diff --git a/src/www/minibar/about.html b/src/www/minibar/about.html
index 69fba5a9d..08f891bbc 100644
--- a/src/www/minibar/about.html
+++ b/src/www/minibar/about.html
@@ -167,11 +167,14 @@ Some implementation details:
    matching completions.
    (You can now use names of people when constructing sentences in the Letter
    grammar, for example.)
+ <li>[Added 2011-10-18] Added a button to display some grammar info and a
+   start category menu. The start category menu can be turned off by passing
+   the option <code>{startcat_menu:false}</code> when starting the minibar.
 </ul>
 
 <hr>
 <small class=modtime>
-<!-- hhmts start --> Last modified: Mon Aug 22 19:31:37 CEST 2011 <!-- hhmts end -->
+<!-- hhmts start --> Last modified: Tue Oct 18 17:18:42 CEST 2011 <!-- hhmts end -->
 </small>
 <address>
 <a href="http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~hallgren/">TH</a>
diff --git a/src/www/minibar/gf-web-api-examples.html b/src/www/minibar/gf-web-api-examples.html
index 194967de0..520a66070 100644
--- a/src/www/minibar/gf-web-api-examples.html
+++ b/src/www/minibar/gf-web-api-examples.html
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ full API.
   <dt>http://localhost:41296/grammars/Foods.pgf
   <dd>{"name":"Foods",
  "userLanguage":"FoodsEng",
+ "startcat":"Comment",
  "categories":["Comment","Float","Int","Item","Kind","Quality","String"],
  "functions":["Boring","Cheese","Delicious","Expensive","Fish","Fresh",
            "Italian","Mod","Pizza","Pred","That","These","This","Those","Very",
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ full API.
 </dl>
 <hr>
 <div class=modtime><small>
-<!-- hhmts start --> Last modified: Sun Aug 21 10:52:43 CEST 2011 <!-- hhmts end -->
+<!-- hhmts start --> Last modified: Tue Oct 18 16:36:36 CEST 2011 <!-- hhmts end -->
   </small></div>
 <address><a href="http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~hallgren/">TH</a></address>
   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/www/minibar/minibar_input.js b/src/www/minibar/minibar_input.js
index 8075eb8ea..4083814d0 100644
--- a/src/www/minibar/minibar_input.js
+++ b/src/www/minibar/minibar_input.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ function Input(server,translations,opts) { // Input object constructor
     this.options={
 	delete_button_text: "⌫",
 	default_source_language: null,
+	startcat_menu: true,
 	random_button: true,
     }
 
@@ -22,9 +23,12 @@ function Input(server,translations,opts) { // Input object constructor
     this.surface=div_id("surface");
     this.words=div_id("words");
     this.from_menu=empty("select");
+    this.startcat_menu=empty("select")
 
     with(this) {
 	appendChildren(main,[surface,words]);
+	if(options.startcat_menu)
+	    appendChildren(menus,[text(" Startcat: "),startcat_menu])
 	appendChildren(menus,[text(" From: "),from_menu])
 	appendChildren(buttons,
 		       [button(options.delete_button_text,bind(delete_last,this),"H"),
@@ -38,14 +42,28 @@ function Input(server,translations,opts) { // Input object constructor
     this.previous=null;
 
     this.from_menu.onchange=bind(this.change_language,this);
+    this.startcat_menu.onchange=bind(this.clear_all,this);
 }
 
 Input.prototype.change_grammar=function (grammar) {
     update_language_menu(this.from_menu,grammar);
     set_initial_language(this.options,this.from_menu,grammar);
+    this.update_startcat_menu(grammar)
     this.change_language();
 }
 
+Input.prototype.update_startcat_menu=function (grammar) {
+    var menu=this.startcat_menu;
+    menu.innerHTML="";
+    var cats=grammar.categories;
+    for(var cat in cats) menu.appendChild(option(cats[cat],cats[cat]))
+    if(grammar.startcat) menu.value=grammar.startcat;
+    else {
+	insertFirst(menu,option("Default",""));
+	menu.value="";
+    }
+}
+
 Input.prototype.change_language=function () {
     this.current.from=this.from_menu.value;
     this.clear_all();
@@ -73,7 +91,8 @@ Input.prototype.get_completions=function() {
     with(this) {
 	//debug("get_completions ");
 	words.innerHTML="...";
-	server.complete({from:current.from,input:current.input},
+	server.complete({from:current.from,input:current.input,
+			 cat:startcat_menu.value},
 			bind(show_completions,this));
     }
 }
@@ -83,7 +102,7 @@ Input.prototype.show_completions=function(complete_output) {
 	//debug("show_completions ");
 	var completions=complete_output[0].completions;
 	var emptycnt=add_completions(completions)
-	if(true/*emptycnt>0*/) translations.translateFrom(current);
+	if(true/*emptycnt>0*/) translations.translateFrom(current,startcat_menu.value);
 	else translations.clear();
 	if(surface.typed && emptycnt==completions.length) {
 	    if(surface.typed.value=="") remove_typed_input();
@@ -198,7 +217,7 @@ Input.prototype.generate_random=function() {
     function lin_random(abs) {
 	t.server.linearize({tree:abs[0].tree,to:t.current.from},show_random);
     }
-    t.server.get_random({},lin_random);
+    t.server.get_random({cat:t.startcat_menu.value},lin_random);
 }
 
 Input.prototype.add_words=function(s) {
diff --git a/src/www/minibar/minibar_translations.js b/src/www/minibar/minibar_translations.js
index ef6fbd701..73bd4be6a 100644
--- a/src/www/minibar/minibar_translations.js
+++ b/src/www/minibar/minibar_translations.js
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ Translations.prototype.clear=function() {
     this.main.innerHTML="";
 }
 
-Translations.prototype.translateFrom=function(current) {
+Translations.prototype.translateFrom=function(current,startcat) {
     this.current=current;
+    this.startcat=startcat;
     this.get_translations();
 }
 
@@ -47,10 +48,10 @@ Translations.prototype.get_translations=function() {
     with(this) {
 	var c=current;
 	if(options.show_grouped_translations)
-	    server.translategroup({from:c.from,input:c.input},
+	    server.translategroup({from:c.from,input:c.input,cat:startcat},
 				  bind(show_groupedtranslations,this));
 	else
-	    server.translate({from:c.from,input:c.input},
+	    server.translate({from:c.from,input:c.input,cat:startcat},
 			     bind(show_translations,this));
     }
 }