diff --git a/thunar/thunar-details-view.c b/thunar/thunar-details-view.c
index 97ac90d65e7d4709694e662f329e45e2edcbf3e0..3d64fc617a4cab65a3e7684e22ba67cffd2ee79e 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-details-view.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-details-view.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void         thunar_details_view_append_menu_items       (ThunarStandardV
                                                                  GtkMenu                *menu,
                                                                  GtkAccelGroup          *accel_group);
 static void         thunar_details_view_highlight_option_changed(ThunarDetailsView      *details_view);
-
+static void         thunar_details_view_draw                    (ThunarDetailsView *details_view);
 
 
 struct _ThunarDetailsViewClass
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ thunar_details_view_init (ThunarDetailsView *details_view)
   gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (details_view), tree_view);
   gtk_widget_show (tree_view);
 
+  /* forwards the 'draw' signal down to the tree-view */
+  g_signal_connect_after (G_OBJECT (details_view), "draw",
+                    G_CALLBACK (thunar_details_view_draw), details_view);
+
   /* configure general aspects of the details view */
   gtk_tree_view_set_enable_search (GTK_TREE_VIEW (tree_view), TRUE);
 
@@ -431,6 +435,19 @@ thunar_details_view_finalize (GObject *object)
 
 
 
+static void
+thunar_details_view_draw (ThunarDetailsView *details_view)
+{
+  GList *children;
+
+  /* redraw as well the corresponding exo_tree_view, which is the only child */
+  children = gtk_container_get_children (GTK_CONTAINER (details_view));
+  for (GList *lp = children; lp != NULL; lp = lp->next)
+    gtk_widget_queue_draw (lp->data);
+}
+
+
+
 static AtkObject*
 thunar_details_view_get_accessible (GtkWidget *widget)
 {
diff --git a/thunar/thunar-window.c b/thunar/thunar-window.c
index 5acabb3982d8f2ad5a80f6023c5c2c111d614859..05621e41f8b9fbf442c0b6a67ea8494e714e9cd6 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-window.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-window.c
@@ -2013,10 +2013,10 @@ thunar_window_clipboard_manager_changed (GtkWidget *widget)
   ThunarWindow *window = THUNAR_WINDOW (widget);
 
   /* check if the content actually can be pasted into thunar,
-   * in order to do not trigger if just some text is copied.
+   * in order to do not redraw te view if just some text is copied.
    */
-  if (thunar_clipboard_manager_get_can_paste (window->clipboard))
-    thunar_window_reload (window, FALSE);
+  if (thunar_clipboard_manager_get_can_paste (window->clipboard) && G_LIKELY (window->view != NULL))
+    gtk_widget_queue_draw (window->view);
 }