diff --git a/resources/qml/Sidebar.qml b/resources/qml/Sidebar.qml
index 4a8a0c6a32..d5af3e939b 100644
--- a/resources/qml/Sidebar.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/Sidebar.qml
@@ -105,15 +105,6 @@ Rectangle
         anchors.topMargin: visible ? UM.Theme.getSize("sidebar_margin").height : 0
     }
 
-    onCurrentModeIndexChanged:
-    {
-        UM.Preferences.setValue("cura/active_mode", currentModeIndex);
-        if(modesListModel.count > base.currentModeIndex)
-        {
-            sidebarContents.push({ "item": modesListModel.get(base.currentModeIndex).item, "replace": true });
-        }
-    }
-
     Label {
         id: settingsModeLabel
         text: !hideSettings ? catalog.i18nc("@label:listbox", "Print Setup") : catalog.i18nc("@label:listbox","Print Setup disabled\nG-code files cannot be modified");
diff --git a/resources/qml/Sidebar/PrinterOutput.qml b/resources/qml/Sidebar/PrinterOutput.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5506944154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/qml/Sidebar/PrinterOutput.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 Ultimaker B.V.
+// Cura is released under the terms of the LGPLv3 or higher.
+
+import QtQuick 2.2
+import QtQuick.Controls 1.1
+import QtQuick.Controls.Styles 1.1
+import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1
+
+import UM 1.2 as UM
+import Cura 1.0 as Cura
+
+Item
+{
+    id: printerOutputSection
+
+    UM.I18nCatalog {
+        id: catalog
+        name: "cura"
+    }
+
+    color: UM.Theme.getColor("sidebar")
+
+    // status
+    property bool isMonitoring: false
+
+    // printer data
+    property bool printerConnected: Cura.MachineManager.printerOutputDevices.length != 0
+    property bool printerAcceptsCommands: printerConnected && Cura.MachineManager.printerOutputDevices[0].acceptsCommands
+    property var connectedPrinter: Cura.MachineManager.printerOutputDevices.length >= 1 ? Cura.MachineManager.printerOutputDevices[0] : null
+    property int backendState: UM.Backend.state
+
+    // print job data
+    property variant printDuration: PrintInformation.currentPrintTime
+    property variant printMaterialLengths: PrintInformation.materialLengths
+    property variant printMaterialWeights: PrintInformation.materialWeights
+    property variant printMaterialCosts: PrintInformation.materialCosts
+    property variant printMaterialNames: PrintInformation.materialNames
+
+    // helper function for padding pretty time
+    function strPadLeft(string, pad, length) {
+        return (new Array(length + 1).join(pad) + string).slice(-length);
+    }
+
+    // convert a timestamp to a human readable pretty time
+    function getPrettyTime (time) {
+        var hours = Math.floor(time / 3600)
+        time -= hours * 3600
+        var minutes = Math.floor(time / 60)
+        time -= minutes * 60
+        var seconds = Math.floor(time)
+        var finalTime = strPadLeft(hours, "0", 2) + ":" + strPadLeft(minutes, "0", 2) + ":" + strPadLeft(seconds, "0", 2)
+        return finalTime
+    }
+
+    // TODO: change name of this component
+    MonitorButton
+    {
+        id: monitorButton
+        implicitWidth: base.width
+        anchors.top: footerSeparator.bottom
+        anchors.topMargin: UM.Theme.getSize("sidebar_margin").height
+        anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
+        visible: monitoringPrint
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resources/qml/Sidebar/Settings.qml b/resources/qml/Sidebar/Settings.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2