diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 99860b621d..8fe6a291a1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 + rfe #1412 Creating a view from an empty set of results
 
 4.0.2.0 (not yet released)
++ center loading indicator for navigation refresh, related to bug #3920
 
 4.0.1.0 (not yet released)
 - bug #3879 Import broken for CSV using LOAD DATA
diff --git a/themes/original/css/navigation.css.php b/themes/original/css/navigation.css.php
index d9dd5469f9..2cb8d8f5b2 100644
--- a/themes/original/css/navigation.css.php
+++ b/themes/original/css/navigation.css.php
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ if (! defined('PMA_MINIMUM_COMMON') && ! defined('TESTSUITE')) {
 #pma_navigation #databaseList,
 #pma_navigation div.pageselector.dbselector {
     text-align:         center;
-    margin-bottom:      0.5em;
-    padding-bottom:     0.5em;
+    margin-bottom:      0.3em;
+    padding-bottom:     0.3em;
     border: 0;
 }
 
@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ if (! defined('PMA_MINIMUM_COMMON') && ! defined('TESTSUITE')) {
     width: 80%;
 }
 
+#pma_navigation #recentTableList {
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+    padding-bottom: 0;
+}
+
+#pma_navigation_content > img.throbber {
+    display: block;
+    margin: 0 auto;
+}
+
 /* Navigation tree*/
 #pma_navigation_tree {
     margin: 0.5em 0 0;
diff --git a/themes/pmahomme/css/navigation.css.php b/themes/pmahomme/css/navigation.css.php
index 0565a5bb5b..0b9068446d 100644
--- a/themes/pmahomme/css/navigation.css.php
+++ b/themes/pmahomme/css/navigation.css.php
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ if (! defined('PMA_MINIMUM_COMMON') && ! defined('TESTSUITE')) {
     width: 80%;
 }
 
+#pma_navigation_content > img.throbber {
+    display: block;
+    margin: .3em auto 0;
+}
+
 /* Navigation tree*/
 #pma_navigation_tree {
     margin: 5px 0 0;