulatedDataPlot;
+    ColorMap *m_relativeDiffPlot;
+    FitFlowWidget *m_fitFlowWidget;
+    ColorMapLabel *m_statusLabel;
 
     IntensityDataItem *m_realDataItem;
     IntensityDataItem *m_simulatedDataItem;
     IntensityDataItem *m_relativeDiffItem;
 
-    class SessionModel *m_tempIntensityDataModel;
+    SessionModel *m_tempIntensityDataModel;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitFlowWidget.cpp b/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitFlowWidget.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..088cbab2fcb5d6feb58a99991ee38eb9fc22e3bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitFlowWidget.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// ************************************************************************** //
+//
+//  BornAgain: simulate and fit scattering at grazing incidence
+//
+//! @file      GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitFlowWidget.cpp
+//! @brief     Implement class FitFlowWidget
+//!
+//! @homepage  http://www.bornagainproject.org
+//! @license   GNU General Public License v3 or higher (see COPYING)
+//! @copyright Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 2016
+//! @authors   Scientific Computing Group at MLZ Garching
+//! @authors   Céline Durniak, Marina Ganeva, David Li, Gennady Pospelov
+//! @authors   Walter Van Herck, Joachim Wuttke
+//
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+#include "FitFlowWidget.h"
+#include <QVBoxLayout>
+
+FitFlowWidget::FitFlowWidget(QWidget *parent)
+    : QFrame(parent)
+{
+    setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::Minimum);
+
+    QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout;
+    layout->setSpacing(0);
+    layout->setMargin(0);
+
+    setStyleSheet("background-color:white;");
+
+    setLayout(layout);
+}
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitFlowWidget.h b/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitFlowWidget.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..964bebcb30d51af827785a36fae3941fa2b89b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitFlowWidget.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// ************************************************************************** //
+//
+//  BornAgain: simulate and fit scattering at grazing incidence
+//
+//! @file      GUI/coregui/Views/FitWidgets/FitFlowWidget.h
+//! @brief     Declares class FitFlowWidget
+//!
+//! @homepage  http://www.bornagainproject.org
+//! @license   GNU General Public License v3 or higher (see COPYING)
+//! @copyright Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 2016
+//! @authors   Scientific Computing Group at MLZ Garching
+//! @authors   Céline Durniak, Marina Ganeva, David Li, Gennady Pospelov
+//! @authors   Walter Van Herck, Joachim Wuttke
+//
+// ************************************************************************** //
+
+#ifndef FITFLOWWIDGET_H
+#define FITFLOWWIDGET_H
+
+#include "WinDllMacros.h"
+#include <QFrame>
+
+//! The FitFlowWidget class is intended for showing chi2 .vs interation count dependency.
+//! The main goal is to fill vacant place in FitComparisonWidget.
+
+class BA_CORE_API_ FitFlowWidget : public QFrame
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit FitFlowWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
+
+};
+
+
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Views/IntensityDataWidgets/ColorMapCanvas.cpp b/GUI/coregui/Views/IntensityDataWidgets/ColorMapCanvas.cpp
index 50245a22740ca3bff5c3f485add0feaed980b455..84f0d9eb309812a2f693b97f7eb1ea52cfeb8b7c 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Views/IntensityDataWidgets/ColorMapCanvas.cpp
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Views/IntensityDataWidgets/ColorMapCanvas.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ColorMapCanvas::ColorMapCanvas(QWidget *parent)
 
     setLayout(layout);
 
-    m_statusLabel->setLabelEnabled(true);
+    m_statusLabel->setLabelEnabled(false);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Views/IntensityDataWidgets/ColorMapLabel.cpp b/GUI/coregui/Views/IntensityDataWidgets/ColorMapLabel.cpp
index 2894065532054013a671bc1a47a4119fbb42f7af..0ab4f8a6a92f81435592cc227389bb8fc966eaa1 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Views/IntensityDataWidgets/ColorMapLabel.cpp
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Views/IntensityDataWidgets/ColorMapLabel.cpp
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@
 #include "ColorMapLabel.h"
 #include "ColorMap.h"
 
+//namespace {
+//const int min_size = 0;
+//}
+
 ColorMapLabel::ColorMapLabel(ColorMap *colorMap, QWidget *parent)
     : StatusLabel(parent)
 {
-    addColorMap(colorMap);
+    if(colorMap)
+        addColorMap(colorMap);
 }
 
 void ColorMapLabel::addColorMap(ColorMap *colorMap)
@@ -43,11 +48,27 @@ void ColorMapLabel::setLabelEnabled(bool flag)
     setEnabled(flag);
 }
 
+//! Disconnects all color maps from the label.
+
+void ColorMapLabel::reset()
+{
+    foreach(ColorMap *colorMap, m_colorMaps)
+        setColorMapLabelEnabled(colorMap, false);
+
+    m_colorMaps.clear();
+}
+
 void ColorMapLabel::onColorMapStatusString(const QString &text)
 {
     setText(text);
 }
 
+//void ColorMapLabel::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event)
+//{
+//    qDebug() << "ColorMapLabel::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event)" << event->size();
+
+//}
+
 //! Enables/disables showing of label for given color map.
 
 void ColorMapLabel::setColorMapLabelEnabled(ColorMap *colorMap, bool flag)
diff --git a/GUI/coregui/Views/IntensityDataWidgets/ColorMapLabel.h b/GUI/coregui/Views/IntensityDataWidgets/ColorMapLabel.h
index bb064a4ea4310dc2e96a8cdd69e0b275453a88e6..352a38c3178af95034aeccc081efe6d60b7afbe7 100644
--- a/GUI/coregui/Views/IntensityDataWidgets/ColorMapLabel.h
+++ b/GUI/coregui/Views/IntensityDataWidgets/ColorMapLabel.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <QList>
 
 class ColorMap;
+class QResizeEvent;
 
 //! The ColorMapLabel class shows status string as reported by ColorMap in a frame.
 //! Can work with more than one ColorMap. Provides automatic adjustment of font size,
@@ -37,10 +38,14 @@ public:
 
     void setLabelEnabled(bool flag);
 
+    void reset();
 
 public slots:
     void onColorMapStatusString(const QString &text);
 
+//protected:
+//    void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event);
+
 private:
     void setColorMapLabelEnabled(ColorMap *colorMap, bool flag);
     void setConnected(ColorMap *colorMap, bool flag);