diff --git a/js/functions.js b/js/functions.js
index 908ced29f6..a3080180b2 100644
--- a/js/functions.js
+++ b/js/functions.js
@@ -1703,13 +1703,13 @@ function changeMIMEType(db, table, reference, mime_type)
  */
 $(document).ready(function(){
     var $oldText,$db,$table,$token,$sql_query;
-    $oldText=$(".syntax").html();
+    $oldText=$(".inner_sql").html();
     $("#inline_edit").click(function(){
         $db=$("input[name='db']").val();
         $table=$("input[name='table']").val();
         $token=$("input[name='token']").val();
         $sql_query=$("input[name='sql_query']").val();
-        $(".syntax").replaceWith("<textarea name=\"sql_query_edit\" id=\"sql_query_edit\">"+ $sql_query +"</textarea><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnSave\" value=\"" + PMA_messages['strGo'] + "\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnDiscard\" value=\"" + PMA_messages['strCancel'] + "\">");
+        $(".inner_sql").replaceWith("<textarea name=\"sql_query_edit\" id=\"sql_query_edit\">"+ $sql_query +"</textarea><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnSave\" value=\"" + PMA_messages['strGo'] + "\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnDiscard\" value=\"" + PMA_messages['strCancel'] + "\">");
         return false;
     });
 
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     });
 
     $("#btnDiscard").live("click",function(){
-        $(".sql").html("<span class=\"syntax\">"+$oldText+"</span>");
+        $(".sql").html("<span class=\"syntax\"><span class=\"inner_sql\">"+$oldText+"</span></span>");
     });
 
     $('.sqlbutton').click(function(evt){
diff --git a/libraries/common.lib.php b/libraries/common.lib.php
index d7333c7a9c..6591715ec4 100644
--- a/libraries/common.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/common.lib.php
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ function PMA_formatSql($parsed_sql, $unparsed_sql = '')
     switch ($cfg['SQP']['fmtType']) {
         case 'none':
             if ($unparsed_sql != '') {
-                $formatted_sql = "<pre>\n" . PMA_SQP_formatNone(array('raw' => $unparsed_sql)) . "\n</pre>";
+                $formatted_sql = '<span class="inner_sql"><pre>' . "\n" . PMA_SQP_formatNone(array('raw' => $unparsed_sql)) . "\n" . '</pre></span>';
             } else {
                 $formatted_sql = PMA_SQP_formatNone($parsed_sql);
             }
diff --git a/libraries/sqlparser.lib.php b/libraries/sqlparser.lib.php
index 136612fe49..bb103aa508 100644
--- a/libraries/sqlparser.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/sqlparser.lib.php
@@ -2092,6 +2092,10 @@ if (! defined('PMA_MINIMUM_COMMON')) {
                 $docu                               = TRUE;
                 break;
         } // end switch
+        // inner_sql is a span that exists for all cases 
+        // of $cfg['SQP']['fmtType'] to make possible a replacement 
+        // for inline editing
+        $str .= '<span class="inner_sql">';
         $close_docu_link = false;
         $indent                                     = 0;
         $bracketlevel                               = 0;
@@ -2578,7 +2582,10 @@ if (! defined('PMA_MINIMUM_COMMON')) {
             $str .= '</a>';
             $close_docu_link = false;
         }
+        // close inner_sql span
+        $str .= '</span>';
         if ($mode=='color') {
+            // close syntax span
             $str .= '</span>';
         }